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Ricketts, E. F. and J. Calvin
Between Pacific Tides. An account of the habits and habitats of some five hundred of the common, conspicuous seashore invertebrates of the Pacific Coast between Sitka, Alaska, and northern Mexico.
Stanford University Press, 1939. Large 8vo (22.8 x 15.6 cm). xxii, 320 pp.; 46 numbered plates, 112 illustrations on unnumbered plates. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Green endpapers.
Read moreRickman, P.
A selection of bird paintings and sketches.
[London], Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979. Folio (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Original watercolour by Rickman, mounted in passepartout, acting as frontispiece. Title in black and red, [vi] pp.; Portrait of Rickman; 31 full-colour plates, tipped in and each tissue-guarded and with an explanatory text leaf, two black-and-white plates (in the rear), and 34 black-and-white pencil sketches on titles and text leaves, one tailpiece. Original burgundy full morocco. Spine with five raised, gilt-stippled bands; compartments with gilt borders, bird vignettes, and title; boards with gilt-rolled borders consisting of bird figures and floral elements and larger gilt bird vignettes. Iridescent red silk endpapers; pastedowns with gilt-rolled floral borders. All edges gilt. In original burgundy half linen clamshell box with burgundy morocco spine matching the book's spine, gilt ornithological vignette and inside covered with protective dark red felt panels.
Read moreRousseau, J. J. [A. Deville (ed.)]
Letters on the elements of botany, addressed to a Lady by J. J. Rousseau. Translated into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus by Thomas Martyn, B.D.F.R. & L.SS, Regius professor of botany in the University of Cambridge. The eighth edition, corrected. [AND] Thirty-eight plates with explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's system of vegetables, and particularly adapted to the letters on the Elements of Botany.
London, White, Cochrane, and Co., Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; B. Crosby and Co.; and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1815. Two works in one. 8vo (21.0 x 13.1 cm). Half title, title, xx, 434 pp., folding table. [AND] London, J. White, 1799. vi, 72 pp.; 38 hand-coloured, tissue-guarded engraved plates by F. Nodder. Full contemporay polished calf, spine with four raised, flat-topped bands with gilt ornaments; compartments with rich gilt vignettes and title; boards with elaborate double gilt borders, blind-tooled, gilt, and black ornamental lines; gilt inner and outer dentelles; marbled edges.
Read moreSeder, A. and others
Les plantes dans leurs applications a l'art et a l'industrie. Monographie des plantes les plus belles et les plus riches de formes qui se rencontrent dans les divers styles et dans la nature, pour servir à leur application pratique aux beaux-arts en général et aux arts industriels. Ouvrage richement illustré en couleurs, or et argent. Series I-II. [Complete].
Vienne [Vienna], Gerlach & Schenk, 1886. Folio (53.8 x 38.2 cm). 196 plates (numbered 1-189, 1A, 13A, 20A, 34A, 72A, 167A, and 185A), mostly in chromolithography, several heightened with gold. In three uniform portfolios, red half cloth over pictural boards.
Read more[Trade Catalogue - Hungarian Heaters]
Nadrági Vasipar Társaság. Nadráger Eisenindustrie Gesellschaft.
Nadrág, Nadrager Eisenindustrie Gesellschaft, 1913. Folio (28.5 x 22.4 cm). 27 colour-printed pp. Original marbled wrappers with gilt title on the front wrapper. One additional printed leaf loosely inserted.
Read moreVerneuil, M. P., G. Auriol, and [A. M.] Mucha
Combinaisons ornementales.
Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, [1901]. Oblong folio (21.7 x 25.0 cm). Title page, 2 pp.; 58 illustrations in three different colours [numbered 3-60]. In original portfolio with quarter blind grey cloth over pictorial boards.
Read more[Villanova, A. de]
Den groten herbarius met al den figuerender cruyden. Om die crachten d' cruyden te onderkennen ... Een tractaet om alle orijnen te iudicerene.
Utrecht, Jan van Doesborch, 1532. Folio (26.1 x 19.2 cm). 392 pp., including title in red and black with three woodcuts; a further 697 woodcuts including two page-sized: one, on p. 335, of a human skeleton, the other on the final page; numerous woodcut capitals and ornaments. Near contemporary blind vellum. Script title in an old hand on the spine. Edges speckled red.
Read moreBarbey, W.
Lydie, Lycie, Carie. 1842, 1883, 1887. Études botaniques revues.
Lausanne, George Bridel, 1890. Large 4to (31.3 x 25.3 cm). 84 pp.; five lithographed plates, made by Becquet in Paris, of which two double-sized, all tissue-guarded and with explanatory text leaves. Original quarter cloth over printed boards. Gilt title on the spine.
Read moreBond, J.
Birds of the West Indies. An account with full descriptions of all the birds known to occur or have occurred on the West Indian Islands. [The rare true first edition].
Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. 8vo (19.0 x 13.0 cm). xxv, 456 pp.; full colour frontispiece, numerous fine engravings. Original grey buckram with gilt title on the front board and spine. Map on front endpapers.
Read moreBrinkley, F.
Oriental Series. Japan [and] China. [the rare "Lotus"-edition].
Boston and Tokyo, J. B. Millet, 1901-1902. Twelve volumes in twelve. 8vo (23.1 x 15.7 cm). 3752 pp.; 255 plates, of which 115 monochrome and 114 in full colour - all with printed tissue guards, and 26 lithographed, captioned on the plates; three maps, of which two very large, multi-folded and in full colour. Uniform original full dark green morocco. Spines with three raised bands, gilt, pink-and-red inlay morocco lotus vignette and gilt title. Boards with gilt-lined borders and pink-and-red inlay morocco lotuses.
Read moreBuc'hoz [P. J.]
Herbier ou collection des plantes medicinales de la Chine d'après un manuscrit peint et unique qui se trouve dans la Bibliotheque de l'Empereur de la Chine, pour servir de suitte a la collection des fleurs qui se cultivent dans les Jardins de la Chine et de l'Europe. [AND] Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs plus belles et les plus curieuses qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la Chine, que dans ceux d'Europe, dirigée par le soince et sous la conduittes de Mr. Buc'hoz. Ouvrage egalement utile aux naturalistes, aux fleuristes, aux peintres, aux dessinateurs, aux directeurs des manufactures en porcelaine, en fayance et en etoffes de soye, de laine, de coton et autres artistes. Pour servir de Suite à l'Histoire naturelle et Oeconomique des 3. regnes de la nature. Partie II. Plantes les plus belles qui se cultivent dans les jardins de l'Europe.
Paris, Lacombe, [AND] Chez l'Auteur, [1776]-1781. Two works in one. Folio (49.0 x 30.0 cm). Title pages (first in sepia, second in black); [ii] pp. (explanatory leaves); 201 finely hand-coloured engraved plates. Fabulous period-style full red morocco binding. Spine with five gilt-ornamented raised bands; compartments rich gilt with floral vignettes and borders, and gilt title. Boards with gilt-rolled floral borders and corner-pieces; gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreCarpeau du Saussay (ed.)
Voyage de Madagascar, connu aussi sous le nom de l'isle de St Laurent. Par M. de De V.... Commissaire provincial de l'artillerie de France. Dedié à S. A. S. M. Le Prince de Contry.
Paris, Jean-Luc Nyon, 1722. 12mo (15.4 x 9.1 cm). Engraved title " Nouveau Voiage de Madagascard", letterpress title, [xviii], 304 pp.; six engraved plates; large, multi-folding map. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine rich gilt, with five gilt-rolled raised bands; compartments with gilt floral borders and crowned shield with a lion; boards with triple gilt borders and large gilt vignettes, showing a Celtic warrior waving a banner, "Brithan" and captioned "Foy de Brehan". Gilt-lined board edges and inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Edges red.
Read moreFeynman, R. [Balian, R. and C. H. L. Smith (Eds.)]
Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions at High Energy [Gauge Theories]. Les Houches Session XXIX. 5 Juillet - 14 Août 1976.
Amsterdam, North-Holland [Elsevier Science Publishers], 1977. Thick 8vo (22.4 x 15.2 cm). xxv, 668 pp.; several photos, numerous text figures. Original blue printed cloth.
Read moreNiebuhr, C.
Description de l'Arabie d'apres les observations et recherches faites dans le pays meme.
Copenhague [Copenhagen], Nicolas Möller, 1773. Large, thick 4to (27.8 x 21.0 cm). Title page with engraved vignette; xlvi (including dedication leaf, dated 1772, with engraved vignette), 372; 25 engraved plates and maps, of which several larger, folded; the very large map of Arabia, and two other plates with original, additional hand-colouring; one large, folded table. Contemporary mottled calf. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral corner-pieces and central vignette, and burgundy morocco label with gilt title. Boards with gilt-rolled decorative border. Patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
Read moreParé, A.
Opera Ambrosii Parei Regis Primarii et Parisiensis chirurgi. A docto viro plerisque locis recognita: et Latinitate donata, Iacobi Guillemeau, Regij & Parisiensis chirurgi labore & diligentia. Ad clarissimum virum Marcum Mironem Regis Archiatrum dignissimum.
Paris, Iacobus Du-puys [Du-Puys; Dupuys], 1582. Folio (33.1 x 21.1 cm). Title page, [xi], 884, [xli] pp.; large woodcut portrait of the author, numerous woodcuts in the text, including many that are quite large and detailed, wood-engraved capitals and headpieces. 17th-century speckled calf. Spine with six raised, gilt-ornamented bands; compartments with gilt-lined borders and floral vignettes; gilt-rolled ornamental band at head and foot, and gilt title. All edges speckled red.
Read moreRichard, L. C. [M.]
Commentatio botanica de conifereis et cycadeis, charcteres genericos singulorum utriusque familiae, et figuris analyticis eximiè ab autore ipso ad naturam delineatis ornatos complectens. Opus posthumum ab Achille Richard, filio.
Stutgardiae, J. C. Cotta, 1826. Large quarto (34.5 x 26.1 cm). xv, 212 pp.; 30 lithographed plates [1-29, 3bis], of which one [Plate 27] double-sized. 19th-century polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, flat-topped bands; compartments rich gilt with floral patterns, and black morocco label with gilt title. Numerous wood-engraved tailpieces. Brown endpapers. Edges speckled red.
Read moreSharpe, R. B.
Scientific results of the Second Yarkand Mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka, Ph.D. Aves.
London, Taylor and Francis [by order of the Government of India], [1878]-1891. Large 4to (31.4 x 25.7 cm). Titlepage, [iii]-xviii, 153 pp.; 24 finely hand-coloured, lithographed plates, mostly by J. G. Keulemans. 20th-century red half morocco over red linen. Spine with five raised, gilt-stippled bands; compartments gilt-lined; gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreWallace, A. R.
The Malay Archipelago: the land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of Man and Nature.
London, MacMillan, 1886. 8vo (18.7 x 12.6 cm). Half-title, title page, dedication to Charles Darwin, xvi, 653, [ii] pp.; engraved frontispiece, seven engraved plates, two folded, tinted maps, and numerous steel-engravings in the text. Original green cloth. Spine with black bands, gilt title, and gilt vignette of a bird of paradise; front board with black blind-stamped border and gilt central vignette with an orangutan. Green endpapers.
Read moreSeder, A.
Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. I. Serie. Die Wasserthiere [AND] II. Serie. Vögel. [Complete]. Together with two amazing original watercolours (of plates 21 and 25) drawn by the artist himself.
Wien, Gerlach & Schenk, 1896. Two large folio portfolios (57.9 x 44.3 cm) with one page of text, one illustrated title page and 29 stunning chromolithographed plates showing animals in a fabulous Art Nouveau style. Each original quarter linen portfolios has an impressive dragon on front, with the title artistically arranged around it [AND] Two original watercolours by Seder, being the originals examples for plates 21 and 25.
Read morePitot, [R.] É. [De La Beaujardiere]
Etudes d'arbres et de paysages dessinés d'après nature a Maurice (Ile-de-France).
Maurice, Librairie des Écoles, J. Dureau, Ca. 1825-1830. Folio (45.0 x 31.1 cm). Title page with woodcut vignette; (ii) pp. (subscribers list); 42 lithographed plates showing trees, all in landscapes, with captions. Contemporary quarter calf over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt-rolled floral ornament and title.
Read moreHoola van Nooten, B.
Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l'ile de Java. peints d'après nature. Ouvrage dédié à s majesté la reine de Hollande.
Bruxelles, Émile Tarlier, 1863. Large folio (55.6 x 40.8 cm). Title page, [ii] pp. (preface), dedication leaf; 41 chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over over burgundy linen boards. Spine blind-tooled with four low, wide bands, and dark brown morocco label with gilt title. Light, greyish green endpapers.
Read moreHorticultural Society of London
Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. Series I Volumes 1-7 (and) Series II Volumes 1-3 and General Index to both Series.
London, The Horticultural Society, 1820-1848. Ten volumes in ten. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). Engraved titles with woodcut vignettes; more than 3000 pp.; 175 engraved plates (several larger, folded) of which 91 finely hand-coloured; three folding tables, several text figures. Contemporary uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with five gilt-ornamented bands; compartments with gilt title and volume number. Speckled edges.
Read moreLinnaeus, C. - Houttuyn, M.
Des Ritters Carl von Linné vollständiges Pflanzensystem nach der dreyzehnten lateinischen Ausgabe und nach Anleitung des holländischen houtteuynischen Werks übersetzt und mit einer ausführlichen erklärung ausgefertiget. Erster - Eilfter Theil. [Complete].
Nürnberg, G. N. Raspe, [1777]-1784-[1799]. 14 volumes in 15. 8vo (19.5 x 12.2 cm). Frontispiece portrait of Linnaeus. Title pages, 9943 pp.; 121 large, multi-folded, engraved plates [1-105, 5b, 12b, 16b, 16c, 19b, 24b, 41b, 42b, 44b, 50b, 51b, 53b, 55b, 57b, 57c, 66b]. Uniform contemporary half calf over olive paper covered boards. Spines with gilt ornaments and two pale olive morocco labels with gilt chains and title.
Read moreMappus, M.
Historia plantarum Alsaticarum posthuma, opera et studio Johannis Christiani Ehrmanni.
Argantorati (Straßburg), Johann Daniel Dulsecker, [and] Amsterdam, Petrus Mortier, 1742. 4to (24.0 x 19.5 cm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, dedication leaf with large engraved vignette, 371 pp. ([viii], 335, [xxviii]); 12 (three double) engraved plates. Near contemporary black marbled boards with later paper label. Edges speckled red.
Read morePillement, V. [Fils]
Études de paysages, dessinées et gravées par V. Pillement Fils, et accompagnées de notices rédigées par M. Hanin, docteur en médecine, et professeur de Botanique. A usage de toutes les personnes qui s'adonnent au dessin de paysage, et spécialement destinées aux jeunes artistes. [1] Livraison [Le peuplier].
Paris, l'auteur, 1811. Elephant folio (56.0 x 44.0 cm). [iii] pp.; five lithographed plates. Original pink, printed wrappers.
Read moreMéheut, M.
Étude de la forêt. Tome premier - Tome second. [Complete].
Paris, Albert Lévy, 1927. Two parts in two. Folio (34.5 x 26.7 cm). Two title pages, printed in black and green; 57 text pages (numbered [5]-[63], with several due-tone illustrations; 110 [50; 60] plates of which 40 [15; 25] in full colour, mounted on thicker sheets. Uniform dark grey buckram with gilt title on the front boards and spines. Green patterned endpapers.
Read moreTenore, M. AND Savi, G., AND Bivona-Bernardi, A.
Thirteen rare and important early 19th-century papers on Italian botany.
Napoli, Pisa, etc., various publishers, 1809-1828. 13 papers in one. 8vo (20.3 x 13.1 cm). 544 pp.; ten engraved plates (several larger, folded), two large engraved, multi-folded hand-coloured maps. Contemporary polished quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-ornamented bands, blind-tooled floral vignettes, and gilt title. Endpapers and edges marbled blue.
Read moreFeaton, E. H. and S. A. Featon
The Art Album of New Zealand Flora; being a systematic and popular description of the native flowering plants of New Zealand and the adjacent islands by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Featon. Volume 1. Authors' edition. [All published].
Wellington, Bock & Cousins [and London, Trübner], 1889. Large 4to (29.6 x 24.6 cm). xvi, 180 pp.; chromolithographed frontispiece and 39 fine, chromolithographed plates, all tissue-guarded. Original green pebbled and embossed cloth. Gilt title on the spine and front board. Floral-pattered endpapers.
Read moreDebeaux, [J.] O.
Contribution à la flore de la Chine, comprenant les algues marines récoltées en China et les florules de Shang-Hai, Tché-Fou et Tien-Tsin.
Paris, F. Savy, [1875]-1879. Four parts in one. 8vo (25.0 x 16.5 cm). 361 pp. [3-21; 3-78; 3-191; 3-79]; six lithographed plates [1;0;3;2], and two original drawings in pen, ink and pencil. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt floral bands and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
Read moreLoiseleur Deslongchamps, J. L. A.
Flora Gallica, seu enumeratio plantarum in Gallia sponte nascentium; pars prima, pars secunda cum tabulis aeneis XXI. [AND] Notice sur les plantes a ajouter a la Flore de France (Flora Gallica); avec quelques corrections et observations.
Paris, Baillière, 1806-1810. Two works (three parts) in one. Thick 12mo (16.7 x 9.8 cm). 929 pp. [viii, 336, vi, 337-742; [i], 172]; 27 engraved, folded plates [1-21; I-VI]. Contemporary full tree calf. Spine rich gilt with broad, patterned, bands; floral vignettes, and red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreLamarck [J. B. P. A. de Monet de] and Candolle, [A. P.] de
Flore française, ou descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un Exposé des Principes élémentaires de la Botanique. Troisième édition, augmentée du Tome V, ou sixième volume, contenant 1300 expèces non décrites dans les cinq premiers volumes. Ouvrage accompagné d'une grande Carte Botanique coloriée, et orné de 11 planches contenant environ 200 figures. [AND] Synopsis plantarum in flora Gallica descriptarum.
Paris, Desray, 1815 [AND] Paris, H. Agasse, 1806. Six volumes in seven. 8vo (20.8 x 13.8 cm). 3717 pp.; 11 plates, one map, one table. Uniform 20th-century half morocco over marbled boards. Spines with four raised bands and two red morocco labels with gilt border, authors' names and title. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreGaterau, [L.]
Description des plantes qui crossent aux environs de Montauban, ou qu'on cultive dans les jardins, rangées d'apr`ws la methode sexuelle, avec l'indication du lieu où elles viennent, et les vertus principales des usuelles.
Montauban, l'Auteur [AND] Charles Crosiles, 1789. 8vo (19.1 x 12.4 cm). 216, [iv] pp., interleaved with blanks, and an additional 24 blanks bound in front (12), and in the rear (12). 19th-century quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title. Edges speckled red.
Read moreDoumenjou, J. B. [D.]
Herborisations de la Montagne-Noire et les environs de Sorèze et de Castres. Suivies du catalogue des plantes phanérogames qui végètent spontanément dans ces localités.
Castres, Veuve Challiol, 1847. 8vo (22.6 x 14.2 cm). Half-title, title page, 328 pp.; four lithographed plates of which three in contemporary hand-colouring. 19th-century half linen over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
Read more[Deshayes, P. M.]
Le botaniste voyageur aux environs de Paris, a l'usage des personnes qui ont la flore par J. L. Thuillier; contenant la carte botanique portative de E.-P. Ventenat; l'étymologie des genres; la floraison des plantes des environs de Paris; les lieux généraux et particuliers où elles se trouvent; une carte topographique dressée pour la facilité des recherches; six tables, dont une à sept colonnes.
Paris, Pilot jeune, 1807. 12mo (16.1 x 9.7 cm). xii, 426, [i] pp.; one very large multi-folded map. Contemporary half calf over mottled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and brown morocco label with gilt title.
Read moreSaint-Amans, [J. F. Boudon de]
Flore agenaise ou description méthodique des plantes observées dans le département de Lot-et-Garonne et dans quelques parties des départemens voisins.
Agen, Prosper Noubel, 1821. 8vo (20.2 x 12.6 cm). 632 pp. Contemporary green half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands, blind-stamped vignettes and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
Read moreLacombe, J. (ed.)
Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de matières: par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d'artistes. Précédée d'un Vocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l'ouvrage; ornée des portraits MM. Diderot & d'Alembert, premiers éditeurs de l'Encyclopédie. Art aratoire et du jardinage; contenant la description & l'usage des machines, ustensiles, instrumens & outils employés dand l'exploration des terres & dans la culture des plantes.
Paris, H. Agasse, 1797-1802. Two volumes in two [text and atlas]. 4to (27.1 x 21.5 cm) and folio (29.3 x 22.1 cm). Title pages; (i) [ avertissement], 298 pp.; 54 engraved plates of which two double-sized. Uniform 20th-century half linen over plain boards. Spines with green morocco label with gilt title.
Read moreCosson, E. et al.
Notes diverses sur la flore parisienne. Réponses a la Revue de la Flore Parisienne. [A collection of seven papers on this subject].
Paris, L. Bouchard-Huzard, [and others],1840-1850. Seven papers in one. 8vo and 12mo (22.0 x 14.5 cm or smaller). 20th-century half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands; compartments with gilt titles. Marble endpapers.
Read moreLambertye, L. de [AND] S. [N. C.] Des Etangs
Catalogue raisonné des plantes vasculaires qui crossent spontanément dans le Département de La Marne, distribuées d'après le Synopsis Florae Germanicae et Helveticae ... Avec une carte botanique indiquant les principales formations géologiques et toutes les localités citées dans l'ouvrage. [AND] Rapport sur le Catalogue Raisonnée des Plantes Vasculaires Qui Croissent Spontanément Dans le Département De La Marne, Par M. Léonce De Lambertye, fait à séance du 21 janvier 1848.
Paris, Chamerot, 1846 [AND] [Troyes], Société d'Agriculture, des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du département de l'Aube, 1848. Two papers in one. Half-title, title page, v-xxiv, 207 pp.; one very large, multi-folded, partially hand-coloured map. [AND] 23 pp. (numbered 369-391). Near contemporary half-morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-lined bands. Compartments with gilt borders and corner pieces, gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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