Floras
62 items found
Allorge, P.
Les associations végétales du Vexin français.
Nemours, Lestot, 1922. 8vo (23.6 x 15.6 cm). 342 pp.; 37 text figures, 16 collotype plates based on the author's photographs, double-page map. Later full cloth. Spine with morocco label with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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 moreBel, J.
Nouvelle Flore du Tarn et de la Haute-Garonne sous Pyrénéenne. Deuxième édition. Ornée de 243 figures.
Toulouse, H. Almaric, 1888. 12 mo (16.6 x 11.2 cm). lix, 371 pp.; 13 plates with 243 figures. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with black lines, gilt vignettes and title.
Read moreBergeret, J.
Flore des Basses-Pyrénées. Par Jean Bergeret (1751-1813). Augmentée par Eugène Bergeret (1799-1868). Nouvelle édition, complète, publiée avec une préface et des notes par Gaston Bergeret.
Pau, Garet, [1803]-1909. Thick 8vo (24.3 x 16.1 cm). lxxxvi, 960 pp. Contemporary full cloth with green morocco label with gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreClarke, C. B.
Commelynaceae et Cyrtandraceae Bengalenses (paucis aliis ex terris adjacentibus additis).
Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co., Publishers to the Calcutta University, 1874. Large folio (52.4 x 34.3 cm). Half title, title page, 133, ii (index) pp.; 95 lithographed plates (plate I-XCIII, LXXXVII bis, LXXXIX bis). Somewhat later green half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine.
Read moreColmeiro (y Penido), M.
Enumeracion de las criptógamas de España y Portugal. Parte primera. Acrogenas: helechos, equisetáceas, rizocarpeas, licopodiaceas, musgos, hepáticas. [AND] Parte segunda. Talogenas: hongos, líquenes, collemaceas, algas. [Complete].
Madrid, Eusebio Aguado, 1867. 8vo (20.2 x 14.3 cm). 379 [119; 260] pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt ornaments, title gilt. Marbled endpapers. Edges sprinkled red.
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 moreCranwell, T.
New Zealand ferns. Prepared and mounted by T. Cranwell.
Auckland (Parnell), T. Cranwell, no date [before 1877]. Small folio (27.8 x 22.3 cm). 30 sheets with mounted ferns, each with a small, mounted label with the Latin name. Original green leather spine and carved rimu wood-panels. Marbled endpapers. Contained in recent clamshell box (30.6 x 24.7 x 4.9 cm) of black cloth with black morocco label with gilt ornamental bands and title on the 'spine'.
Read moreCurtis, W.
The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed... To which are added, their names, class, order, generic and specific characters, according to the celebrated Linnaeus; their places of growth, and times of flowering: together with the most approved methods of culture. A work intended for the use of such ladies, gentlemen, and gardeners, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the plants they cultivate. Volumes 1-53 and index.
London, for the author, [1787]-1793-1826. 4to (24.5 x 15.5 cm). With 2709 hand-coloured engraved plates (over 150 of these folding and a few uncoloured). A complete set of the first and second series. Bound in contemporary green half calf with gilt lettering and marbled boards.
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 moreDescourtilz, M. E.
Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles, ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies Françaises, Anglaises, Espagnoles et Portugaises; Peinte d'après les dessins faits sur les lieux par M. J. Th. Descourtilz.
Paris, Privately published by Descourtilz (1827-1829, 1833). In eight volumes. 8vo (20.2 x 12.8 cm). Half-titles, title pages, 2810 pp.; 600 hand-coloured engraved plates. Beautiful contemporary style uniform black grained half calf with gilt ornaments and titles on spines.
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.
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