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Read More Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum britanniae lusitanorum botanicorum in usum, Celsissimi ac Potentissimi Lusitaniae Principis Regentis Domini Nostri, et Jussu, et Auspiciis denuo typis mandatus, curante Fr. Josepho Mariano Veloso. by DICKSON, James - 1800
by DICKSON, James
Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum britanniae lusitanorum botanicorum in usum, Celsissimi ac Potentissimi Lusitaniae Principis Regentis Domini Nostri, et Jussu, et Auspiciis denuo typis mandatus, curante Fr. Josepho Mariano Veloso.
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"Although his daily work concerned cultivated plants and vegetables, Dickson's reputation as a botanist rested on his studies of mosses, begun in 1781, and on grasses and fungi, much of his material being gathered in visits to Scotland between 1793 and 1802. In 1785 he began publication of Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae, a quarto work in four parts with 400 descriptions. However, Dickson himself was ill-educated, as his correspondence shows, and the Latin texts were prepared by John Zier, a Polish-born London apothecary. Zier died in 1796, before the last volume was completed, and Dickson was then assisted by Robert Brown. Neither man was credited in the work, and Zier's role only came to light in the 1880s with the discovery of some of his manuscripts" (Oxford DNB). This translation into Portuguese is of the first two fascicules only. A Casa Literária do Arco do Cego, 27. Innocêncio V, 56 (calling for 13 plates only). Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 898.
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- Date Published 1800
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Stirpium Austriacarum Pars I & II continens fasciculos tres cum figuris aeneis - Volumes 1 & 2 [ Professor Isaac Bayley Balfour 's copy]
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Traité sur la connoissance et la culture des jacintes, par l'Auteur du Traité des renoncules, imprimé à Paris chez Lottin
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Avignon: Louis Chambeau, 1759. Small 12mo, (measures 153mm x 92mm), pp 156, a little browned and age-toned but very sound internally, two folding engraved plates, a little frayed and creased at the margins and again age-toned, full contemporary calf, worn at corners, the spine dull, joints a bit worn but still very sound. [ A delightful provenance - with the bookplate of C. Harman Payne, author of The Florist's Bibliography. This is the only book I have seen from what must have been a notable library. Also with the bookplate of the naturalist Edward Heron-Allen. The plates are great fun, showing florists' tools as well as hyacinths, a bulb vase, and something which looks more like a crocus planter.]. ["Jean Paul Rome d' Ardène retired, about 1750, from his duties as 'supérieur' of the college at Marseilles to the Château d' Ardène, diocese of Sisteron, where he created a botanical garden and gave himself to the study of flowers" - Hunt…
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Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China,: including a visit to the tea, silk and cotton countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.
by Fortune, Robert
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London: John Murray, 1847. Second edition. Illustrated, a map, an extra engraved title page, three tinted lithograph plates, several small text engravings, octavo, pp xxiv, (ii), 420, (2), + publisher's catalogue of 16 pages, the frontispiece are rather foxed, the other plates slightly foxed, a little age-toned internally, original embossed and gilt cloth refurbished, slightly marked and worn, neatly rebacked with most of the original spine laid down, the original endpapers retained, two signatures on the front endpaper, including that of John Whittington, possibly the original owner. [This second edition was a little enlarged].. Second edition. Cloth. Good.
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London: John Murray, 1847. Second edition. Illustrated, a map, an extra engraved title page, three tinted lithograph plates, several small text engravings, octavo, pp xxiv, (ii), xiv, 420, (2), + publisher's catalogue of 16 pages, the frontispiece and title page and the other plates are slightly foxed, a little age-toned internally, original embossed and gilt cloth, faded and marked but sound, the spine more faded, neatly rebacked, the original spine laid down and lacking only a few small pieces, new endpapers. [This second edition was a little enlarged].. Second edition. Cloth. Good.
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La pratique du jardinage. Par M. l'abbé Roger Schabol. Ouvrage redige apres sa mort sur ses memoires
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1770 GARDENS Practice of Gardening Horticulture Agriculture Flowers Schabol 2vRoger Schabol was an 18th-century French gardener who is solely known for his books on gardening. In his book 'The Practice of Gardening', Schabol offers direction on general gardening, use of gardening tools, distributions of soil and plant foods, caring for sick plants and common plant diseases, tree plantations, varieties of flowers, growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables, and much more!
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La pratique du jardinage. Par M. l'abbé Roger Schabol. Ouvrage redige apres sa mort sur ses memoires
Paris : Chez Debure Pere, 1770.
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Stirpium Austriacarum Pars I & II continens fasciculos tres cum figuris aeneis - Volumes 1 & 2 [ Professor Isaac Bayley Balfour 's copy]
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Vienna: 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…
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Traité sur la connoissance et la culture des jacintes, par l'Auteur du Traité des renoncules, imprimé à Paris chez Lottin
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Avignon: Louis Chambeau, 1759. Small 12mo, (measures 153mm x 92mm), pp 156, a little browned and age-toned but very sound internally, two folding engraved plates, a little frayed and creased at the margins and again age-toned, full contemporary calf, worn at corners, the spine dull, joints a bit worn but still very sound. [ A delightful provenance - with the bookplate of C. Harman Payne, author of The Florist's Bibliography. This is the only book I have seen from what must have been a notable library. Also with the bookplate of the naturalist Edward Heron-Allen. The plates are great fun, showing florists' tools as well as hyacinths, a bulb vase, and something which looks more like a crocus planter.]. ["Jean Paul Rome d' Ardène retired, about 1750, from his duties as 'supérieur' of the college at Marseilles to the Château d' Ardène, diocese of Sisteron, where he created a botanical garden and gave himself to the study of flowers" - Hunt…
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London: John Murray, 1847. Second edition. Illustrated, a map, an extra engraved title page, three tinted lithograph plates, several small text engravings, octavo, pp xxiv, (ii), 420, (2), + publisher's catalogue of 16 pages, the frontispiece are rather foxed, the other plates slightly foxed, a little age-toned internally, original embossed and gilt cloth refurbished, slightly marked and worn, neatly rebacked with most of the original spine laid down, the original endpapers retained, two signatures on the front endpaper, including that of John Whittington, possibly the original owner. [This second edition was a little enlarged].. Second edition. Cloth. Good.
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by Fortune, Robert
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London: John Murray, 1847. Second edition. Illustrated, a map, an extra engraved title page, three tinted lithograph plates, several small text engravings, octavo, pp xxiv, (ii), xiv, 420, (2), + publisher's catalogue of 16 pages, the frontispiece and title page and the other plates are slightly foxed, a little age-toned internally, original embossed and gilt cloth, faded and marked but sound, the spine more faded, neatly rebacked, the original spine laid down and lacking only a few small pieces, new endpapers. [This second edition was a little enlarged].. Second edition. Cloth. Good.
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La pratique du jardinage. Par M. l'abbé Roger Schabol. Ouvrage redige apres sa mort sur ses memoires
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1770 GARDENS Practice of Gardening Horticulture Agriculture Flowers Schabol 2vRoger Schabol was an 18th-century French gardener who is solely known for his books on gardening. In his book 'The Practice of Gardening', Schabol offers direction on general gardening, use of gardening tools, distributions of soil and plant foods, caring for sick plants and common plant diseases, tree plantations, varieties of flowers, growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables, and much more!
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La pratique du jardinage. Par M. l'abbé Roger Schabol. Ouvrage redige apres sa mort sur ses memoires
Paris : Chez Debure Pere, 1770.
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Flowers of Hawaii: Hawaii's most complete flower guide
by Allan Seiden
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Beautiful Flowers Complete Guide, an Island Heritage Book 1989, all pages clean and unmarked
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Mushrooms of Northern California
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Spore Prints. Very Good+. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0961202009 . Very light shelfwear, slight toning to top page ends; drawings and b/w photos; 302 pages .
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Flora Brasilica, Vol. XLI, I
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Instituto de Botanica, Saõ Paolo, 1947; First Edition; Quarto, 113 pages. Detailed monograph of the family Onagraceae covering the genera Jussiaea, Oocarpon, Epilobium, Oenothera, and Fuchsia. Vol. XLI, I of the prodigious series edited by Frederico Carlos Hoehne, director of the Instituto de Botanica at Saõ Paolo, Brazil from 1940 to 1959. Authored by distinguished American botanist/taxonomist Philip A Munz. Sixty-two pages of text in Portuguese accompanied by 51 finely detailed full-page illustration plates, forty-nine in b&w and two in color, covering 5 genera and 45 species of Onagraceae. Very Good, in printed stiff wraps. A few small closed splits in the paper covering of the spine panel. Custom engraved bookplate of Pasadena, California horticulturist Charlotte Hoak on the verso of the front wrap.
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A Naturalist in the Guianas
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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The Microscope: From the Museum of Science and Art
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A very nice volume of an extensive 19th century popular science partwork - The Museum of Science and Art - from the age of optimism."The 'Museum of Science and Art' is the most valuable contribution that has ever been made to Scientific Instruction of every class of society" - Sir David Brewster.....( Brewster of the Brewster Angle?)One hundred and Forty-Seven engravings. Front cover partly detached as shown - otherwise the binding is tight. Pages unmarked throughout. Some foxing on endpapers, otherwise very good.First owners bookplate inside front cover "Godding MBS".Includes fascinating ads at the back.
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A Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Higher Cryptograms: Both Native and Introduced, Found Within about 30 Miles of Hanover, N. H. , Including a Few Cultivated Species, to Which is Appended a List of Vertebrate Animals of the Same Region
by Jesup, Henry G
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Hanover, NH: Self Published. Good with no dust jacket; Call letters on spine, spine darkened by . shellac, corners bumped, edges rubbed, binder's label on inside of front . cover, front endpaper detached, endpapers toned, one page with small fold . and tear.. 1891. Hardcover. Green decorated cloth. vi, 91pp. Fold-out map, indexes. A highly detailed natural history study of this New Hampshire community undertaken and presented by a Dartmouth college professor. Inscribed and dated, with compliments of the author card tipped in. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 1 : Trees I
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Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag, 1986. Usual library marks. 515 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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The Pelargonium Family - the species of Pelargonium, Monsonia and Sarcocaulon
by Webb, William J
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London & Sydney: Croom Helm, 1984. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp viii, 104, edges and margins a bit browned, otherwise very sound, in a dustwrapper which is very slightly worn and browned and which has a crease on the spine. [Quite possibly from the home of a smoker, but no aroma. [Originally published at £19.95, but now becoming increasingly scarce].. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Fair.
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CYTISUS NIGRICANS [Black Broom], Original Hand-Colored Copper Engraving (plate # 470) from Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum
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Vienna: Schrämblischen, 1817. Image is 8 1/8 inches by 6 1/4 inches on a sheet that is 9 1/16 inches by 7 1/8 inches. Drawn and engraved by pharmacist turned naturalist Ferdinand Vietz ((1772-1815) and published in volume 7 of Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum, edited by J. L. Kerndl and published by Schrämblischen in Vienna in 1818. Original hand-coloring. Like all the plates from Vietz's classic work on medicinal uses of plants, this is a lovely original print on high-quality watermarked laid paper. Condition is very good: clean and bright. Binding edge is untrimmed. This original engraving is guaranteed to be more than 200 years old.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good+. Illus. by Ferdinand Vietz. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Art Print.
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HELVELLA MITZA [Elfin Saddle Mushroom], Original Hand-Colored Copper Engraving (plate # 556) from Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum
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Vienna: Schrämblischen, 1818. Image is 6 1/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches on a sheet that is 9 inches by 7 inches. Drawn and engraved by pharmacist turned naturalist Ferdinand Vietz ((1772-1815) and published in volume 7 of Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum, edited by J. L. Kerndl and published by Schrämblischen in Vienna in 1818. Original hand-coloring. Like all the plates from Vietz's classic work on medicinal uses of plants, this is a lovely original print on high-quality watermarked laid paper. Condition is very good: clean and bright. Binding edge is untrimmed. This original engraving is guaranteed to be more than 200 years old.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good+. Illus. by Ferdinand Vietz. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Art Print.
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