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82 2730 Botany Johnston G
82 2730 Botany Johnston G
82/2730 [Botany]. Johnston, G. The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popluar Names and Uses of the Plants, and of the Customs and Beliefs which have been associated with them. London, J. van Voorst, 1853, XII,336p., woodengr. frontisp., 13 (1x col.) lithogr. plates, woodengr. text ills., orig. giltlettered cl.

- 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.

€ (50-70)
82 2731 Botany Lindman C A M
82 2731 Botany Lindman C A M
82 2731 Botany Lindman C A M
82/2731 [Botany]. Lindman, C.A.M. Bilder ur Nordens Flora. Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1926, 2nd ed., 4 vols., 3 plate vols.: 663 chromolithogr. plates; text vol.: (4),635,(2)p., contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor.

- 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.

€ (150-250) 250
82 2732 Botany Linnaeus C
82 2732 Botany Linnaeus C
82 2732 Botany Linnaeus C
82/2732 [Botany]. Linnaeus, C. Philosophia botanica in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum, adjectis figuris aeneis. Stockholm, G. Kiesewetter, 1751, 1st ed., (6),362p., 9 engr. plates, 2 woodcut ills., contemp. vellum.

- 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.

€ (120-150) 140
82 2733 Botany Martin L A
82 2733 Botany Martin L A
82 2733 Botany Martin L A
82/2733 [Botany]. Martin, (L.)-A. Nouveau Langage des Fleurs, ou Parterre de Flore, contenant le symbole et le langage des fleurs, leur histoire et leur origine mythologique, ainsi que les plus jolis vers composés à ce sujet. Brussels, Th. Lejeune, 1832, (2),II,(2),298p., lithogr. frontisp. and 18 plates, all contemp. handcol., later hcl., sm. 8vo.

- 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.

€ (50-70) 50
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
82/2734 [Botany]. Mentz, A. and Ostenfeld, C.H. Billeder af Nordens Flora. Copenhagen, G.E.C. Gad, 1917-1927, 2nd impr. ed., 4 vols., 663 col. lithogr. plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt green hmor.

- Backstrips sl. sunned; sl. rubbed along edges. A fine, attractively bound set.

€ (100-150) 375
82 2735 Botany Mentzel C
82 2735 Botany Mentzel C
82 2735 Botany Mentzel C
82/2735 [Botany]. Mentzel, C. Pinax Botanonymos Polyglottos Katholikos, Index Nominum Plantarum Universalis, Diversis Terrarum, Gentiumque Linguis, quotquot ex Auctoribus ad singula Plantarum Nomina excerpi & juxta seriem A.B.C. collocari potuerunt, ad Unum redactus (...). Berlin, Ex Officina Rungiana, 1682, 1st ed., (14 [of 34?]),331p., 2 engr. (h)titles, 11 engr. plates, sl. later gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, folio.

- 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).

€ (150-250) 150
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
82/2736 [Botany]. Michaux, F.A. and Nuttall, Th. North American Sylva; or, a description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia (...)./ The North American Sylva (...) Not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux. Philadelphia, D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859-1865, 5 vols., 277 handcol. engr./ lithogr. plates, later unif. richly blindstamped dec. mor. over wooden covers, w. giltlettered spine, a.e.g.

- 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.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1100
82 2737 Botany Migula W
82/2737 [Botany]. Migula, W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz im Anschluss an Thomé's Flora von Deutschland. Band II. Algen. Gera, F. von Zezschwitz, 1907-1909, 2 parts in 3 vols., (4),918; (4),383,(1)p., num. (col.) lithogr. plates, orig. unif. hmor.

- Some sl. occas. foxing. Spines faded; extremities sl. rubbed.

= Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Band VI. Stafleu 5991.

€ (60-80) 60
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
82/2738 [Botany]. Millais, J.G. Rhododendrons, in which is set forth an account of all species of the Genus Rhododendron (including Azaleas) and the various hybrids. [First-] Second Series. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1917/ 1924, 2 vols., (12),267,(1); (12),263,(3)p., 34 col. plates by B. PARSONS, W. WALKER, E.F. BRENNAND, A. THORBURN and L. SNELLING, 28 collotype plates, num. other plates, printed in 550 numb. copies, orig. unif. giltlettered cl., folio.

- 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.

€ (500-700)
82 2739 Botany Miquel F A W
82 2739 Botany Miquel F A W
82/2739 [Botany]. Miquel, F.A.W. De Noord-Nederlandsche vergiftige gewassen. Amst., C.G. Sulpke, 1836, 1st ed., 198p., 30 handcol. lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.

- 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."

€ (60-80) 60
82 2740 Botany Morren C
82/2740 [Botany]. Morren, C. La Belgique Horticole. Revue d'Horticulture Belge et Étrangère. March 1868-July 1871 and March 1872-December 1876. Liege etc., à la Direction Générale, 1868-1876, 46 parts, 151 (fold.) (mostly) handcol. lithogr. plates, fold. lithogr. plan, 11 engr. portraits, (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. unif. wr., sm. 4to.

- Partly loose(ning); several wrappers torn/ dam. and loose. Internally mostly fine.

= Nissen, BBI 2218; Pritzel 6488.

€ (250-350) 250
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
82/2741 [Botany]. Nylandt, P. De Nederlandtse Herbarius of Kruydt-Boeck, Beschryvende De Geslachten, Gedaente, Plaetse, Tijt, Oeffeningh, Aert, Krachten en Medicinael gebruyck van allerhande Boomen, Heesteren, Boom-gewassen, Kruyden, en Planten, die in de Nederlanden in 't wilde gevonden, ende in de Hoven onderhouden worden. Als mede De Uytlandtsen, of vreemde Droogens, die gemeenlijck in de Apothekers Winckels gebruyckt worden. Amst., M. Doornick, 1670, 1st ed., (8),342,(24)p., large engr. title-vignette, 152 woodcut ills., contemp. blindst. dark calf, sm. 4to.

- 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.

€ (400-600) 450
82 2742 Botany Pratt A
82 2742 Botany Pratt A
82 2742 Botany Pratt A
82/2742 [Botany]. Pratt, A. The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain. London, SPCK, n.d. (±1860), 1st ed., 5 vols., 243 col. woodengr. plates (1x monochr.), orig. unif. blindst. and gilt dec. cl., a.e.g. Idem. The Ferns of Great Britain, and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1860), 2nd ed., IV,164,(4)p., 41 col. woodengr. ills., bound unif. w. the preceding. Idem. The British Grasses and Sedges. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1860), 1st ed., VIII,136,(4)p., 35 col. woodengr. plates, bound unif. w. the preceding.

- 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.

€ (200-300) 300
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
82/2743 [Botany]. Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère. Ed. F. Burvenich a.o. Vol. XV-XXIII. Ghent, Bureau de la Revue, 1889-1897, 9 vols., 216 (double-p.) col. lithogr. plates by P. DE PANNEMAEKER, num. ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor.

- Bindings occas. sl. rubbed/ worn; contents fine.

= Not in Nissen, BBI and Pritzel. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.

€ (600-800) 600
82/2744 Botany Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère Ed F Burvenich O de Kerckhove de Denterghem a o Vol II V
82/2744 Botany Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère Ed F Burvenich O de Kerckhove de Denterghem a o Vol II V
82/2744 [Botany]. Revue de l'horticulture Belge et Étrangère. Ed. F. Burvenich, O. de Kerckhove de Denterghem a.o. Vol. II-V. Ghent, Bureaux de la Revue, 1876-1879, 4 vols., 48 (fold.) col. lithogr. plates by P. DE PANNEMAEKER, num. (fold.) monochr. plates/ ills., contemp. unif. hcl. (vol. III orig. wr.).

- Vol. II pastedowns browned; 2 lvs. loose; vol. III wrappers sl. dam. and bookblock broken. Otherwise good.

€ (150-250) 210
82 2745 Botany Revue horticole Journal d'horticulture pratique Quatrième Série Vol 1 2 4 and 5
82 2745 Botany Revue horticole Journal d'horticulture pratique Quatrième Série Vol 1 2 4 and 5
82/2745 [Botany]. Revue horticole. Journal d'horticulture pratique. Quatrième Série. Vol. 1, 2, 4 and 5. Paris, Dusacq, 1852-1853, 4 vols., 96 (1x fold.) handcol. lithogr. plates, woodengr. text ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor.

- Partly (sl.) yellowed/ browned/ sl. foxed (incl. the plates); vol. 5 partly browned and dampstained. Covers and corners rubbed.

= Nice lithogr. plates, often in delicate handcolouring. Nissen, BBI 2383.

€ (100-150) 190
82 2746 Botany Sowerby J
82 2746 Botany Sowerby J
82 2746 Botany Sowerby J
82 2746 Botany Sowerby J
82 2746 Botany Sowerby J
82 2746 Botany Sowerby J
82/2746 [Botany]. Sowerby, J. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Ed. J.T. Boswell a.o. Vol. IV, V and VIII. London, R. Hardwicke, 1865-1868, 3rd enl. rev. ed., 3 vols., (4),265,(2); (4),231,(2); (4),296,(2)p., 189/ 181/ 207 handcol. lithogr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt green hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Vol. 8 some lvs. loosening. Extremities sl. rubbed. Good copy.

= Vol. 4: Lythraceae to Dipsaceae; vol. 5: Compositae; vol. 8: Chenopodiaceae to Coniferae. Nissen, BBI 2227.

€ (150-250) 190
82/2747 Botany Tijdschrift voor tuinbouw Year 1 5 Ed H Bos E H Krelage L A Springer a o
82/2747 [Botany]. Tijdschrift voor tuinbouw. Year 1-5. Ed. H. Bos, E.H. Krelage, L.A. Springer a.o. Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1896-1900, 5 vols., 5 diff. photogr. frontisp. portraits, 2 col. lithogr. maps, 26 chromolithogr. plates (incl. 7 fold./ double-p.), num. (lithogr.) monochr. plates and maps/ plans/ ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to.

- First vol. upper hinge weak. Covers (sl.) dampstained; spines sl. sunned; spine-ends sl. worn. Otherwise good.

= All published. Rare periodical, containing i.a. in year 4 an extensive 70p. contribution on landscape architecture by L.A. Springer.

€ (100-150)
82 2748 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
82 2748 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
82 2748 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
82 2748 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
82 2748 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
82/2748 [Botany]. Tournefort, J. Pitton de. Institutiones rei herbariae. Paris, "E typographia regia", 1719 (text vol.)/ 1700 (plate vols.), 3rd ed., 3 vols., text vol.: (6),XXXII,(16),695,(1),58,(6)p., engr. title-vignette, 2 other vignettes, 2 initials; plate vols.: 2 engr. titles, 489 plates by C. AUBRIET, contemp. calf w. gilt spine (vol.1)/ contemp. unif. gilt mottled calf w. burgundy mor. letterpiece (vol. 2 and 3), 4to.

- Occas. sm. inkstains and foxed spots; occas. sl. yellowed (mostly in blank margins only); all vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine-ends of vol.1 sl. dam./ chipped and covers sl. rubbed.

= Nissen, BBI 1977; Hunt p.450: "(...) The significance of Tournefort to eighteenth-century botany, and to that of today, lies in him having classified all plants into genera. (...) it was Tournefort who first set the genera and their component species apart, treating the genus as the smallest practical unit of classification, and considering the species as variants of the genus. To this day he is known among botanists as the father of the generic concept. Hundreds of the generic names coined or accepted by him were later adopted by Linneaus and are in use today. (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.

€ (300-500)
82 2749 Botany Verschaffelt A
82 2749 Botany Verschaffelt A
82/2749 [Botany]. (Verschaffelt, A.). (Nouvelle Iconography des Camellias). (Ghent, 1854), 28 handcol. lithogr. plates from the work, i.a. after B. LÉON, partly w. accomp. text leaf, contemp. hmor., sm. 4to.

- Sl. foxed. Backstrip loose.

= Nissen, BBI 2056; Pritzel 9743; De Belder 374: "One of the rarest and greatest of the nineteenth-cenury camellia iconographies". With superbly handcol. plates. The complete work contains 623 plates in 13 vols. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.

AND 1 other: R. SULZBERGER, La Rose. Histoire, Botanique, Culture (Namur, n.d. (1888), 10 lithogr. plates (3x handcol.), contemp. cl., orig. wr. pres. Lacks maps and part of text).

€ (200-300) 200
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