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1921j7494London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 1921. 5th UK Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xi 799pp 4pp. 833 vignettes 42 in colour. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Macmillan & Co Ltd hardcover
1769017255Vienna: Krauss 1769. Two volumes bound in one quarto illustrated with 18 folding engraved plates age-toned the final plate a littlre frayed at the fore-edge and neatly repaired at the folds two main title pages six sub-title pages to the fascicles and six dedication pages all with engraved vignettes several engraved tail-pieces pp xii 508 8 a little age-toning throughout occasional spotting and foxing but otherwise sound smartly bound in a fairly modern half-calf slightly rubbed.As usual it is the second printing of the first volume and the first edition of the second. The first title page has the blind stamp of Isaac Bayley Balfour. As well as Regius Keeper of Edinburgh Botanic Garden Balfour had the distinction at various times of being Professor of Botany at Glasgow Oxford and Edinburgh. Crantz was a botanist but primarily a physician lecturing in obstetrics. As an extremely sharp-sighted and sensible observer - and in a scientific dispute with his contemporaries Jacquin and Linnaeus - he discovered and named for example the genus Camelina and many new species such as Pedicularis rostratocapitata Veronica orchidea Veronica dillenii. Potentilla crantzii and Noccaea crantzii = Thlaspi alpestre are named for him. The six fascicules are dedicated to different botanical societies or natural historians including Saverio Manetti Albrecht von Haller and the Dane Petrus Ascanius a pupil of Linnaeus. Hunt 603; Pritzel 1954. . Half-Leather. Good. Krauss Hardcover
1845Leiden Lugduni Batavorum: Arnz and Soc. 1850. Some faint scattered foxing to some plates some minor chipping to the wrappers along the spine otherwise a clean near fine copy with the text pages unopened and uncut. Pp. 234 65 full page lithographs some folding. Original blue boards 4to. Documents the Dicotyledones and Monocotyledones of Suriname formerly Dutch Guinea. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum): Arnz and Soc., 1850. hardcover
1738019442At the West-End of St Paul's London: W. Innys & R. Manby 1738. Third edition with amendments. Small octavo pp xiv 376 illustrated with 19 engraved plates small octavo pp xiv 376 slight signs of age-toning and dustiness but generall quite clean internally the front endpaper detached contemporary full calf poor the covers nearly detached. In Vegetable Staticks Hales studied transpiration - the loss of water from the leaves of plants. He estimated the surface area of the leaves of the plant and the length and surface area of the roots. This allowed Hales to compare the calculated influx of water into the plant with the amount of water leaving the plant by transpiration through the leaves. He also measured 'the force of the sap' or root pressure. Hales commented that "plants very probably draw through their leaves some part of their nourishment from the air". He prefigured the cohesion theory of water movement in plants although his ideas were not understood at the time so he did not influence the debate on water transport in plants in the 19th century. He also speculated that plants might use light as a source of energy for growth i.e. photosynthesis based on Isaac Newtons suggestion that "gross bodies and light" might be interconvertible. He also describes experiments that showed that "air freely enters plants not only with the principal fund of nourishment by the roots but also thro the surface of their trunks and leaves". While Hales work on the chemistry of air appears primitive by modern standards its importance was acknowledged by Antoine Lavoisier the discoverer of oxygen. Hales invention of the pneumatic trough to collect gases over water is also considered a major technical advance. Modified forms of the pneumatic trough were later used by William Brownrigg Henry Cavendish and Joseph Priestley in their research. Blanche Henrey 779. Full-Leather. Good. W. Innys & R. Manby Hardcover
1738015037At the West-End of St Paul's London: W. Innys & R. Manby 1738. Third edition with amendments. Small octavo pp xiv 376 illustrated with 19 engraved plates fore-edge a little thumbed but otherwise very clean and crisp internally marbled endpapers contemporary full polished calf a thin decorated gilt line around the borders a little marked and worn the spine gilt decorated with raised bands lacking the top 25mm of the spine and lacking small portions at the top of each joint the joints cracking slightly. still an attractive copy. In Vegetable Staticks Hales studied transpiration - the loss of water from the leaves of plants. He estimated the surface area of the leaves of the plant and the length and surface area of the roots. This allowed Hales to compare the calculated influx of water into the plant with the amount of water leaving the plant by transpiration through the leaves. He also measured 'the force of the sap' or root pressure. Hales commented that "plants very probably draw through their leaves some part of their nourishment from the air". He prefigured the cohesion theory of water movement in plants although his ideas were not understood at the time so he did not influence the debate on water transport in plants in the 19th century. He also speculated that plants might use light as a source of energy for growth i.e. photosynthesis based on Isaac Newtons suggestion that "gross bodies and light" might be interconvertible. He also describes experiments that showed that "air freely enters plants not only with the principal fund of nourishment by the roots but also thro the surface of their trunks and leaves". While Hales work on the chemistry of air appears primitive by modern standards its importance was acknowledged by Antoine Lavoisier the discoverer of oxygen. Hales invention of the pneumatic trough to collect gases over water is also considered a major technical advance. Modified forms of the pneumatic trough were later used by William Brownrigg Henry Cavendish and Joseph Priestley in their research. Blanche Henrey 779. Full-Leather. Good. W. Innys & R. Manby Hardcover
200916779Bridge Books Wrexham 2009. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Signed by the author. A well-balanced account of the principal holy well of Wales and its historical vicissitudes. 423 pp. Bridge Books, Wrexham hardcover
1963018875Osaka: Hoikusha Publishing Co. 1963. Well illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. large octavo pp 169 very clean internally blue cloth in good condition in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. SCARCE. Japanese text but Latin names and English explanations of the photographs and English botanical index. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Hoikusha Publishing Co. Hardcover
2015010223Kota Kinabalu 2015. Very well illustrated pp x 278 a very good new copy. Malesia is the botanical region comprising Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia Papua New Guinea the Philippines Singapore and Timor Leste. The seed plants of this biologically super-rich region probably include over 41000 species which botanical work seeks to discover and document. The process of getting to understand plant life and planning appropriate strategies for both utilisation and conservation depends in a very fundamental way on first knowing its components and being able to identify plant families genera and species. While the technical expertise for plant taxonomy may be highly specialised the use of spot-characters - features of the plants that may be characteristic for a species alliance or group and which may be constant enough to rely on for identification - can often help. Here the authors have compiled lists of seed plants for as many as 119 spot-characters that they have found useful in their work on identification as an additional tool in our arsenal for tracking down the identities of Malesian seed plants. The characters range from growth form and vegetative characters such as stem and branch characteristics and leaf arrangement as well as a range of features of inflorescences flowers fruits and seeds. This book should be useful for students foresters botanists and anyone who seeks to identify and know the seed plants of Malesia. It emphasises characters that are found on herbarium specimens dried plant material routinely preserved to form the herbariums scientific archive many of which are also easily observable in fresh material but includes a number of commonly noted "field characters" found only in the living plant but which collectors commonly mention in their collecting labels as well. Most of the characters are illustrated by photographs. First Edition. Paperback. New. Paperback
1880WB19262Paris c. 1880. ALBUM OF ARTIFICIAL LEAVES AND FLOWERS PRE-A.I. Extraordinary album of artificial leaves and flowers. France ca 1880. 4to. Quarter gray linen and contemporary black impressed designed covers. Collation: 32pp. Cut out Flowers and Leaves of different species of flowering plants shrubs and trees some in natural green appearance but also including fantasy leaves in gilt and silver paper; and finally 2 pages for artificial flowers made in magical colors. Provenance: Ancienes Maisons J. Pezieux & Fils label on pastedown. The assembler has noted manuscript categories and numbers with stamped letters next to each specimen. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> unknown
1934015705Tokyo: Shokubutso Bunken Kankokwa 1934. Two volumes pp 120 1200 58 very clean internally original tan half calf faded and a little rubbed. RARE. From the library of the Kew botanist C.E. Hubbard with his signature in both books. Several relevant offprints inserted and an original photograph of a pressed bamboo specimen. The second ever facsimile printing. It is printed on slightly tanned paper and has a good "feel" to it similar to an earlier book. Half-Leather. Very Good. Shokubutso Bunken, Kankokwa Hardcover
1970021883Lehre: J. Cramer 1970. Originally published 1828. Facsimile reprint two volumes the text is thick octavo pp 10 680; nthe illustrations large tall octavo 360 plates very clean internally green cloth just very slightly rubbed one slight bruise to the text volume. Cloth. Very Good. J. Cramer Hardcover
1842018523Leningrad 1842. RARE. Small quarto pp 189 a wide margined copy untrimmed and partially unopened some foxing towards the rear pages plain blue covers with a later paper spine. C.E. Hubbard's copy. Hubbard was the dean of the British agrostologists with an encyclopedic knowledge of the world's grasses. He did not follow the increasingly popular view of recognizing four to six subfamilies by listing only two Festucoideae and Panicoideae and 27 tribes. Trinius prepared a summary of grass classification and synonymy in which he listed 2457 species along with their author and place of publication - this was a cornerstone of modern grass taxonomy. First Edition. Boards. Good. Hardcover
1842000010Leningrad 1842. RARE. Small quarto pp 189 contemporary mottled boards lacking the backstrip. Duplicate formed from the fusion of the Boissier/Candolle libraries. C.E. Hubbard's copy. Hubbard was the dean of the British agrostologists with an encyclopedic knowledge of the world's grasses. He did not follow the increasingly popular view of recognizing four to six subfamilies by listing only two Festucoideae and Panicoideae and 27 tribes. Trinius prepared a summary of grass classification and synonymy in which he listed 2457 species along with their author and place of publication - this was a cornerstone of modern grass taxonomy. First Edition. Boards. Good. Hardcover
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
199938360Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1999. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew unknown
1956023158London: The Royal Horticultural Society 1956. Illustrated with line drawings and one colour plate by Margaret Stones two colour plates by E.A. Bowles and several black and white photographic plates; large slim octavo pp 6 128 a folding map at the rear. The front and rear endpapers have a slight binding fault so they are a bit creased; otherwise very clean internally dark blue cloth very slightly worn a crease to the spine but a good copy. Scarce. First Edition. Cloth. Good. The Royal Horticultural Society Hardcover
1934g3127Oxford: Clarendon Press. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and soiled. 1934. First Edition. Pale green paper cover. 270mm x 190mm 11" x 7". 108pp plates. Numerous b/w plates. . Clarendon Press unknown
37706Expressão e Cultura 1903; 1989. Facsimile reprint. Fine/Good. Hard covers dust jacket Reproduced two pages together in landscape format with many full page and full colour illustrations this book was originally published in French. The jacket has slight edge wear. Expressão e Cultura hardcover
1738r2781bStockholm: Joh. L. Horrns. G : in good condition. 19th century binding. Cover rubbed with edge wear. Fep missing. Occasional foxing and darkening. 1738. Third Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". viii 282pp 62pp 118pp viii. Eighteenth century edition of Palmberg's Swedish herbal. . Joh. L. Horrns hardcover
1684r2781Stockholm: Strängääs. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped with corner wear. Spine top chipped and scuffed at joints. Manuscript notes in Swedish on eps. Fraying to fore edge of title page and rear ep corner missing. Darkening to pages. Overall contents tight. 1684. First Edition. Leather cover. 155mm x 95mm 6" x 4". 416pp 16pp index. Woodcuts around title and numerous woodcut illustrations of plants in the text. Seventeenth century edition of Palmberg's Swedish Herbal. Index has three separate sections covering Swedish German and Latin. . Strängääs hardcover
199137652New York Botanical Garden New York 1991. Memoirs of the N.Y.B.G. volume 65. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Owner's signature. Written by the doyen of New York botanic garden taxonomists this revision of new world Mimosas is unsurpassed. New York Botanical Garden, New York hardcover
1991427New York Botanic Garden New York 1991. Memoirs of the N.Y.B.G. volume 65. Good/No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Written by the doyen of New York botanic garden taxonomist this revision of new world Mimosas is unsurpassed. New York Botanic Garden, New York hardcover
20139879529Springer 2013. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9781461446927 Springer paperback
20019820790Academic Press 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1700grams ISBN:9780120802630 Academic Press paperback
014171Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema 1092. Large octavo pp viii 293 very clean internally green cloth very slightly faded around the margins in a slightly worn and age-toned dustwrapper with a small tear on its upper cover. VERY SCARCE. From the library of Professor Jack Hawkes with his signature on the front endpaper. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn. A.A. Balkema Hardcover
