MOORE, ThomasMareMagnum
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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.
19724to [31 x 24 cm]; [vi], 576. [i] pp, double columns, index. original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, as new, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. "Remains the single most useful answer book for tracing a botanical title before 1870.The chronological topical indexes provide a reference list of short titles not easily picked up elsewhere" [Lubrecht]. A basic reference work in the field.
19844to [31 x 24 cm]; 357 pp, 95 color plates, many other illustrations including full-page, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, dust jacket, very fine and clean, as new. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Prestele, Bavarian born, moved to Buffalo, New York, where he received commissions from Asa Gray, John Torrey and other leading botanist. His engravings and plates were also used by nurserymen as selling aids. He was one of America's first professional botanical artists. The author has painstakingly created this work, with excellent plates. Appendices include a glossary, checklist of plates for Gray's work, checklist of U. S. Army reports of western expeditions containing Prestele's illustrations, checklist of nurserymen's plates signed or attributed to him.
1985folio [34,5 x 27.5 cm]; xv, 144 fine color plates, each plate printed on one side of page, indexes. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering and gilt Redoute signature on cover, dust jacket, fine, clean, unused and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Redoute, the finest flower artist of his time, worked on these plates for 6 years, which first appeared in 36 installments ending in 1833. These are superb and clear reproductions, often found framed in print and antique stores.
1988large 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xvi, 220, [iii] pp, illustrations, including 8 colored plates, references. original printed paper heavy wraps, with the original Prices Realized included loose, fine, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important sale of 922 lots of travel as well as natural history, ornithology books, including Bank's Florilegium, with detailed descriptions.
19664to [34 x 26 cm]; 2 volumes, xii, 360; viii, 363-666. i, [errata] pp, 218 color plates, each illustrating a number of varieties, illustrations in text, endpaper maps, index. original cloth, gilt lettering & decorations, name and small inkmark on endpaper, else clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Its complete and the most comprehensive and detailed work on the subject and has become the standard reference. A very well produced, massive work, very well-illustrated.
19664to [34 x 26 cm]; 2 volumes, x, 230; vi, 231-559, [i] pp, 180 color plates, each illustrating a number of varieties, illustrations in text, endpaper maps, index. original cloth, gilt lettering & decorations, name and ink mark on endpaper but clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This work is complete and covers the Northeastern United States. It is the most comprehensive and detailed book on the subject and has become the standard reference.
1967folio [33 x 25 cm]; 2 volumes, x, 322; vi, 323-688, [ii] pp, 241 fine color plates each illustrating several species, overall index in volume 2, map endpapers. original cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, name and small ink mark on endpaper, else clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Its complete and the most comprehensive and detailed work on the subject and has become the standard reference. A very well produced and massive work.
19168vo [23.5 x 15 cm]; xii, 118 pp, plates from photos, illustrations from drwgs, folding map, index of botanical names, bibliog. original cloth, 'complements of US Bureau of Ethnology, Washington' written on front endpaper, else near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An early work on ethnobotany, with detailed descriptions of uses of plants both native and imported into the region for the Tewa people of New Mexico.
187012mo [20.5 x 13.5 cm]; xviii, 392, 32 [publisher's catalogue dated November 1869] pp, frontis, 75 illus, index. original blue cloth with gilt decorations and title lettering on front cover and spine, edges including spine ends are frayed, joint worn, hinge cracked but firm, bookplate of Theodore H. Rowntree on endpaper, good copy. A picture of this book is availabl 'In Alpine Flowers, his principles of good alpine gardening, in natural conditions in a properly constructed rock garden, preceded Reginald Farrer by thirty-seven years' (Mea Allen in William Robinson). Robinson was the most important garden writer of his period, this being his third book. He describes his journey observing plants and gardens in a 70 page section called A Little Tour in the Alps. He includes lists of plants for different conditions, and describes numerous species throughout the book.
19038vo [23 x 15 cm]; xix, 344pp, frontis, numerous illustrations from drwgs, index, the second part is in two column format. original blue cloth with gilt decorations and title lettering on front cover and spine, small stain on front cover, edges rubbed, lightly foxed on few pages, interior clean and very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'In Alpine Flowers, his principles of good alpine gardening, in natural conditions in a properly constructed rock garden, preceded Reginald Farrer by thirty-seven years' (Mea Allen in William Robinson). Robinson was the most important garden writer of his period, this being his third book. He describes his journey observing plants and gardens in a section called Some Notes of a Journey in the Alps of Europe and the Rocky Mountains of N. W. America. He includes lists of plants for different conditions, and describes numerous species throughout the book. The first edition of this work was in 1870, this edition with an extensive new introduction and new material added, additional species described, etc, and in a larger format. Massachusetts Horticultural Society 268.
1991folio [36 x 25 cm]; 128 pp, 60 color plates from paintings, other illus, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Includes some of the finest botanical art from the last few centuries including Ehret, Bauer, Redoute, Thornton, Brookshaw, Catesby, Hooker and many others, each with a good description and an introduction to the art. An impressive production with stunning botanical prints. (There was also a smaller paperback version with only 40 plates)
19378vo [21.5 x 17 cm]; xi, 107 pp, 7 fine colored plates from paintings by the author (signed AR) and by Ivy Abercrombie, each with tissue guard and letterpress printed verso, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, cover lightly used, interior near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author's Wild Flowers of the Great Dominions of the British Empire was printed in 1935 and this work is selected from that work. The author had previously written several respected gardening and landscaping books.
19358vo [21.5 x 17 cm]; xii, 380, [ii, ads] pp, 34 fine colored plates from paintings by Rockley, Ivy Abercrombie, Emily Pelloe, etc, tissue guards with letterpress as issued, bibliog, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, light wear, old repair), fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author travelled to Canada and Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, painting flowers and scenes and providing considerable description of the flowers and trees. The first edition in the rarely found dust jacket.
19118vo [21 x 14 cm]; 326 pp, frontis, 23 plates from photos, including one of orchids. original cloth, spine gilt decorated, spine title lettering, slightly foxed on half title page and a few outer margins, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important contribution to rain forest botany and ecology. This edition has an additional 8 plates and expanded text and four new chapters based on the author's additional collections and studies in the 16 years after the first edition was published.