Paris: Vincent, 1763. First edition Ex Libris. Contemporary speckled calf. 2 Volumes. 8vo (18.7 x 11.5 cm). Ex Libris. Contemporary speckled sheep, hinges repaired Collation: Vol. 1- [iv] cccxxv 189 [1]p.+ folding copper engraved plate; Vol 2 - [ii] 24 [4] 640 p. Binding with raised bands on spine, panels... More
Lugduni Batavorum: apud Gerardum Potvliet, 1735. Full Vellum. 2 Volumes in one. 4to (21 x 17 cm). Contemporary vellum on boards. Collation: [xx] 248 [12]; [viii] 306 [24]p. + 102 copper engrave plates that includes both animals and plants. The binding has some buckling and remnants of mold stain on... More
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1905-1922. Blanche Ames. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo (26 cm). 7 Volumes. Original cloth bindings. Collation: Over 1,600 pages of text accompanied by 114 engraved plates of illustrations done by Blanche Ames which are numbered consecutively through the 7 volumes. There are also numerous in text drawings signed... More
Boston: American Orchid Society, 1924. Inscribed copy. More
Cambridge: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1948. inscribed copy. More
Bretagne: [1850]. Contemporary pebbled green morocco. Collection of 119 expertly pressed, mounted and labeled marine algae from Bretagne coast (circa. Mid 1800's). Small 4to(24.5 x 17.2 cm). Contemporayry green morocco binding. Collation: 119 lv, each leaf mounted on stub with single labeled specimen. Each specimen is identified with earlier Latin... More
Germany: [1900]. 4to (23.0 x 30.9 cm). Original quarter black pebble cloth and green paperboards in very good condition. Collation: 30 stiff gray paper leaves sewn to backing. Each leave has12 red ink rectangles in three horizontal rows on each side. The upper portion of each seed packet is glued... More
Dorchester: Barta Press, 1927. Original Cloth. 8vo. (19.5 x 12.6 cm) Original maroon linen binding with gilt labeling on front cover. Som soiling on front cover, small damp stain on back cover. Missing front free end paper. Collation: 46 pp. + 7 plates, one photogravure and 6 color reproductions of... More
Faventiae: Typis Ballantianis, 1755. First Edition. Full Vellum. 4to (27 x 20 cm). Contemporary Italian vellum binding over boards.19th century bookplate of the Baron de Warenghien on front paste down. Collation: [I-iv], v-vii, 1-80 pp. + 40 copper engraved plates. The text and plates are in very good condition. All... More
Albany: Webster And Skinners, 1833. Contemporary sheep. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, rebacked with original leather label laid down. Spine with panels formed by horizontal gilt lines. Covers bumped with loss at corners. New end papers. Collation:lv [blank],[3]-471. Top right corner of title page torn with loss (1.2 x 4.5 cm), not... More
Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, and sold by the author ... 1775. First edition. Original paper boards. 4to( 28 x 22 cm). Original paper boards with new paper spine. Collation: [1-3] 4, [i] ii -xlviii, [1] 2- 259, [1- blank], [1 & 3] p. Lacks the engraved half-title, which is... More
Boston: Published by William Hyde & Co., 1832. 8vo.(23.5 x 14 cm.) Ex Libris. Modern quarter black morocco with green linen cloth on boards. Gilt title and author on spine. New end papers with variable foxing in text. Collation: [i]-vii, [viii- List]. [9]- 408 pp. + 1 engraved plate and... More
London: L. Reeve & Co., 1875. First edition. Original Cloth. 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm) Original cloth boards with gilt title and author on spine and Narcissus on cover, spine slightly sunned. Marble end papers. Collation: [ix]-xvi [1]-95pp + 48 hand-colored, lithographic plates. Excellent study on the genus Narcissus with... More
Paris: S. le Moyne, 1635. First edition. Full Leather. 4to (236 x 180 mm) Modern pebble leather binding with new end papers. Bookplates of Ashton Allis on new front pastedown Edward Sanford Burgess present on recto of original free end paper, respectively. [16] 1-238 [2] [158 as 358, 220 as... More
Genéve: H. Correvon, 1923. Second edition. Original Wraps. 8vo (257 x 163mm). 2nd ed. Original wraps large paper copy, uncut. The sixty-six (66) exquisite, color plates collected after text are free of blemishes. There is modest foxing (mainly on fore edge) and spotting in text portion. More
Paris: 1815. Half Calf. 8vo(20.6 x 12.7 cm). Contemporary half calf over tan speckled marble boards; gilt title and tooling on spine. Collation: [1], 83, [8- Index] pp. Text written on crisp and clean laid paper having identifiable watermark. Text covers description of 130 geranium species from different regions of... More
Allier, France: 1895-96. Boards. 2 Volumes. 4to. Pebble brown spines with blue pebbled paper on boards; spines plain with some wear along hinges; boards with wear and some loss on covers, edges and corners. The two volumes contain a total of 943 preserved and skillfully mounted plant specimens three per... More
Kyoto: Unsôdô, Meiji 41 [1908]. Second Edition. Chitsu with ivory clasps. 4 Volumes. 4to (33.8 x 26.4 cm). Contemporary string bound Japanese style stiff paper boards contained in printed fabric covered chitsu clasped case. Collation: 100 full pate color prints in 4 volumes. The volumes and chitsu in good condition... More
Lemgo: Meyer, 1762. First edition. Half Calf. 2 parts in 1 Volume 4to (21.0. x 17.2 cm). Contemporary half calf with marble boards. Collation: [24], [1]-424, [4], [425] - 748, [70 -Index] pp. + 10 engraved plates (all folding). There are two separate title pages one each for each part... More
London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. Original blind-stamped, green pebble cloth. 4to (25.7 x 18.7 cm) Original blind-stamped, green pebble cloth binding, decorative gilt and title on spine, rectangular gilt vignette with floral border and central title on front cover, wear and some loss to ends of spine and corners. Collation... More
Cremonae: Apud Petrum Ricchini, 1757. Half Vellum. 8vo (23.8cm x 16.5cm). Large paper copy. Two works bound together. Later half vellum and marble boards with new brown calf label; red speckled edges. Binding is very good with a few minor wormholes at upper areas of rear hinge, not through rear... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, Henrietta Street, 1880. More
Iona Island: C. W. Grant, 1866. Original Wraps. 8vo. Original printed catalogue. Collation: 3pp. + steel engraved plate by R. Holton at rear. Original mailing envelope present. Some wear along folds affecting plate image. More
Washington: The Smithsonian Instition, 1852-1853. 1/4 Leather. Large 4to. 2 Volumes in one. Half green morocco and marble boards. Binging rubbed; some break at bottom of rear hinge; corners bumped and worn with some loss. Internal condition generally very good. Front free end paper attached near gutter. Collation: 146, [2];... More
Paris: Lambert Roulland, 1675. First French edition. Full Calf. First French edition. 8vo (12.3 x 8.3 cm). Contemporary mottled calf with raised bands on spine and floral decoration in gilt in panels. Title is in gilt. All edges of text are in red. Worm holes in lower panels that extend... More