‎Sciences occultes‎

‎Hooker, JD & Thompson, Thomas J D‎

‎Flora Indica: Volume 1 - Ranunculaceae to Fumariaceae: Introductory essay to the Flora Indica: including preliminary observations on the study of Indian botany; a summary of the labours of Indian botanists; botany of the provinces etc‎

‎Published by W. Pamplin 45 Frith Street Soho: Printed for the authors All published and rare. Octavo one folding plate of maps LACKING THE MAIN MAP pp xvi 280 285 2 page publication list age-toned and rather weak internally the front hinge cracking one internal hinge cracking one gathering protruding slightly original brown cloth rather worn and faded the spine pulled at top and bottom the front joint splitting for a third of its length. Despite the conditionor perhaps because of it this rare work has a fine provenance. With the signature of the Victorian botanist J.S. Henslow then later with the signature of the Kew botanist Jan Gillett and later still the stamp of the fellow Kew botanist Alan Radcliffe-Smith. Hooker's Introductory Essay occupying half the book is a seminal work in itself. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Printed for the authors Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022693

‎Babcock, Ernest B‎

‎The Genus Crepis - Two volumes. Part One - the taxonomy phylogeney distribution and evolution. Part Two - systematic treatment‎

‎Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press 1947. Two volumes large octavo pp xii 1030 with 205 botanical line drawings and 36 photographic plates very clean internally green cloth in very good condition in frayed and chipped dustwrappers which are lacking a few ;pieces. A duplicate from Cambridge Botanic Garden Library with a stamp on each title page and on the bottom edge. Together with his earlier 1942 paper - Systematics Cytogenetics and Evolution in Crepis. Very heavy - extra postage will be needed.Babcock was an American plant geneticist who pioneered the understanding of plant evolution in terms of genetics. He is particularly known for seeking to understand by field investigations and extensive experiments the entire polyploid apomictic genus Crepis in which he recognize 196 species. He published more than 100 articles and books explaining plant genetics including the seminal textbook with Roy Elwood Clausen Genetics in Relation to Agriculture. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Rather worn and frayed. University of California Press Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022673

‎Cooper, Daniel‎

‎Flora Metropolitana; or Botanical Rambles Within Thirty Miles of London. Being the results of numerous excursions in 1833 34 35 furnishing a list of those plants that have been found on the different heaths woods commons hills etc surrounding.‎

‎32 Fleet Street London: S. Highley 1836. 1836-1837-. TITLE CONTINUES. the Metropolis more particularly the counties of Surrey and Kent chiefly from actual observations and the latest authorities. Intended the student in practical botany with a list of the land and fresh-water shells of the environs of London . 12mo pp xvi 140 errata leaf bound in at the start of the index rather age-toned and used internally the title page browned an ink spot on the fore-edge slightly affecting the margin of a few pages a contemporary inscription on the front endpaper. BOUND WITH Supplement containing many additional localities procured last summer 1836. pp 36. BOUND WITH A Temporary List of the Numbered Plants in the Garden of the Society of Apothecaries at Chelsea 1837. Half Morocco and marbled boards very rubbed and slightly worn. I have not been able to identify the source of this last item but the supplement is rare . First Edition. Full-Leather. Good. S. Highley Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022737

‎Freeman-Mitford, AB A B‎

‎The Bamboo Garden‎

‎London & New York: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1896. First edition. Illustrated with ten line drawings and a tail-piece by Alfred Parsons octavo pp xii 224 2 page publisher's catalogue addendum slip tipped in top edge gilt other edges uncut a little foxing and blemishing on some pages one small ink blemish to the title page which also affects the following page lacking the front endpaper but overall a good copy cream buckram with gilt decoration very slightly worn and marked the spine age-toned and slightly dull. A seminal work in the literature of bamboo. Although at first glance a horticultural work I think I am correct in stating that many of the plants described are type specimens and have taxonomic priority. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Alfred Parsons. Macmillan & Co Ltd Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022739

‎Crichton, Rev Arthur‎

‎The Festival of Flora. A Poem with Botanical Notes‎

‎Piccadilly London: N. Hailes 1818. Second edition. Illustrated with 7 uncoloured engraved plates and an extra uncoloured engraved title page pp viii 73 untrimmed six-page publisher's catalogue the text pages are very age-toned around the margins the plates less so 12mo original boards new matching paper spine. The engraved title page is dated 1819 a year later than the printed title. "Written for the amusement of a very young lady". Second edition. Boards. Good. N. Hailes Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022771

‎Ross-Craig, Stella‎

‎A Revision of the Genus Sphaeranthus Hooker's Icones Plantarum Vol VI part 1‎

‎Oxford: B.H. Blackwell Ltd 1954. Octavo pp 90 25 line-drawn botanical plates. ii. very clean internally paperback the book is very leaning having been stored in a bad postition but otherwise very good. RARE. Limited printing of 275 copies. This copy is signed by the artist/author and was a presentation copy to William T. Stearn.Sphaeranthus is a genus of Asian African and Australian plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae. Signed by author and artist. First Edition. Paperback. Good. B.H. Blackwell, Ltd Paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 022786

‎Coultas, Harland‎

‎Zoology of the Bible‎

‎2 Castle Street City Road London: Wesleyan Conference Office 1876. Illustrated with many text engravings throughout small octavo pp xii 292 slight signs of wear throuoghout a slight suggestion of weakness internally original beveled green cloth elaborately decorated in black gold and red slightly rubbed the spine head a little torn. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Wesleyan Conference Office Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022806

‎Loudon, Mrs [Jane]‎

‎The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants‎

‎Amen Corner Paternoster Row London: William S. Orr & Co. 1850. Second edition not dated - 1850 is sometimes suggested. Quarto pp x 270 with 58 superb hand-coloured plates one plate with a very small mark very occasional very minor marks to the text but otherwise extremely clean intermally original green cloth blind-stamped and decorated in gilt very slightly marked the spine a little faded slight splitting to both joints towards the top recased with new endpapers. One of the most desirable of this series and extremely uncommon with the cloth binding preserved. The Lindley Library copy of the second edition has a different publisher. Interestingly Noel Humphreys' obituary in The Garden vol. 18 1881 p. xii names Humphreys as the artist for the Ladies' fFower-garden series. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Noel Humphreys. William S. Orr & Co., Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022864

‎Lejeune, ALS A L S‎

‎Flore des environs de Spa ou distribution selon le systeme de Linnaeus Des Plantes qui croissent spontanement dans le departement de l'Ourte et dans les departemens circonvoisins pour servir de suite a la Flore du Nord de la France de Mr. Roucel‎

‎Liege: Chez Duvivier 1811. First edition. Two volumes bound in one octavo two title pages the first one a little browned pp viii 3-254 ii; iii-vi 7-350 slightly age-toned but otherwise very clean and firm original brown boards sensitively re-cased with new leather spine and corners the remains of the original spine and label laid down. With the book label of Jacques-Gery-Joseph Colpin and his name stamped in gilt on the original front board. Colpin 1772-1836 was a municipal councillor in Maastricht. Alexandre Lejeune was a Belgian physician and botanist based at Verviers. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Chez Duvivier Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022817

‎Cosson E & Germain, E‎

‎Flore Descriptive et Analytique des Environs de Paris ou description des plantes que croissant spontanement dans cette region‎

‎Paris: Fortin Masson et Cie 1845. First edition. Three volumes bound in two 12mo pp lii 734ii; xvi 41 engraved plates rather age-toned and foxed heavy on a few pages but otherwise very firm and sound a circular engraved double-page map contemporary half calf and marbled boards rubbed and slightly worn lacking the labels. A set with a good provenance - bookplate of the botanist Alan Leslie earlier signature of the botanist C.E. Salmon 1916 and with the earlier-still signature of William Mathews almost certainly the Worcestershire botanist and friend of C.C. Babington. . First Edition. Half Leather. Good. Fortin, Masson et Cie Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022787

‎Stern, FC F C‎

‎A Study of the Genus Paeonia‎

‎London: The Royal Horticultural Society 1946. Well illustrated with 15 very fine colour plates by Lilian Snelling various maps and text engravings folio pp viii 156 very clean internally blue cloth with just slight signs of use but really in very good condition. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The Royal Horticultural Society Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022850

‎Hutchinson, Horace G‎

‎Life of Sir John Lubbock Lord Avebury‎

‎London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1914. Two volumes with two frontispieces two plates and a folding pedigree very clean internally pp xiv 338; x 334 the front hinge slightly cracked in the first volume dark blue cloth with only slight signs of use. Both volumes have a neat inscription dated 1947 on the front endpapers and also an earlier owner's stamp - Arthur Down Undercliffe Stockton Heath; the first volume has a tipped-in letter to Down from Harry V. Pigot who was rector at Grappenhall Warrington. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Macmillan & Co Ltd Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 022903

‎Hogg, Thomas‎

‎A Concise and Practical Treatise on the growth and culture of the carnation pink auricula polyanthus ranunculus tulip hyacinth rose and other flowers; including a dissertation on soils and manures and containing catalogues of the finest and most es‎

‎Ave-Maria Lane London: G. and W.B. Whittaker 1824. Third edition with additions. Illustrated with six charming hand-coloured plates 12mo pp xxxii 327 slight age-toning the tissue flimsies facing the plates are a little foxed but the plates are barely affected otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a later half calf and marbled boards a very good copy. Hogg 1771-1841 was originally a schoolmaster. His first florist shop was at Paddington Green. Third edition. Half Leather. Very Good. G. and W.B. Whittaker Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016250

‎Hogg, Thomas‎

‎A Concise and Practical Treatise on the growth and culture of the carnation pink auricula polyanthus ranunculus tulip hyacinth rose and other flowers; including a dissertation on soils and manures and containing catalogues of the finest and most es‎

‎Ave-Maria Lane London: G. and W.B. Whittaker 1822. Second edition with additions. Illustrated with six charming hand-coloured plates 12mo pp xxviii 304 slight age-toning slight off-setting of plates on to text otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a later simple half calf and marbled boards very slightly rubbed with red title label on spine. Hogg 1771-1841 was originally a schoolmaster. His first florist shop was at Paddington Green. Second edition. Half Leather. Very Good. G. and W.B. Whittaker Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016247

‎Miehe, Georg‎

‎Langtan Himal. Flora und Vegetation als Klimazeiger und -zeugen in Himalaya A Prodromus of the Vegetation Ecology of theHimalayas‎

‎Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer 1990. Tall quarto pp xxviii 529 many maps and folding charts illustations ncluding folding panoramas three further folding maps in rear pocket a presentation inscription signed by author on front endpaper. very clean internally cloth very slightly worn. German text English contents page and captions. Dissertationes Botanicae 158. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. J. Cramer Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016463 ???????? : 3443640702 9783443640705

‎Linnaeus (Linne, Linn), Carl von‎

‎Amoenitates academicae; seu dissertationes variae physicae medicae botanicae antheac seorsim editate nunc ollectae et auctae cum Tabulis anenaeis. Volumen Septimum Volume 7. Contains the first published botanical study of the tea plant.‎

‎Lugduni Batavorum: Westenium 1769. Latin text throughout. Title page dedication leaf pp 506 ii with seven engraved folding plates and one folding table slight damage to the margin of the ornithological plate a little age-toning generally endpapers unevenly browned but otherwise very clean internally bound in full contemporary polished calf slight wear at the corners joints cracking slightly lacking a small piece at the head of the spine. The students whose names appear on the dissertations were not necessarily their authors; it was their function to present the dissertation and defend it in public debate but the responsibility for the content of the dissertation was largely that of the professor in this case Linnaeus. The fact that Linnaeus cited the Amoenitates as the place of publication for plant names he credited to himself indicates that he was generally the principal author of the work. At the end of this volume is a list of "Editiones operum auctoris" including the Amoenitates with the clear implication that Linnaeus is the author. Of great importance for "Potus Theae" in which Pehr Tillaeus discussed among other things the properties and benefits of tea as a medicine. Tillaeus's dissertation was the first in-depth botanical study of the tea bush and he also named parts of the plant. The tea plant had only been introduced to Sweden and Europe generally as recently as 1763. Also includes Hoffman's "Potus Chocolatae" - a botanico-medical essay on the merits of drinking chocolate flavored with vanilla. Botanical accounts are given of the cacao tree Theobroma cacao L. and of the vanilla orchid Epidendrum vanilla L. = Vanilla fragrans. The preparation of the chocolate beans and of the beverage by the Spaniards is described. Linnaeus advocated use of the beverage as a pleasant drink and for treatment of hypochrondria and hemorrhoids. Other essays include : Gahn's "Fundamenta Agrostographiae" - a classified list of grasses of economic importance preceded by a history of prior studies of grasses. Laurin's "Menthae usus" - an essay on the kinds of mints useful in medicinal preparations. Lado's "Motus polychrestus" - an essay on the importance of physical exercise as a preservative and restorative of good health. Tengborg's "Hortus Culinaris" - an essay on edible and economic plants of Sweden their culture and hardiness. Includes those then in use and others suggested. Backmann's "Fundamenta ornithologica" - an exposition of the fundamentals of Linnaeus' classification of birds. Uddman's "Lepra" - An overview of leprosy including hypotheses about causes types of leprosy possible treatments. Aphonin's "Usus historiae naturalis" - An essay on the importance of a knowledge of natural history to greater improvement of agriculture and horticulture with emphasis on those kinds of plants best suited as food for each kind of domestic animal. Osterdam's "Siren lacertina" - an account of the two-legged Siren lizard of South Carolina sometimes known as the Carolina mud iguana. Berlin's "Usus Muscorum" - an historical study of the economic uses of lichens in Sweden including Lapland. Roos' "Mundus Invisibilis" - a medico-botanical treatise on airborne spores and microorganisms some of which Linnaeus believed to be responsible for infectious diseases. Blad's "Fundamenta entomologiae" - an historical review of entomology with a list of 32 pre-Linnaean authors instructions on how to collect and preserve insects and the fundamentals of their classification. Wedenberg's "Varietas ciborum" - a medico-nutritional essay on the wide range of foodstuffs eaten by man and a classification of these foods into 10 groups and the effects of diets in which each group dominates and the diseases which might result. Linnaeus' concluding advice is "Ne quid nimis" nothing in excess ! With approximately ten other essays. LATIN TEXT THROUGHOUT. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMOENITATES VOLUMES. RARE. Full Leather. Very Good. Westenium Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016541

‎Gerard, Louis (Ludovici Gerardi)‎

‎Flora Gallo-Provincialis‎

‎Paris: C.J.B. Bauche 1761. Illustrated with an engraved folding map 19 attractive engraved plates octavo half-title title page pp xviii 585 ii a little age-toning and slight staining internally a contemporary signature on the title page the occasional neat manuscript note otherwise good and sound internally twentieth century half morocco lightly scuffed raised bands to the spine. RARE. Withe bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society . "The book is important because it contains an early attempt at a natural system prior to Adanson ignored by A-L de Jussieu influenced to some extent by Linnaeus's Ordines Naturales" - Stafleu & Cowan. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good. C.J.B. Bauche Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016590

‎Schleicher, JC J C‎

‎Catalogus hucusque absolutus omnium plantarum in Helvetia cis et transalpina sponte nascentium‎

‎Bex Canton de Vaud Switzerland.: Published by the author 1815. Third edition. Small slim 12mo pp 48 very clean internally original dark brown paper covers a slight scuff to the lower cover otherwise in remarkable condition. An exceptional copy. Schleicher was German - born a botanist bryologist mycologist pteridologist and algologist and settled in Switzerland around 1790. He owned a firm selling living plants as well as herbarium specimens. There were four editions of this work. "The catalogues provide names without descriptions but with very abbreviated references to other authors. For this reason the names in these catalogues may be of nomenclatoral importance " - Stafleu. Third edition. Paperback. Very Good. Published by the author ? Paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 016705

‎Von Wulfen, Franz Xaver Freiherrn‎

‎Flora Norica Phanerogama; im auftrage des zoologisch-botanischen vereines in Wien herausgegeben von Dr Eduard Fenzl und P. Rainer Graf‎

‎Wien: Carl Gerald's Sohn 1858. First edition. Thick octavo pp xiv 816 slight foxing but otherwise very clean and sound internally bound in an early twentieth century simple red cloth. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. Von Wulfen 1728 - 1805 was an Austrian botanist zoologist mineralogist alpinist and Jesuit priest and an early follower of Linnaeus and the binomial system. He is credited with discovering the flowering plants Wulfenia carinthiaca Saxifraga moschata and Stellaria bulbosa. In 1845 the lead molybdate mineral wulfenite was named in his honor. Much of his literary work was printed only after his death including this work. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Carl Gerald's Sohn Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016733

‎Von Puckler-Muskau, Hermann Furst‎

‎Tour in England Ireland and France in the Years 1828 & 1829; with Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants and Anecdotes of Distinguished Public Characters in a Series of Letters by a German Prince. Volumes I & II‎

‎London: Effingham Wilson 1832. Two volumes small octavo pp xxii 358; 304 with both half-titles slight age-toning and foxing but otherwise sound throughout original brown boards slightly marked and worn neatly re-backed with bew spines and paper labels. This copy is from the Circulating Library English College Lisbon with their small blind-stamp on the title pages and a label and number on the front endpapers. As a landscape gardener Puckler-Muskau is considered of European importance. As a writer of books of travel he holds a high position his powers of observation being keen and his style lucid animated and witty. First British edition. Boards. Very Good. Effingham Wilson Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 016730

‎Turner, Nancy J & Szczawinski‎

‎Food Plants of British Columbia Indians. Part 1 - Coastal Peoples. Part 2 - Interior Peoples‎

‎Victoria: British Columbia Provincial Museum 1982 - 1978. Two volumes small octavo pp 264; 259 well illustrated with colour and black and white photographs very clean internally paperback covers in very good condition a lovely set virtually as new. A very detailed work. The second volume is extremely sarce. Paperback. Very Good. British Columbia Provincial Museum Paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 016630 ???????? : 0771988664 9780771988660

‎Anderson, JAR; Jermy, AC & The Earl of Cranbrook (et al) J A R A C‎

‎Gunung Mulu National Park - a management and development plan‎

‎London: Royal Geographical Society 1982. Five maps octavo pp viii 327 ringbound very clean internally paper covers very slightly worn. Ringbound paperback. Very Good. Royal Geographical Society Paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 016896

‎Darwin, Erasmus‎

‎The Botanic Garden; A Poem in Two Parts. Part I containing The Economy of Vegetation. Part II - The Loves of the Plants‎

‎St Paul's Churchyard London: J. Johnson 1791. Two volumes bound in one. Volume 1 - Second edition 1791. Volume 2 - Third edition 1791. Blanche Henrey 470 . Illustrated with two engraved allegorical frontispieces 18 engraved plates one of them folding - the Cypripedium plate which is often lacking - and two hand-coloured quarto pp xii 214 126 ii; x 197 both frontispieces and title pages browned and with some offsetting from plate to title the plates of the Portland Vase and the Fertilisation of Egypt similar this last plate by Blake after Fuseli; the remaining botanical plates clean lacking the corner of page 171/2 a relevant pencilled note at the base of one page a few pages with foxing but otherwise very clean and sound internally with the armorial bookplate of the Dowdeswell family Pull Court Worcestershire on the front endpaper together with a shelf label and a small newspaper clipping; the hand-colouring on the two plates is particularly attractive and there is also an extra engraved plate fixed to the verso of the first titlepage - a portrait of Darwin engraved by Haughton after Rawlinson - this has caused a little waving of the paper; contemporary full calf a little rubbed and scuffed rebacked the old spine laid down and with some wrinkling. Still a good sound copy. The first poem The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation scientific discovery and offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions such as the history of the cosmos. The more popular Loves of the Plants promotes revises and illustrates Linnaeus's classification scheme for plants. One of the first popular science books the intent of The Botanic Garden is to pique readers' interest in science while educating them at the same time. By embracing Linnaeus's sexualized language which anthropomorphizes plants Darwin intended to make botany interesting and relevant to the readers of his time. Darwin emphasizes the connections between humanity and plants arguing that they are all part of the same natural world and that sexual reproduction is at the heart of evolution ideas that his grandson Charles Darwin would later turn into a full-fledged theory of evolution. This evolutionary theme continues in The Economy of Vegetation which contends that scientific progress is part of evolution and urges its readers to celebrate inventors and scientific discoveries in a language usually reserved for heroes or artistic geniuses. Darwin's attempt to popularize science and to convey the wonders of scientific discovery and technological innovation through poetry helped initiate a tradition of popular science writing that continues to the present day. Full Leather. Good. J. Johnson Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 017068

‎Hepper, F Nigel & Friis, I‎

‎The Plants of Pehr Forsskal's Flora Aegyptiaco - Arabica Collected on the Royal Danish Expedition to Egypt and the Yemen 1761-63 Alan Radcliffe-Smith's copy‎

‎Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in association with the Botanical Museum Copenhagen 1994. A few illustrations large octavo pp xii 400 very clean internally paperback very slightly worn at the corners. VERY SCARCE. Signed by the first author on the title page. Alan Radcliffe-Smith's copy with copies of his review for The Palestine Exploration Fund loosely inserted. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in association with the Botanical Museum, Copenhagen Paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 017098 ???????? : 0947643621 9780947643621

‎Wezel, Forese-Carlo & Stanley, Daniel J (editors)‎

‎Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin‎

‎New York Berlin Heidelberg Tokyo: Springer-Verlag 1985. Illustrated with many maps and charts small thick quarto pp xxviii 589 fore-edge very slightly marked a few pages with slightly turned pages. endpapers very slightly marked pictorial cloth slightly scuffed and worn. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Springer-Verlag Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 017140 ???????? : 0387961399 9780387961392