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Donald A. Heald Rare Books 
124 East 74th Street, New York, NY   10021

Tel. 212-744-3505 / Fax. 212-628-7847 / Email: Heald @aol.com


We are pleased to announce our Fall 1996 Occasional List of 102 selections
from our stock, being: 

27 Botanical books and manuscripts published between 1660 and 1885.
Highlights include: The largest botanical book ever published, James
Bateman's Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala; a large paper copy of Mary
Lawrance's Roses; the finest work on fruit, Poiteau's Pomologie Francaise; a
work of outstanding rarity, Prevost's Collection des Fleurs; a 17th century
manuscript Tulip album; and a collection of 138 water-colour drawings of
Orchids by Elise Nees von Esenbeck

30 Ornithological books and manuscripts published between 1555 and 1896.Highli
ghts include: An exceptionally fine and complete copy of the Bien Audubon;
the rarest colour-plate work on American Ornithology, Captain Thomas Brown's I
llustrations of...American Ornithology; a fine copy of Gould's Birds of
Australia; Edward Lear's Illustrations of..the Family...Parrots; and an
extraordinary collection of 143 paintings of birds by Thomas Lewin.

13 Natural History and Science books and manuscripts published between 1687
and 1900. Highlights include: A magnificent album of 18th century Chinese
water-colours of Fish on vellum; a first edition of Isaac Newton's Philosophia
e Naturalis Principia Mathematic; and a fine copy of Daniel Giraud Elliot's
Monograph of the...Family of Cats.

11 Atlases, published between 1595 and 1825. Highlights include: A fine copy
of Ortelius' 1595 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; an important Visscher Composite
atlas; and a first edition of Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine.


9 Americana, published between 1677 and 1876. Highlights include: A first
edition, first issue of George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio; and
the Streeter copy of William Hubbard's Present State of New England.

6 Travel books, published between 1810 and 1876. Highlights include: a rare,
coloured copy of Catherwood's Views of Monuments in Central America; and
Humboldt's Vues des Cordillhres.

6 European colour-plate books, published between 1776 and 1851. Highlights
include: a fine copy of Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei. 


Copies sent upon request.