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1997Square small quarto in color-illus DJ with dark purple spine; 160 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158). Signed and inscribed by author on title page. A lovely book convering a wide variety of garden stles. Excellent full-color photos. Printed on coated stock. || Spirituality. Gardening. Gardens. Gardening -- Religious aspects. Gardens -- Religious aspects. Gardens -- Symbolic aspects. Seasons. California.
1956L.Fenaroli I fiori della montagna. , Aldo Martello 1956, Libretto usato in buone condizioni. Pagine ingiallite lievemente, finemente illustrate, Tagli regolari impolverati, Copertina flessibile cartonata con lievi segni d'uso Buono (Good) . 144
1977Bianca Maria Venturi Gli alberi d'Italia. , Longanesi 1977, I LIBRI POCKET VOLUME 605. Guida al paesaggio arboreo italiano.Prefazione di Giovanni Pinna. Con 83 illustrazioni. Copertina flessibile in buono stato, pagine molto ingiallite. Buono (Good) . 204
2006AA.VV Piante da appartamento. , NGV 2006, Condizioni molto buone. Molto buono (Very Good) . hardcover 288 3625111896
1900Francesco Nicolosi Roncati Biologia, botanica e zoologia Vol I. , Angelo Signorelli 1900, Libro di testo usato in buone condizioni. Pagine finemente illustrate. Tagli regolari leggermente impolverati, Copertina flessibile cartonata. Volume primo Buono (Good) . 314
2000Very Minor Foxing to textblock. First couple of pages are corner creased. Boards a bit bowed. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 9.8 X 7.6 X 0.6 inches; 144 pages
Divertente rappresentazione della passione per la botanica in una sorta di versione ottocentesca delle fantasiose figure di Nicolas Larmessin (1640-1725): raffigura una fanciulla dal bizzarro corpo composto di differenti fiori e della quale si scorge solo il viso al centro di una corolla di rosa, mentre il busto è una campanula azzurra, la gonna un tulipano giallo ornato da un mughetto, e le braccia sono costituite da una genziana più un baccello di pisello, a sinistra, un rametto di miosotis a destra, e ancora due fiorellini rossi ne formano i piedi.
180212mo [20 x 13 cm]; [iv], 92 pp, 28 engraved double-page plates. recent calf-backed boards, gilt lines, decorations and lettering on spine, marbled boards, title page worn and with previous owner's name, very good complete copy of the first edition with good impressions of the plates. A picture of this book is availabl Freeman 41. The preface is signed "J. A.". The fine copper-engraved botanical plates show the leaves, flowers, seeds of each plant.
197112mo [22 x 14 cm]; 155 pp, 64 illustrations from photos on 32 plates, 96 line drwgs, glossary, keys, bibliog, index. original black cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (tear, rubbed at edges), fine and clean in good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed and well-illustrated work by two experts.
19924to [30.5 x 23 cm]; 127 pp, 52 fine color plates, index. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Attractive botanical art from the artist's original guache and color pencil drawings, each accompanied by a description, history, origin and references of early works.
185312mo [17 x 13.5 cm]; xv, 359 pp, 20 hand colored plates including frontis, each with several figures. original blind-stamped cloth with gilt decoration and title on spine, one margin repaired, light mark on upper cover, minor foxing on few leaves, very good clean copy, spine bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Besides the descriptions of coffee, tea, cocoa, cloves, cinnamon, nuts, palms, the author also describes opium, tobacco, cinchona, senna, etc. Regarding opium, the author states that 51 tons were imported in 1852. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue 10. British Museum Natural History p. 55. The work was also issued under the title Popular Economic Botany in the Popular Natural History series produced by Routledge.
19508vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 711, [i, errata] pp, frontis (portrait), 8 color plates from paintings (one of Cassowary, others of flowers), many other plates and illustrations from photos, maps, glossary, index. original green cloth, spine and cover title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, not price clipped), interior is clean and fine, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The botanist author, describes the flora, trees, grasses, etc in each region of Australia as well as botanical excursions in Victoria, appendices on wildflowers, grasses, Australian aborigines, birds, mammals of Australia, termites, erosion, Australian exploration, etc. Very well-illustrated.
1859folio [36.5 x 29 cm]; vii, [i], 44 pp, 22 fine hand colored plates including frontis (complete), each with tissue guard, illustrating 25 flowers. original full blind-stamped leather, gilt picture on front cover, gilt title, gilt spine decorations, all edges gilted, cover wear at edges and joints, slightly foxed on few leaves but overall interior is quite clean and near fine. A picture of this book Nissen 57. Bennett p. 6: '22 brilliant full page plates in color, each plate accompanied by an appropriate poem printed on the opposite page. The flower prints are very fine lithographs by Donaldson Brothers of New York'. Donaldson Brothers are highly celebrated for their fine hand colored botanical books. The frontis is an attractive bouquet. 'Mrs. Badger's fine drawings and talented hand have survived to keep her name alive' [Kramer, Women of Flowers].
1975folio [49 x 36 cm]; 40 attractive colored plates, other engraved illus, with the original pictorial title page and text, unpaginated. original simulated leather backed cloth covered boards, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This is a limited edition reprint of 1,000 copies of the classic orchid book with all the plates of the original which was printed 1837-43. His book was one of the largest books ever printed and 'was one of the first products of orchidomania that swept England's upper classes in the nineteenth century' [Glikbarg 12]. Each orchid described in the work was a new introduction, collected by Skinner in Guatemala and Hartweg in Mexico. Burrage p. 7. Nissen 89. The last copy of the original 1837 edition traced was at Sotheby's in 2003, selling for US$105,000 plus their commission, with the Christie's 2002 copy at US$170,000, each with some defects.
197512mo [20 x 13 cm]; xi, [69] pp, 100 color illustrations from photos, index. original cloth, dj, fine, signed by author on title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The plants of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, etc are each described in text and photos.
19538vo [22 x 15 cm]; 239 pp, frontis, 80 full-page color plates from paintings, printed on both sides, many other plates from drwgs, other illustrations in text, tables, glossary, index. original green cloth with gilt spine title lettering, cover and endpaper stains, good solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A comprehensive and very well-illustrated work covering flowers of the woods, hedgerow, field, wayside, wasteland, meadow, waterside with appendices on herbal lore and folklore of flowers.
19824to [29.5 x 22 cm]; [vi], 199 pp, hundreds of fine color illustrations from photos, including full page, glossary, bibliog, index. original green cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, dj (not clipped), fine and clean copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A comprehensive treatment of all aspects of cultivation, propagation, landscaping, growing in containers, etc, with detailed descriptions of each species, and lists of species that will grow under various conditions.
19924to [29.5 x 22 cm]; [vi], 201 pp, hundreds of fine color illustrations from photos, including full page, glossary, bibliog, index. original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (not clipped), fine and clean copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A comprehensive treatment of all aspects of cultivation, propagation, landscaping, growing in containers, etc, with detailed descriptions of each species, and lists of species that will grow under various conditions.
19498vo [28 x 18 cm]; 28 pp, with all 14 illustrations including a map, others are photos, bibliog. original heavy paper wraps, title lettering on cover, light cover aging, else clean, unmarked fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This published in English provides details on the expedition, topography, ecology, botany, collections made. The illustrations are mostly of scenery, lakes, mountain, house of the expedition, etc.
19014to [24 x 19 cm]; ix, 274 pp, 16 chromolithographed plates including the frontis from paintings by J. L. Macfarlane, portrait of J. Coles, index. orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title on cover and spine, gilt vignette of orchid on cover, a. e. g., cover slightly rubbed, minor foxing on some leaves, mostly marginal, hinges cracking but firm, endpaper inscription, very good copy, interior excellent. Boyle wrote several books on orchids, of which this is his scarcest and most attractive, especially the colored plates. The stories of how the orchids were found are quite interesting. Most chapters include lists and descriptions of numerous orchid species and hybrids. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue 35. The plates include Zygo-Colax, Laelias, Cattleyas, Lycaste, Cypripediums, Odontoglossums.
19468vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; x, 352 pp, 8 colored plates from paintings, including frontis, hundreds of other illus, mostly from photos but some from paintings, index. original green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small mark on endpaper, slightly foxed at outer text block, else clean and fine in chipped and rubbed dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A well-illustrated and thorough description of each species together with the role of trees in folk-lore and literature.
18808vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 272 pp, 34 colored plates (some hand colored, rest chromolithographs) including frontis, plus colored title page, numerous other engravings. green cloth with gilt rules title lettering on spine, light stain on rear cover, very good copy with nice plates. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The British Museum copy has only 32 plates. Most of the plates show 3 to 6 figures, although a number show only one subject, including one of the water lily. An interesting work that describes the uses of the plants and their cultivation. Hundreds of species are covered.
1909large 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xi, 287 pp, 5 double-page plates and 83 other illus, from photos and drawings, tables, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering and title lettering in black on cover, cover a bit spotted, front blank endpaper removed, very good and sound copy, interior is clean, unmarked and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by Buller, a professor of botany and acclaimed researcher of fungi and mushrooms, provides a major contribution to the physiology, morphology and physics of reproduction in the Hymenomycetes and also a record of some observations upon the discharge of spores of Asomycetes and of Pilobulus. Detailed and scholarly, with excellent illustrations, the author also describes his research methods and apparatus. This book was quite successful and popular and later became a series of several volumes, but this edition did not indicate there would be later volumes.
185212mo [17 x 13 cm]; x, 409, [viii, ads] pp, 20 hand colored plates of flowers, some with several figures, endpapers with ads, index, half title page is present. original gilt decorated blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine, slightly edgeworn, inscribed on half-title page, very good overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Freeman 667. In the Popular Natural History series. Agnes Catlow was a popular natural history writer.
185512mo [17 x 13 cm]; x, 320, 16 uncolored lithographed plates by W. Fitch, frontis with tissue guard, index. original blind-stamped cloth, with gilt design and title lettering on spine, light wear to edges, name on endpaper, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Massachusetts Horticultural Society p. 52. Catlow was popular natural history writer of the time.
