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Japanese Society of Medical SciencesBiblio.com

Collection of Japanese medical and cultural historical materials Vol. <Japanese Version>

Taylor, John WBiblio.com

Monograph of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles in 4 volumes 1894-1924 complete

7948Leeds: Taylor Brothers 1894-1924. First edition. The endpapers of the first three volumes show some foxing and occasional browning the text and plates of all volumes which were printed on a much higher quality paper are bright and clean the final page of Part 24 has an old stain to internal gutter and rear wrapper this occurred before the binding was put on; overall a tight and clean set in very good condition. Pp. vi 1-454; pp. xx 1-312; pp. vii i 1-592 2 ads; pp. 1-160; 70 full page color plates of molluscs from color paintings and color distribution maps 1823 text-figures halftones line-drawings and black-and-white photographs. Publisher's original olive green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover on volumes 1-3 and with matching olive green cloth and gilt-lettering on the fourth volume entitled here as the Supplement the original printed gray wrappers are bound in at the rear for Parts 22 23 and 24 only lg 8vo 10 x 6.25 inches. This work is complete in 24 parts published separately by subscription. The first 21 parts were published at regular intervals from 1894 to 1914. Parts 22 and 23 were published in 1916 and 1917 respectively. The inside front wrapper of Part 23 has a notice to subscribers: "we regret to announce that the 'Monograph' will be suspended until the conclusion of the War as the difficulties of its production is intensified by the severity of military requisitions of men and material." Part 24 was published in 1921 after the war ended. A final 'note to our subscribers' on the Part 24 wrappers informs the subscribers of increasing expenses involved in the publication of 'Monograph.' No additional parts were ever published. A complete list of subscribers appears on pages 494-498 of Part 21 in volume 3; this list of subscribers continues on the on the inside front wrapper of Parts 22-23 and the rear wrapper of Part 24. An entire page of the gray wrappers for Part 22 23 and 24 provides opinions from 'eminent scientists' as to the value and usefulness of the 'Monograph.' Oddly most of these scientists assumed the series would continue. The set has had a single owner; there is a small signature of G. Walson on the front endpaper of each volume and on the front wrapper of the final three parts. W. Walson worked in the late 19th century on mollusks discovered on the Challenger Expedition. Leeds: Taylor Brothers, 1894-1924. First edition. hardcover

Natural History Books · États-Unis700,00 $US≈ 592,27 €

Aubury, Lewis E; & W L Watts; Gilbert E, Bailey; from the library of Harry M RocheBiblio.com

The Copper Resources of California Bulletin No 23; bound with Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of California Bulletin 19; bound with Saline Deposits of California Bulletin 24

1900016807San Francisco and Sacramento: California State Mining Bureau 1900. 3 volumes bound as one. All three are First Editions published 1902/1901/1902 respectively -- not cheaply-made modern reprints. Bound together in black cloth with black leather spine and corners stamped in shiny gold on the spine. The leather joints have a hairline crack. SEE PHOTOS. The original colored wraps for all three books are bound-in. The binding is in Near Very Good condition. Internal condition is Very Good. The ink stamp of Harry M. Roche is on the front endpaper. All three books are profusely illustrated with photos and maps. Many of the maps are fold-out and printed in color. COPPER RESOURCES has 69 illustrations mostly photos and 8 maps of which 3 are folding. The largest: Map of California Copper Deposits unfolds to 29.5" wide by 36" tall. Another fold-out is: Geological Map of the Western Portion of the Shasta County Copper Belt. OIL AND GAS YIELDING FORMATIONS has 35 photos and 13 fold-out maps including Geological Map of Territory between Los Angeles and Santa Ana River; Los Angeles Oil Fields 1898-1900; Geological Sketch Map of the Peninsula of San Pedro; Geological Sketch Map of SE Portion of Orange Co.; Devils Gate Oil District; Sketch Map of Summerland Oil Wells; Coalinga Oil District Fresno Co. 1900; etc. SALINE DEPOSITS has 98 photos and 5 maps. Three of the maps are folding. Two of them are quite large and in color: Map of California Saline Deposits 1902 unfolds to 29" wide by 36" tall; Saline Deposits of the Southern Portion of California unfolds to 30.5" wide by 30.5" tall. First Editions. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition. 8vo. 282pp. 236pp. 215pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. California State Mining Bureau Hardcover

About Books · États-Unis695,00 $US≈ 588,04 €

Pumpelly, RaphaelBiblio.com

Report on the Mining Industries of the United States with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest spine title: Tenth Census of the United States 1880 Vol. XV Mining Industries

1886016429Washington: Department of the Interior Census Office / Government Printing Office GPO 1886. This is a solid reading/reference copy that was formerly in the Library of Congress/Smithsonian Institution. Good condition. See photos. New endpapers. Inner hinges are perfect. There is a small red ink stamp on the title page that reads: "Library of Congress February 25 1887 Smithsonian Deposit." Stamped over it in blue ink is: "Transferred Jan 7 1911." Otherwise all pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original brown cloth moderately rubbed at the spine ends/edges. See photos. 76 tables. Profusely illustrated with 242 figures in the text and 102 full-page inserted maps and diagrams -- many folding and/or PRINTED IN BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOR. See photos. The List of Plates lists a total of 102 maps sections and diagrams. Of these 96 are bound-in as called for and all 96 are present. Of the remaining 6 plates that are supposed to be in a pocket at the rear only one plate LI is present. The 5 plates missing from the pocket are numbers XXIV Map of a group of iron mines in the town of Moriah Essex county New York and L LII-LIV Geological maps of the Cretaceous bituminous coal region of central Montana. Full title: "Report on the Mining Industries of the United States exclusive of the precious metals with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest." Spine title: "Tenth Census of the United States 1880 Vol. XV Mining Industries." Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 12" tall by 3" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Good condition. xxxviii 1025pp. Department of the Interior, Census Office / Government Printing Office (GPO) Hardcover

About Books · États-Unis695,00 $US≈ 588,04 €

Arnold, Marion (author and editor)Biblio.com

South African Botanical Art: Peeling back the petals Collector's edition of 100 numbered copies this is copy no. 1 presented to 'The Publisher' by the author

7938Vlaeberg South Africa: Fernwood Press 2001. Limited edition. A fine new copy. Pp. 1 limitation 5 6-216; color frontispiece of Cyrtanthus flammosus 131 color plates of fine botanical art. One half dark green textured morocco leather spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in one compartment and with a gilt leave in another over gray cloth boards with central gilt flower endpapers with central embossed leaf design in gray cloth-covered slipcase bordered in dark green morocco at the head and foot of the slipcase 4to 300 x 230mm. The limitations page reads: Collectors' Edition. A special edition limited to 100 copies. This volume is number 1 presented to Fernwood Press Pty Ltd signed by the author Marion Arnold. She comments: 'Remarkable images of plants created by the most talented of botanical artists are housed in store rooms of botanical institutes and museums. Yet the oil paintings etchings and watercolors of 'fine' artists - depicting the same plants - are located in art galleries. Why are plant portraits classified differently and kept apart Is plant imagery to do with science or with art Do the two 'kinds' of art ever meet This unique and ground-breaking book metaphorically 'peels back the petals' to explore southern African plant portraiture and discovers the meanings ascribed to the genres of 'botanical art' and 'flower painting'. Well known for their botanical and art history contributions authors Marion Arnold Peter Goldblatt John Manning John Rourke and Dee Snijman examine plant portraiture in southern Africa over several centuries. They provide engrossing and sometimes unique revelations on a broad spectrum of issues including species 'discovery' insect pollination biological classification specimen collection plant naming portraiture and the manner and style of artistic representation. The texts are liberally illustrated by works of some of the countless travelers botanists an artists who have so passionately and meticulously recorded South Africa's rich floral heritage.' Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 2001. Limited edition. hardcover

Natural History Books · États-Unis675,00 $US≈ 571,12 €

Barnes, Thomas 'A Country Gentleman'. Stillingfleet, Benjamin Home, FrancisBiblio.com

A New Method of Propagating Fruit-Trees and Flowering Shrubs. bound with Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History Husbandry and Physick. bound with The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation bound with A New System of Agriculture

020022THOMAS BARNES. A New Method of Propagating Fruit-trees and Flowering Shrubs: whereby the common kinds may be raised more expeditiously; and several curious exotics increased which will not take root from cuttings or layers confirmed by repeated and successful expeience. First edition 1759. With two engraved folding plates a bit foxed and slightly worn octavo pp 42 scattered foxing.Blanche Henrey 434. It seems little known; the system must have been well received as John Rutter mentions it in Modern Eden 1767 - "a very singular method of propagating fruit trees.lately revived by the very excellent gardener Mr Barnes of Elsham". bound with A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. A New System of Agriculture; or A Plain and Easy and Demonstrative Method of Speedily Growing Rich: Proving by undeniable Arguments that Every Land-Owner in England may advance his Estate to a Double Value in the Space of One Year's Time together with several very curious instructions how to feed oxen cows and sheep to much greater profit than has ever yet been known in England. First edition 1755. pp 182 lacking a small corner from the last page without loss of text. Fussell does not identify the 'Country Gentleman' and is slightly credulous of the claim made on the title page. He notes that there was then no copy in the British Museum. bound with BENJAMIN STILLINGFLEET. Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History Husbandry and Physick translated from the Latin with notes. First edition 1759. pp xxx 230. Contains Linnaeus Oration concerning travelling in one's own country; Biberg's Oeconomy of Nature; Barck On the foliation of trees; Gedner Of the use of Curiosity; Beyerstein's Obstacles to the improvement of physic; Haffelgren's The Swedish Pan and the author's own Observations on Grasses which Fussell praises as an important paper. bound with FRANCIS HOME The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation. Second edition 1759. pp viii 207 the last few pages foxed. Fussell observes that Home made a very real contribution to agricultural sciences; and Sir John Russell comments -"The book is a great advance on anything that had gone before it not only because it recognizes that plant nutrition depends on several factors but because it indicates so clearly the two methods to be followed in studying the problem - pot cultures and plant analysis". Generally quite clean and firm internally though with slight age-toning. Bound in a simple cheap full leather green and red labels on the spine rather rubbed but sound the rear hinge cracking but firm. . Full Leather. Good. Hardcover

Mike Park Ltd · Royaume-Uni500,00 £GB≈ 570,90 €

Darwin, ErasmusBiblio.com

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

1791017068St 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

Mike Park Ltd · Royaume-Uni500,00 £GB≈ 570,90 €

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