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Linnaeus, C.
Plantarum rariorum Horti Upsaliensis. Fasciculus primus sistens descriptiones et figuras plantarum minus cognitarum.
Lipsiae, Siegfried Lebrecht [Leberecht] Crusius, 1767. Folio (38.5 x 24.2 cm). Title page with engraved pictorial vignette, [i], 20 pp; ten engraved plates. Marbled boards with facsimile of title mounted.
Read moreVuijk, J.
[Original orchid drawings and descriptions]
Amsterdam, [unpublished], ca. 1950-1975. A huge collection of more than a thousand sketches, drawings (b/w line drawings in pencil or ink, and in [full] colour) of wild orchids, with additional annotations - in Dutch, with Latin names. On 376 leaves, including 41 partially or (near) completely in original watercolours. Preserved in contemporary folders, titled by the author.
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 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 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 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 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 morePlinius Secundus, C. [P. C. B. Guéroult, ed.]
Morceaux extraits de l'Histoire Naturelle de Pline.
Paris, Michel Lambert, 1785. 8vo (19.5 x 13.0 cm). 554 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine with gilt lines, floral vignettes and brown morocco label with gilt title. Gilt-lined board edges. Marbled endpapers. All edges red.
Read moreBlume, C. L.
Monographie der Oost-Indische Pepersoorten. [Monograph of East Indian pepper species] [AND P. F. von Siebold, Epitomae Lingue Japonicae].
Batavia, Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 1826. 8vo (21.3 x 12.6 cm). Title page, 107 pp. [numbered 139-245]; 66 lithographed plates on 32 leaves; several larger, folded. Original printed boards.
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