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18201639gLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1820. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 85 hand-coloured plates 10 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18161639cLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1816. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vi 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 9 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18171639dLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1817. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 9 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18191639fLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1819. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 8 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18151639bLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Occasional foxing. 1815. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xi 180pp plates. 90 hand-coloured plates 6 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
9750Cape Town: Tiyan Publishers 1982. First edition. A fine copy in the original gray cloth case that is slightly edge-worn. Pp. xvi 174; 14 full page color plates from paintings by Thalia Lincoln each signed in pencil by the artist numerous other black-and-white figures and portraits. One-quarter leather over green cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt on the front board spine leather with four raised bands housed in the publishers gray cloth-covered folding case lettered in brown on the top cover elephant folio 660 x 490 mm. This printing was limited to 500 copies. The first 50 copies are presentation copies and the remaining copies are numbered 50 to 500 this being copy no. 120. Each copy of this limited edition is signed by the author John Patrick Rouke and by the artist Thalia Lincoln on the limitation page. Mimetes the pagoda is a genus of evergreen shrubs or small trees 0.56 meters 1.619.7 feet high with thirteen species assigned to the family Proteaceae. This genus as with other proteas is popular with nectivorous birds such as the Cape sugarbird and several sunbird species. All species of Mimetes are endemic to the Cape Region of South Africa from Wiki. Orothamnus or marsh rose is a monotypic fynbos genus in the family Proteaceae occurring in the Kogelberg and Kleinrivier Mountains of Hottentots-Holland in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is an erect sparsely branched shrub to 5 meter tall and was first depicted by Jean Villet a Capetonian artist and dealer in natural history specimens from Wiki. No ownership marks. This book weighs 36 pounds; it will require extra postage in the USA and worldwide. Cape Town: Tiyan Publishers, 1982. First edition. hardcover
6241Johannesburg: Aloe Books 1985. Limited edition. A fine as new copy. Pp. i-xl 2-150; frontispiece portrait of Adrian H. Haworth 120 color photographs 31 black-and-white photos and half-tones 24 distribution maps. Publisher's original dark green morocco leather spine with five raised bands red morocco title/author label in one compartment two-color map endpapers in gray cloth-covered slipcase with green marbled paper on the top side and bottom of the slipcase and dark green morocco flange at the opening of the slipcase sm 4to 11 x 8 1/4 inches. This is Sponsors' edition limited to 27 signed copies lettered A-Z signed by the author on the limitation page; this is copy letter V. The subscriber's page shows that there were sixteen sponsors to this work presumably they received letters A-Q; this left only eleven copies available for sale. The copy offered here is one of these eleven available for sale. Haworthia is a large genus of small succulent plants endemic to Southern Africa Mozambique Namibia Lesotho Swaziland South Africa. Like the Aloes they are members of the subfamily Asphodeloideae and they generally resemble miniature aloes except in their flowers which are distinctive in appearance. Horticulturally they are popular garden and container plants from Wiki. This is an important taxonomic revision of the genus Haworthia that was named after Adrian H. Haworth who was an English entomologist botanist and crustacean expert. This very rare offering is finely bound in attractive dark green morocco that is housed in a custom slipcase. Johannesburg: Aloe Books, 1985. Limited edition. hardcover
BE041821790 (11th ed.) 2 volumes. xvi, 847, viii, 856, xxx, [2] p., 19, 22 pls, frontispiece, 4to, contemporary full calf (spine, with five raised bands, gilt decorated, red and dark green labels). A few worm holes in outer edge of spine, otherwise a very good copy with very crisp interior and attractively bound. This was the farmers bible of it´s time dealing with all aspects of country life; cultivating, forestry, fruit, gardens, wine and alcohol, health-care, hunting and fishing etc.
17784London John E. Sowerby (1855-1856) 1855 in 8 (23,5x15) Les 2 parties en un volume reliure demi veau lisse vert à coins de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de cuir rouge, 87 et 52 pages, avec 80 planches gravées hors-texte aquarellées à l'époque (80 hand-coloured plates on single-sided leaves, 49+31). First editions, published in 1855 and 1856 respectively. Johnson, Charles, Esq., Botanical Lecturer at Guy's Hospital. SOWERBY, John E[dward], 1825-1870, iIllus. & Charles JOHNSON, 1791-1880, Text. Bel exemplaire
Tre volumi di cm. 21, pp. ix, 642 (2); xxviii, 552; (4) 684 (4). Con 17 tavole fuori testo di cui 14 incise in rame contenenti oltre 800 piccole figure. Solida legatura del tempo in mezza pergamena con piccole punte, dorsi con titoli in oro su tasselli. Esemplare genuino e ben conservato.
129421aafParis, Hachette, 1876 - 1892, in-folio, XII + 788 p. / 776 p. / 756 p. / 340 p., richement illustré de xylograv. in-texte + 33 planches en couleurs (A. Faguet pinxt. - Portail, chromolithogr.), reliure en d.-cuir originale (T. 1 charnière lg. fendu). Brochures orig. cons.
179557495BBParis, H.Agasse, L'an 3 de la République, (1795). 8°. Titel, 4 S., CXIX S., 223 S., 159 S., 1 S. Errata und 8 gestochene Tafeln; Titel, IV S., 1 Tabelle, 684 S.; Titel, 674 S. Halblederbände der Zeit mit je 2 goldgeprägten Rückenschildern und wenig Rückenvergoldung. 3 Bände.
179557495BB3 Bände. Paris, H.Agasse, L'an 3 de la République (1795). 8°. Titel, 4 S., CXIX S., 223 S., 159 S., 1 S. Errata und 8 gestochene Tafeln; Titel, IV S., 1 Tabelle, 684 S.; Titel, 674 S. Halblederbände der Zeit mit je 2 goldgeprägten Rückenschildern und wenig Rückenvergoldung.
140724aafBern, (Druck F. Haller), Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1874, kl. in-8°, 4 Bl., Titelblatt ill. mit xylogr. Ansicht (gest. von Buri & Jeker) + 80 S., hs. Widmung von Verfasser auf Umschlag, ill. Original-Broschüre (identisch mit Titelblatt). In spezial angef. Box mit Rückentitel).
ORD-19743Avec un Abrégé de leurs Qualitez, & de leurs Vertus spécifiques. Divisée en deux Tomes, & rangée suivant l'ordre du Pinax de Gaspard Bauhin.- Lyon. NICOLAS DEVILLE. 1726. 2 volumes in-12 (95 x 170 mm) pleine basane brune, dos à 3 nerfs joliment orné or, gardes au semis de fleurs, tranches rougies, reliure postiche XVIIIe. XXIV ff. (fx-titre, titre, dédicace, Avertissement au Lecteur, Distribution des Plantes, Table des Vertus des Plantes et Privilège), 866 pages (pagination continue) et Table. Figures sur bois pour chaque plante. Reliure serrée, petits défauts, mais plutôt bon état.
1815127751815 Paris, Desray, 1815, 5 tomes en 6 volumes, reliés demi-toile avec motifs de fleurs, dos lisses muets (reliure amateur moderne) ; très rares rousseurs ; dos insolés, certains tachés.
177050067Hamburg, Heroldischen Buchhandlung, 1770. Large 4to. Orig. blank blue covers. Backstrip nearly gone. 11,12 pp. and 1 large folded handcoloured engraved plate (42x25,5 cm.). The plate strenghtened in folding on verso. A large uncut copy, printed on thick paper. Clean and fine.
179441627London, E. Hodson, 1794. 4to. Cont. hcalf, gilt and gilt lettering to spine. Hinges neathly repaired. Corners a little bumped. Engraved portrait of Linné (J. Heat sculp.) as frontispiece. XXXVIII,435 pp. Large copy with broad margins. Internally fine and clean, a few leaves with brownspots, mainly in margins.
Hamburg, Heroldischen Buchhandlung, 1770. Large 4to. Orig. blank blue covers. Backstrip nearly gone. 11,12 pp. and 1 large folded handcoloured engraved plate (42x25,5 cm.). The plate strenghtened in folding on verso. A large uncut copy, printed on thick paper. Clean and fine.
London, E. Hodson, 1794. 4to. Cont. hcalf, gilt and gilt lettering to spine. Hinges neathly repaired. Corners a little bumped. Engraved portrait of Linné (J. Heat sculp.) as frontispiece. XXXVIII,435 pp. Large copy with broad margins. Internally fine and clean, a few leaves with brownspots, mainly in margins.
021721Four works in one volume quarto. Monographia Pedicularis C. Steven Moscow 1822 engraved botanical title page 59 pages 16 engraved plates. Dissertatio de Pyrola et Chimophila specimen primum botanicum Justus Radius Leipzig 1821 pp 20 39 i with five engraved plates. Generis Nicotianarum Historia quam munus professoris in Gymnasio Hamburgensi Academico J.G.C. Lehmann 1818 52 pages four folding engraved plates. Palmarum Familia ejusque Genera denuo illustrata C.F.P. de Martius Munich 1824 with 24 pages. All bound in one volume contemporary half calf and boards a little worn and rubbed morocco label on spine lacking the rear endpaper a bit aged and dusty thoughout. The front endpapers are marked by childish pencil notes heavily impressed - fortunately the rest of the book is not affected. ALL THE WORKS SEEM RARE. . First Edition. Half Leather. Good. Hardcover
1719021143Tiguri 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
folio [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.
8vo [25 x 16.5 cm]; xii, [vi], 92, [120], [iv, ads with illus] pp, 60 plates, of which 59 are fine colored lithographs (chromolithographs), other illustrations in text. original green cloth, gilt title lettering, rubbed at edges, some light foxing mostly marginal else a very good copy with good impressions of the plates, inscribed presentation copy in French signed by author dated May 1899. A picture of this book is avai Nissen 406a. Not in Glikbarg. Correvon, Swiss botanist and alpinist, wrote a number of influential works on alpine plants and flowers. The very attractive plates in this original edition are finely done and superior to those in the 1923 reprint. Each plate has the scientific name, and the common names in French, English and German. The text is in French.
6221Cape Town: A. S. Robertson 1838. First edition. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. lxvi 429. Contemporary one-half green morocco leather spine with 5 raised bands lettered in gilt in 2 compartments and with gilt panel lines and decorations highlighting each raised band over green cloth-covered boards top page edge in gilt other page edges are deckled original marbled endpapers 8vo. This volume is the first substantial botanical work published in South Africa. The work provided an introduction to the flora of South Africa and paved the way for Harvey's massive seven volume treatise Flora Capensis. Inscribed by the author to Mr. Macqueen dated 1838. No other ownership marks. See also Stafleu and Cowan 2436. Cape Town: A. S. Robertson, 1838. First edition. hardcover
