82 2724 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L 
- Both vols. sl./ trifle foxed, mostly in (upper and outer) margins; one plate browned. Bindings rubbed; corners (sl.) showing; a few (sm.) wormholes in lower edge and in spine; two joints starting.
= Nissen, BBI 542.
82 2725 Botany Hales S 
82 2725 Botany Hales S 
- Title-p. sl. foxed; otherwise a fine copy.
= Rare Dutch translation of the Vegetable Staticks (1727). "Hales' work demonstrated the dependence of plants on air, that plants inspire and give off "air." He proved that material was absorbed by plants from the air by studying the movement of sap in plants." (Smithsonian Libraries). Cf. Pritzel 3700; not in Nissen, BBI.
82 2726 Botany Harrison J 
82 2726 Botany Harrison J 
- Trifle yellowed. Binding w. minor imperfections. = Not in Nissen.
82 2727 Botany Hesdörffer M Köhler E and Rudel R 
82 2727 Botany Hesdörffer M Köhler E and Rudel R 
82 2727 Botany Hesdörffer M Köhler E and Rudel R 
- One plate w. textlvs. loose, otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
Cels (Jr.), Josse, B.J. Aux dames. La corbeille, flore des salons. Brussels, Delevingne et Callewaert, 1850, XII,168p., lithogr. frontisp., 3 handcol. and blindst. engr. plates, orig. lithogr. wr.
- Bookblock shaken. Wrapper trifle/ sl. soiled. = Rare.
82 2728 Botany Hibberd S ed 
82 2728 Botany Hibberd S ed 
82 2728 Botany Hibberd S ed 
- Occas. waterst.; flimsies browned.
82 2729 Botany Hulme F E 
82 2729 Botany Hulme F E 
- Vol. 1 hinges broken; several lvs. loose(ning). Good set. = Cf. Nissen, BBI 951.
82 2730 Botany Johnston G 
82 2730 Botany Johnston G 
- A few plates sl. foxed. Backcover stained.
= The Natural History of the Eastern Borders. Vol. 1 (all published).
ADDED: Hanley, J.A. (ed.). Progressive Farming. The Maintenance of High Production. Ibid., The Caxton Publ. Co., 1950, 2nd ed., 4 vols., ills., orig. unif. gilt buckram.
82 2731 Botany Lindman C A M 
82 2731 Botany Lindman C A M 
82 2731 Botany Lindman C A M 
- Very fine set apart from some sm. defects: 1 plate w. sm. repaired tear in blank margin; a few plates trifle stained in blank margin; extremities of bindings sl. rubbed.
= Not in Nissen, BBI.
82 2732 Botany Linnaeus C 
82 2732 Botany Linnaeus C 
82 2732 Botany Linnaeus C 
- Lacks frontisp. portrait; yellowed/ sl. browned throughout; remnants of bookplate and old annot. on upper pastedown in pen and ink on upper pastedown; sm. crossed-out owner's entry on title; plates w. added numbering in pen end ink. title-p. and plates; first free endpaper renewed. Vellum soiled; 2 bumped spots.
= Hulth 78; Soulsby 437. One of Linnaeus' major works, of great importance for the development of systematic botany.
82 2733 Botany Martin L A 
82 2733 Botany Martin L A 
82 2733 Botany Martin L A 
- Usual occas. sl. foxing; plates yellowed. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
Latour, C. de. La Langage des Fleurs. Paris, Audot, n.d. (1819), 1st ed., XVI,299p., handcol. engr. frontisp., title and 11 (of 12) plates, contemp. gilt hmor., sm. 8vo.
- Lacks 1 plate and p.271-279; first few lvs. waterst.; 1 plate repaired w. loss of some letters. Spine and corners restored.
= Rare first ed. Nissen, BBI 1143.
AND 2 others.
82 2734 Botany Mentz A and Ostenfeld C H 
82 2734 Botany Mentz A and Ostenfeld C H 
82 2734 Botany Mentz A and Ostenfeld C H 
- Backstrips sl. sunned; sl. rubbed along edges. A fine, attractively bound set.
82 2735 Botany Mentzel C 
82 2735 Botany Mentzel C 
82 2735 Botany Mentzel C 
- Lacks letterpress htitle and the part Pugillus rariorum plantarum but its engr. htitle present; contents (sl.) browned/ foxed; plates partly sl. yellowed and some occas. foxing, but fine. Covers loose and rubbed/ worn at extremities.
= Rare. Pritzel 6093; Cleveland Herbal 275; Zischka 216; not in Nissen, BBI. "Auf seinen Studienreisen sammelte [Mentzel] Pflanzen, die er aufgrund ihrer morphologischen Beschaffenheit systematisch einzuteilen suchte, wobei er erkannte, hierin ein Vorläufer Linnés, daß die Sexualität der Pflanzen dafür die Grundlage sein müsse. (...) Der Index der Pflanzennamen (1682) vereinigt die beiden Hauptinteressen des Verfassers, seine botanischen und philologischen Neigungen. In Verbindung mit dem Index entwarf er die Grundzüge einer wissenschaftlichen Pflanzengeographie. M. zählt zu den bedeutendsten Botanikern des 17. Jh." (NDB 17, p.94ff).
82 2736 Botany Michaux F A and Nuttall Th 
82 2736 Botany Michaux F A and Nuttall Th 
82 2736 Botany Michaux F A and Nuttall Th 
82 2736 Botany Michaux F A and Nuttall Th 
82 2736 Botany Michaux F A and Nuttall Th 
- New endpapers; first few quires of vol. 1 and 2 of Michaux's work w. receding waterstain in (mostly blank) upper inner margin; a few plates trifle yellowed. Otherwise contents fine. Rebacked w. use of the original backstrips; sl. worn at spine-ends..
= Nissen BBI, 1361 and 1458. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.
82 2737 Botany Migula W 
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Spines faded; extremities sl. rubbed.
= Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Band VI. Stafleu 5991.
82 2738 Botany Millais J G 
82 2738 Botany Millais J G 
82 2738 Botany Millais J G 
82 2738 Botany Millais J G 
82 2738 Botany Millais J G 
82 2738 Botany Millais J G 
- Vol. 1 rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip and w. sm. dam. spot in frontcover; covers sl. scratched and rubbed.
= Nissen, BBI 1369. Rare and splendid monograph.
82 2739 Botany Miquel F A W 
82 2739 Botany Miquel F A W 
- Partly sl./ vaguely waterst. (not affecting plates). Portion of frontcover cut out; corners showing.
= Nissen, BBI 1388; Pritzel 6257. Ekama I, 373: "An interesting and scarce work on the poisonous plants in the Netherlands, by this eminent botanist."
82 2740 Botany Morren C 
- Partly loose(ning); several wrappers torn/ dam. and loose. Internally mostly fine.
= Nissen, BBI 2218; Pritzel 6488.
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
82 2741 Botany Nylandt P 
- Waterstained in margins throughout; p.199-200 lacks large portion w. loss of text; title browned; lvs. occas. w. brittle margins; new endpapers. Restored binding.
= The rare first edition. Nissen, BBI suppl. 1458n; Pritzel 6785; Wittop Koning p.151/152.
BOUND WITH: Groen, J. van der and Nylandt, P. 't Vermakelijck Landt-Leven. Ibid., G. de Groot, 1686, 3 parts in 1 vol. (3rd part in 3 divisions with 3 title-pages), 2 engr. titles, 4 half-p. title-engrs., num copperengr. and woodcut plates, woodcut textills.
- Used copy. Occas. heavily waterstained/ browned; often very brittle margins.
= Springer p.28-29; Landwehr, Ned. Kookboek 19,22. Charming, frequently reprinted work on gardening, garden architecture, husbandry, veterinary medicine, beekeeping and cooking. The first part on garden-architecture was written by Jan van der Groen, the gardener of the Prince of Orange. The other parts were written by Pieter Nylandt, wellknown Amsterdam physician and pharmacist. The second part deals with the work that has to be done each month in the garden. The third part is devoted to (veterinary) home-medicine, beekeeping and cooking, with 3 fine half-page title-engravings.
82 2742 Botany Pratt A 
82 2742 Botany Pratt A 
82 2742 Botany Pratt A 
- All vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Bindings sunned/ sl. worn. Good set.
= Ad 1: Pritzel 7302; not in Nissen. Ad 2: Pritzel 7303; not in Nissen. Ad 3: not in Nissen or Pritzel.
82/2743 Botany Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère Ed F Burvenich a o Vol XV XXIII 
82/2743 Botany Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère Ed F Burvenich a o Vol XV XXIII 
82/2743 Botany Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère Ed F Burvenich a o Vol XV XXIII 
- Bindings occas. sl. rubbed/ worn; contents fine.
= Not in Nissen, BBI and Pritzel. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.