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1836réf. 021049Dublin London & Edinburgh: William Curry Jun & Company et al 1836. Two parts bound in one octavo pp xxxiv 5 354; 279 rather age-toned and foxed but otherwise a very sound copy in an early half calf and marbled boards rubbed. With the bookplate of the alpine nurserman Will Ingwersen. RARE. Mackay 1775 - 1862 was a Scottish botanist who lived in Ireland. He discovered several species of plants new to the British Isles and contributed largely to Sir J. E. Smith's English Botany 1790-1814. His herbarium is preserved at Trinity College Dublin. The flora is a thorough one and is particualrly respected for its second volume on the mosses and algae which was written by Harvey & Taylor. First Edition. Half Leather. Good. William Curry Jun & Company (et al) Hardcover
1868réf. 021063Wien: Friedrich Beck 1868. Two volumes bound in one. Large thick octavo pp xcii 706; iv 339 marbled edges extremely clean internally bound in an early twentieth centurt red pebble cloth very slightly faded on the spine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Friedrich Beck Hardcover
réf. 724166Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. 5 volume 1st edition set in DJs. 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980. Bookplates to ffep on each volume. D/J of vol 1 price clipped. All books in vg condition D/Js are all in good condition and have some rubbing and creasing to edges with several small closed tears and slight fading to spines. Cambridge at the University Press hardcover
1719réf. 021143Tiguri Zurich: Typis & Sumptibus Bodmerianis 1719. First edition. With 11 single page engraved plates all on stubs and 8 folding engraved plates the title page printed in red and black and slightly loose at the lower gutter edge a little age-toned and marked pp 38 512 24 slight age-toning and marking but overall very clean and tight contemporary half-leather and paper-covered boards rather worn and a little battered worming has led to slight loss at the spine head the author's name written on the spine in a contemporary hand. Our copy has a double-sided sheet tipped-in at the front endpaper - possibly the author's brief explanation of the aims of his work I can not see this mentioned in any other copy. A highly important work in the history of grass taxonomy and with an impeccable provenance - from the library of C.E. Hubbard with his signature and stamp on the front endpaper; Hubbard was the foremost grass taxonomist of the twentieth century. . First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. Typis & Sumptibus Bodmerianis Hardcover
1987réf. 021172Wallingford: CABI International 1987. Large thick octavo pp 4 534 illustrated with a few diagrams only very clean internally paperback the covers have just slight signs of use. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. SCARCE. First British edition. Paperback. Very Good. CABI International Paperback
1961réf. 021147Madrid: Dirreccion General de Ensenanza Media 1961. Two volumes Spanish text. Well illustrated with many small line drawings pp xiii 188; 150 very slight foxing very slightly used internally paperbacks slightly worn generally a little frayed around the spines. First Edition. Paperback. Good/A little worn and frayed. Dirreccion General de Ensenanza Media Paperback
1842réf. 021240Ave Maria Lane London: Whittaker & Co. 1842. 1842 - 1846. Large thick quarto 172 fine hand coloured plates each with at least one page of descriptive text often more two or three early pages with fox blotches slightly affecting a few plates plate 4 has been folded at the name to avoid losing any text when trimmed by the binder see illustration with 24 the red pigment has oxidised slightly and offset to the text the later few plates and text are slightly age-toned at the margins; with the title page to the first volume but any others have been discarded by the binder five contents pages are present and then an owner has bound in a manuscript contents for the last 10 plates the owner has numbered all the plates on the contents pages and also very faintly and neatly in pencil on each plate corner the first two blank pages are creased bound in one volume half calf very rubbed but firm and sound the remains of a shelf label on the spine. RARE. Originally published in four volumes our copy contains about two thirds of the work. This book is largely based on the second edition of Stephenson and Churchill's Medical botany which was edited by G. T. Burnett M. A. Burnett's brother. The text is fascinatingly detailed and discursive and is in large part the work of G. T. Burnett - Surgeon and botanist continued his fathers medical practice in London. First professor of botany at Kings College London 1831-5; professor of botany to the Society of Apothecaries 1835. Fellow of the Linnean Society of London 1831.; the drawings were by M. A. Burnett. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. Whittaker & Co. Hardcover
1823réf. 021236Napoli: Giornale Enciclopedico di Napoli 1823. Two volumes octavo pp 620; 178 44 exceptionally clean internally the front hinge cracked in the first volume but no weakness contemporary half calf and cloth a little scuffed and slightly worn marbeld endpapers. The second issue of the first volume RARE. Tenore was an Italian botanist with extensive publications. He helped establish the Botanical Garden of Naples and became its director in 1810. He also served as president of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze and served as president of the Accademia Pontaniana six times from the 1830s through the 1850s. In 1853 he founded the Tenore prize still awarded from the Accademia Pontaniana. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Giornale Enciclopedico di Napoli Hardcover
1880réf. 021241Wellington: George Didsbury Governemnt Printer 1880. Folio 64 fine nature-printed plates with accompanying text pages unpaginated the lower corner is a little bruised throughout the title page is very slightly frayed there is slight faint offsetting on to two of the plates later green cloth with red morocco label very slightly worn. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. George Didsbury, Governemnt Printer Hardcover
1891réf. 021239Winchester: Published by the author 1891. Quarto pp 4 22 224 hand-coloured plates the text and the first plate just slightly foxed otherwise very clean internally all edges gilt and slightly discoloured blue cloth with green lettering and a simple gilt floral motif the spine dull and very slightly worn at top and bottom the spine and the lower cover slightly spotted and slightly unevenly faded. Several internal hinges are a little open but not in any way weak. The plates are simply drawn but quite satisfying. The author was a vicar at Sparsholt near Winchester. His drawings are lodged at the British Museum N.H. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Published by the author Hardcover
1759réf. 021234Avignon: Louis Chambeau 1759. Small 12mo measures 153mm x 92mm pp 156 a little browned and age-toned but very sound internally two folding engraved plates a little frayed and creased at the margins and again age-toned full contemporary calf worn at corners the spine dull joints a bit worn but still very sound. A delightful provenance - with the bookplate of C. Harman Payne author of The Florist's Bibliography. This is the only book I have seen from what must have been a notable library. Also with the bookplate of the naturalist Edward Heron-Allen. The plates are great fun showing florists' tools as well as hyacinths a bulb vase and something which looks more like a crocus planter. "Jean Paul Rome d' Ardène retired about 1750 from his duties as 'supérieur' of the college at Marseilles to the Château d' Ardène diocese of Sisteron where he created a botanical garden and gave himself to the study of flowers" - Hunt Catalogue. D'Ardene wrote similar works dealing with Ranunculus Tulips and Carnations It is interesting that Hunt had copies of those three but only mention this work in passing - they did not have a copy. Indeed it seems extremely rare - I can only trace three copies two in WorldCat and the Lindley Library copy. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Louis Chambeau Hardcover
1980réf. 021257Minato-ku: Yama To Keikokushka 1980. Very well illustrated large octavo pp 386 very clean internally green cloth in excellent condition a very good dustcover in the original slipcase which is just slightly bumped. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. . Cloth in slipcase. Very Good/Very Good. Yama To Keikokushka Hardcover
2004réf. 020258Ruggell/Lichtenstein: A.R. Gantner 2004. Second edution. Illustrated with just seven plates thick octavo pp 759 very clean internally yelow cloth in very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. An excellent copy. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A.R. Gantner Hardcover
1897réf. 020276Leipzig & Wien: Franz Deuticke 1897. 1897 - 1898. Two volumes large octavo pp xliv 574 ii ; 946 with 25 folding tables a folding map with one slight tear exceptionally clean and bright internally bound in slightly later red pebble cloth slightly marked the spines faded very slightly worn. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. A flora covering what is now part of north-east Italy Croatia and Slovenia. Pospichal was a Bohemian-born Austrian botanist and teacher. This is his major work - a comprehensive treatise on flora found in regions on and around the northeast Adriatic coast. Also he was also the author a study of plants found along the banks of the Cidlina and Mrdlina Rivers in Bohemia titled Flora des Flussgebietes der Cidlina und Mrdlina. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Franz Deuticke Hardcover
1906réf. 020309Hafniae Copenhagen: H. Hagerup 1906. Thick octavo pp lx 744 the fore-edge splash-marked the first ten pages are stained at the corners. Bound in at the rear is the First Supplement of 1906-1912 132 pages and Prince Bonaparte's next supplement of 1913 - 1916 60 pages which has bad staining on the first sixteen pages. Bound in a simple sturdy green cloth very slightly worn. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. H. Hagerup Hardcover
1979réf. 020312London: Studio Vista 1979. Revised and enlarged edition. Well illustrated large octavo pp 206 very slightly used internally endpapers a litle age-toned paperback the covers very slightly used and slightly curled. Paperback. Good. Studio Vista Paperback
1995réf. 37677R.B.G. Kew / International Palm Society 1995. 1st edition. V.g./Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Title page signed by the authors. Half-title page with a few dropmarks. R.B.G. Kew / International Palm Society hardcover
1981réf. 37734Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1981-1996. 1st editions. Fine/No Jackets. Paper covers vol.s 1 & 2 in a slip case Scarcely used. Some have owner's signature. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew unknown
1998réf. 37653Editorial Hemisferio Sur 1998. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Paper covers Little used. Illustrated with full-page line drawings. Editorial Hemisferio Sur unknown
1975réf. 37717New York Botanical Garden New York 1975. Memoirs vol. 25 no. 2. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. New York Botanical Garden, New York unknown
1991réf. 37699Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1991; 1994. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. To be sold as a pair. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew unknown
1988réf. 37670Universidad de Los Andes Bogotá 1988. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Paper covers Cover lightly foxed. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá unknown
1982réf. 37716New York Botanical Garden New York 1982. Memoirs vol. 35 parts 1 & 2. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. New York Botanical Garden, New York unknown
1996réf. 37669Editora Plantarum São Paulo 1996. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Pictorial hard covers Scarcely used. The author's surname is often given wrongly as Iorenzi due to the use of a lower case I L on the cover but his actual name is Lorenzi. Editora Plantarum, São Paulo hardcover
1997réf. 37650Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1997. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew unknown
