MARSHALL, Nina L.MareMagnum
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19074to [26 x 19 cm]; xviii, 327 pp, color frontis, 16 colour plates, 32 other plates from photos by Hannah C. Anderson, hundreds of illustrations from drawings, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt spine vignette, very slightly rubbed at edge, one margin with closed tear, else fine, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of the Mushroom Book, here describes in detail each species and family of both lichens and mosses, beautifully illustrated. The initial chapters are on identification, lichens in history and use in dyes, drugs and food, their origin and nature, leafy mosses, the relation of hepatics and mosses in the plant kingdom, the herbarium and how to collect, nomenclature, etc.
19414to [30 x 22.5 cm]; xiv, [i], 227, [iii] pp, frontis, 31 plates from drwgs that illustrate 146 genera, drawn by Bock, 163 other illustrations from photos, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, outer corner of cover a little bumped, else near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Beautifully illustrated book, describing recent species since Britton and Rose's monograph, new species described for the first time, comparisons of genera and a check list of all species, provides a valuable reference work and supplement to the classic Britton and Rose work.
18698vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xxxviii, 534 pp, 218 illustrations by E. M. Williams and others, index, errata. later blue cloth with paper title label on spine, spine and corners lightly rubbed, light stain in upper margin of few leaves, good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Freeman 2520. Curle 82. Pritzel 5973. An interesting association copy, being presented 'From the Council of the Ray Society' written on verso of title, and bequeathed by Francis Druce to A. J. Wilmott with the latter's signature and small blind-stamp on endpaper, and the inkstamp of Seymour Shapiro on endpaper.
19894to [28 x 22,5 cm]; 127 pp, colored frontis, 44 color plates, 59 other, bibliog, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, very light signs of use, else fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated book covering a 400 year history of botanical illustrations and botanical plate books with illustrations from the best books, including those of Redoute, W. J. Hooker, Besler, Merian, Thornton, etc.
19894to [28 x 22,5 cm]; 127 pp, colored frontis, 44 color plates, 59 other, bibliog, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, very light wear, else near fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated book covering a 400 year history of botanical illustrations and botanical plate books with illustrations from the best books, including those of Redoute, W. J. Hooker, Besler, Merian, Thornton, etc.
19894to [28 x 22 cm]; 302 pp, color frontis, numerous color illustrations from paintings, many full-page, double-page map, other illustrations and photos, glossary, bibliog, index, pictorial endpapers from Mee's painting. original cloth, gilt title lettering, dj (two corners a little torn), otherwise a clean and fine copy in vg dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her diaries and sketches portray the forests as they have never been viewed before. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). An important contribution to the botany and wildlife of Amazonia and an interesting description of plant exploration. Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora].
19884to [28 x 22 cm]; 302 pp, color frontis, numerous color illustrations from paintings, many full-page, double-page map, other illustrations and photos, glossary, bibliog, index, pictorial endpapers from Mee's painting. original cloth, gilt title lettering, dj, a clean and fine copy of the first printing. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her diaries and sketches portray the forests as they have never been viewed before. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). An important contribution to the botany and wildlife of Amazonia and an interesting description of plant exploration. Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora].
1968large folio [53 x 41 cm]; [72 l] pp, 32 fine colored plates, including frontis, from paintings by Mee, each with tissue guard, signed in the plate by Mee, dated 1960s, maps, list of plates, pictorial endpapers. original green morocco-backed boards, bound by Zaehnsdorf, boards with hand marbled paper, gilt spine title lettering & gilt vignette on front, top edge gilted, original clear glassine jacket, original cloth slipcase, clean, fine and bright copy. A pictur A superb production with most attractive plates, including nine of orchids and six of bromeliads, each plate with a descriptive leaf. Margaret Mee (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee's work is of an unusually high order of excellence and in the best tradition of flower painting' [Taylor, director of Royal Botanic Garden of Kew]. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora]. One of the plants illustrated was discovered by Mee herself.
18784to [26.5 x 19 cm]; 4 volumes, ix, 192; v, 200; ix, 196; v, 204 pp, 192 fine colored lithographed plates (chromolithographs) by Prang's esteemed firm from paintings by Alois Lunzer, tissue guards. orig cloth, gilt title lettering & rules on spines, gilt cover lettering & vignette, all edges gilted, slight fading where small spine labels removed, bookplate removed from front endpaper, light cover wear, interiors are clean and fine, excellent set. A Bennett p75. Nissen 1331. Taxonomic Literature 5783. A complete set of both series with all of the plates, most of which are flowers rather than ferns, a corner stone work of any collection of north american botanical color plate books. Prang was a leading printer of chromolithographed plates in the nineteenth century.
1881large 8vo [27 x 19.5 cm]; 128 pp, 31 fine colored lithographed plates (chromolithographs) by L. Prang. original pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture of flowers on cover, gilt spine title lettering, all edges gilted, edges lightly rubbed, small light cover stain, few margins with light stain, endpaper inscription, very good clean copy. A picture of this The author of the celebrated Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, a four volume work with 192 colored plates and selling for about $2000, here presents a selection of plates from the larger work, each with a full description. Plates include two of orchids and one of water lilies. Prang was the foremost printer of chromolithographed plates in the United States. See Bennett p. 75.
19914to [26 x 26 cm]; 144 pp, 150 fine colored illustrations from photos by Mehta, many full page, trek charts, glossary, bibliography, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (short tear), fine in near fine jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Superb photos by renowned photographer. Suggested treks through the Himalayas with itineraries for Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Utter Pradesh, Sikkim and Darjeeling, Nepal east and west.
19348vo [25.5 x 17.5 cm]; 178 pp, 14 plates from drawing and photos, index. original heavy paper printed wraps, title lettering on cover, slightly foxed on outer edge of text block, fine, clean and unmarked condition. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Each plant is described in detail, including locations found, previous references, etc, of the over 600 plants, including many orchids, found 1931-1932 in various parts of Sumatra, mostly collected at medium and higher altitudes in the primary forests. Merrill, who also wrote extensively in the botanical area, including of the botany of the Cook voyages, and was with the New York Botanical Garden, provides a good introduction, including references to early material on Sumatra.
18954to [28.5 x 22.5 cm]; xi, 622, [i, ads] pp, fine colored frontis from painting, tissue guard, 308 full-page illustrations from drwgs, index of scientific and common names. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering on spine and front cover, lightly rubbed, few small marks on rear cover, front internal hinge repaired, very good clean, solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Massachusetts Horticultural Society 213. The selection of flowers has been made to present the most typical of each family, the drawings showing the peculiar traits, average size and all details. The drawings are mostly full size. An excellent reference with good descriptions. Later editions did not have the colored plate.
19668vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; [xiv], 451 pp, 9 colored plates from photos, each with 9 images, 873 illustrations from drwgs, bibliog, index. original cloth with spine title lettering, clean and fine in dj (a little rubbed at spine ends, light crease), signed and inscribed by the author on half title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The first book covering plants across Canada, and a very comprehensive and well-illustrated treatment, the author, a respected botanist, describes over 1,500 plants, providing a general key to plant families and a description of each plant arranged within families.
185112mo [17 x 13.5 cm]; xii, 354, [ii, ads], 8 [ads] pp, 20 hand colored plates, frontis, with tissue guard. original blind-stamped and gilt decorated pictorial cloth, gilt spine lettering and decorations, short tear at joint head, light corner wear, clean and unmarked, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Freeman 2638. Nissen 1402. Moore had written some of the most important works on Ferns in the period. The plates are by W. Fitch, the famous botanical artist. Popular Natural History Series.
19814to [28.5 x 22 cm]; 112 pp, colored frontis, hundreds of fine colored illustrations from photos, index. original brown pictorial simulated leather, dj (chipped at edge, tear), fine and clean in good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well-illustrated survey of this family of plants unique to America, especially found in jungles and rainforests of central and south america including Tillandsias, Vrieseas, Guzmanias, Aechmeas, Billbergias, Noeregelias, Porteas, Navias, and all the rest.
19014to [30 x 24 cm]; [iv], 234 pp, 9 lithographed plates of shells relating to Clarke work, 25 fine colored lithographed [chromolithographs] plates of mushrooms for Peck's report, numbered 44-68 but complete. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, bookplate of George May Elwood on endpaper, spine end a little frayed, interior near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Two reports in one volume. Peck had written several works on mushrooms, this one being on edible mushrooms and fungi, each species described in detail, nice plates.
19458vo [27 x 18 cm]; 137-177 pp, 10 plates, table. original printed heavy paper wraps, a little wear at outer edges of wraps, interior is clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, curator of Botany with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, describes the species of this genus of slipper flower in some detail based on his 1925 expedition to the Cuzco and Puno districts of Peru. Nicely illustrated.
19188vo [24.5 x 15.5 cm]; [viii], 95-132, [ii] pp, plus full-page plate, many illustrations from drwgs, index. original heavy printed paper wraps, fine and clean, unmarked, partly unopened. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Issued as Volume 20, part 3 of US herbarium series. Pittier, of the US Department of Agriculture, describes plants from among 10 families, the largest number belonging to the Fabaceae, trees. He also redescribes the cow tree or milk tree, the palo de vaca of Humboldt, in the light of new information and with notes on its economic importance.
186312mo [20 x 13 cm]; [ii], 349 pp, 18 fine hand colored plates, with frontis, other illustrations, index. morocco backed boards, gilt title lettering on black leather label, new endpapers, name on title page, very light foxing to few leaves, very good+, sound and tight copy, with the original ribbon bookmark. A picture of this book is available upon request b The hand colored plates in this first edition are much nicer than later editions, also, most later editions had fewer plates, making this first edition much more desirable. Freeman 3044. Massachusetts Horticultural Society p. 251 had only the 3rd edition. The author was a respected writer on natural history and botany subjects. 'This is one of the most interesting books that the botanist can wish for' (The World We Live In).
18658vo [23.5 x 15 cm]; viii, 317, [ii, ads of author's other books] pp, 20 colored plates including frontis (hand-colored & color printed), numerous other illustrations including full-page, general index, index to illus. original blind-ruled cloth, gilt lettering on spine, small part of corner of endpaper removed, light corner wear, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Freeman 3045. The author covers ferns, fern allies, mosses, lichens, mushrooms, fungi, seaweeds, etc, with nice colorful plates, most with several illustrations. "This handsome and elegantly illustrated volume is a good specimen of a class of works to which the popularization of science is mainly due". (Intellectual Observer). This first edition is in larger format than the later edition.
186712mo [19.5 x 13 cm]; viii, 307, 16 [publisher's ads] pp, 16 hand-colored lithographs from drwgs by Walter Fitch, numerous other engravings, index. original green pictorial gilt cloth with gilt spine title lettering and gilt picture of grasses on front cover, cover stained, minor light foxing on few leaves, good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Jackson 239. Nissen 1538. Freeman 3048. A detailed work covering cereal grasses, ornamental grasses, agricultural and economic grasses, with description of hundreds of species.
19638vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 248 pp, frontis map, over 400 of illustrations from drwgs, including full-page, glossary, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, light wear, rubbed), good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A good identification guide based on leaf characteristics.
19604to [33 x 25 cm]; 173 pp, 77 plates from photos. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, rubbed), front free endpaper removed, good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Photomicrographs, enlarged up to 3,000 times provide an interesting botanical survey of plant structures, flowers, seeds, leaves, roots, parasites, etc.
18558vo [23 x 16 cm]; vi, 174 pp, 41 colored lithographed plates, each with tissue guards, index. orig green cloth decorated in gilt floral pattern, black & red, gilt title lettering on spine & cover, all edges gilted slightly rubbed at edges, few pages with small foxed spot, but a near fine attractive copy, cover gilt bright, no ownership markings. Freeman 3082. Beautifully illustrated work by this highly respected and popular writer on botanical themes, the book published during the fern craze in Britain.