The Flowering Plants and Ferns of New South Wales, with especial reference to their economic value : Parts I to VII by J.H. Maiden - 1895

London : Lovell Reeve, 1856 A very good to near fine copy of the rarest title in Lovell Reeve's Popular History series. Seemann was a botanist who made his name when he was appointed naturalist (on the recommendation of W J Hooker) to HMS Herald for the Kellett voyage of exploration to the American West Coast and Pacific. The series, aimed primarily at younger readers as an informed introduction to natural history, varies greatly in the quality of its authors as the publishers set strict budget limits on publication costs. In recent quarter leather binding with raised bands, gilt compartments, and gilt titles to spine and marbled boards. New endpapers. With 20 high quality colour printed plates. 17 x 13.5 cms. There is browning to page edges and the odd light mark, but otherwise this is a very good internally. A lovely book.

LONDON : John White, 1807 A very good copy of Rousseau's Letters translated and explained by Professor Thomas Martyn, 7th corrected and improved edition bound with Thirty-Eight plates, also by Thomas Martyn, 1794. In newer half leather binding with title label to spine and marbled boards. Page edges marbled. Letters is 503 pp plus index sections, with folding table outlining Linnaeus' system. The Thiry-Eight plates, a complete work in itself with separate title page, but prepared to link with the Letters, is 72 pp with 38 beautiful hand coloured plates by Nodder. The binding is in very good condition with a little scuffing to the spine. The contents are generally in very good condition with nice clean text pages. The plates are clean and brightly coloured. There is a small stain which affects the bottom left hand corner of plates 36-8, not affecting images.

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto buckram and coated with gum Arabic. 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto buckram

1876 1st ed Charles Darwin Movement & Habits Climbing Plants Botany Evolution

"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

This book, 'Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants,' focusses primarily on his observation on climbing plants from Southern Brazil with focus on differences in grown and mechanisms of movement in twining plants. The illustrations were drawn by George Darwin, son of Charles Darwin.

Item number: #17409
Price: $750
DARWIN, Charles
The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants
London: John Murray., 1876. First edition. Second Thousand

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o viii, 208
o Illustrated throughout
· References: Freeman 836
· Provenance:
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Bookplate – Ellis R. Brockman
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Handwritten – Herbert Fryer
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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1844 English Botany James Sowerby Color Cryptogam Lichens Fungi Mosses Algae

"the most celebrated of all English floras" (Henrey)

In 1790, English naturalist James Sowerby published what would become the preeminent illustrated work on English botany. Entitled simply 'English Botany', this work was a complete compendium of the native plants in Great Britain providing characteristics of plants, places of growth, as well as commentary and remarks on flowers.
English botanist James Edward Smith published his own work on the subject, collaborating with and utilizing James Sowerby's popular flower illustrations. Like the first edition, this second edition volume of Smith's 'Sowerby's Botany' includes hundreds of fascinating-colored illustrations.

Item number: #19952
Price: $550
SOWERBY, James
English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants: with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth
London: Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor for the Proprietor, Judith Sowerby, 1844.
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Basel: Konig printed Genathius 1st edition, 1679). Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate map & city view of Donau + 4 full page woodcuts of plants . Quarto contemporary panelled calf (rebacked & blind-tooled with black spine label/tips worn) 336pp +(vi)index The Ae of Aquaticae & Noxae are very faintly printed on the Titlepage and there is slight paper thinning to the paper in 4 small (1cm diameter) round areas and part of 2 letters have been strengthened with ink. Wepfer was the first to analyze the pharmacological effect of hemlock and its poison. In this treatise 1679 the author also reports the discovery of the duodenal glands.

c. 1900. Carved boxwood desk seal. 850 x 350mm. No monograph to the base. A couple of very minor nicks in the wood, slight wear at the base. Excellent condition. A lovely Art Nouveau desk seal in carved boxwood depicting a spray of flowers. We have been unable to determine the maker, and have never encountered a similar seal.

Edinburgh: A. Kincaid & J. Bell; R. Fleming, 1764. Octavo, pp (iv), 443, (7), some age-toning throughout, a little soiling here and there, pages 331-362 stained in the lower margin, otherwise firm and tight internally with no tears, contemporary calf, rubbed and a little worn and creased, neatly rebacked with a new spine, raised bands and green title label, new endpapers. Blanche Henrey 883, mentioning that not all copies of this edition have the two plates, and ours does not. In effect the third edition, though the preceeding two have the title "The Scots Gardiners Director". [Sir James Justice (1698 - 1763) was a Scottish horticulturalist/gardener. His works on gardening were distributed in much of Britain and Ireland. He reportedly had a passion for botanical experiments, which he pursued at the expense of his finances and family. Indeed the later miniaturist John Kay wrote that tulipomania was the cause of him parting with his estate at Crichton and the purchase of a smaller one.… Read More

Edinburgh: R. Fleming, 1759. Octavo, pp iv, 412, some age-toning throughout, the title page and the final page rather foxed, otherwise extremely firm and tight internally, with no tears, rebound in a very smart dark green quarter morocco and marbled boards. Blanche Henrey 878. [Sir James Justice (1698 - 1763) was a Scottish horticulturalist/gardener. His works on gardening were distributed in much of Britain and Ireland. He reportedly had a passion for botanical experiments, which he pursued at the expense of his finances and family. Indeed the later miniaturist John Kay wrote that tulipomania was the cause of him parting with his estate at Crichton and the purchase of a smaller one. His divorce and expulsion from the Fellowship in the Royal Society has been blamed on the expenses he put into greenhouses and soil mixtures. He is nevertheless a noted figure in Scottish gardening with a claim to be the father of it. The genus Justicia is named for him.]. First Edition. Quarter leather. Very Good.

Portland: Timber Press, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 7 Volume Set Of This Monumental Work. Published From 1988 Through 2004. The First Six Are All Signed By Withner, And Vol. 7 Inscribed By Harding. Vol. One Has A Little Shelf Rubbing, And The Name / Address Stamp Of The Collector Of These Books, And An Inscription Related To Her. Only Blemish On The Rest Is Trace Of Her Address Stamp In Vol.2.All But One Of The Jackets Are Near Fine Or Better. Vol One Has A Tape Repaired Closed Tear. The Rest Are Fine. All Signed And Dated In Year Of Publication. Collector Was Clearly A Friend Of Withner, And An Orchid Grower. An Exceptional Set. Shipped Weight Over 6 Kilos., So Significant Extra Postage. .