Germany: [1814]. Small rectangular cardboard box; Hand-colored lithographed label on pull-off lid, toned and spotted, some loss to embossed border; Colorful pattern around border of box; Lithograph is illustration of flower garden with children playing around water fountain and parents nearby that can be reproduced with parts contained in box;;... More
London: W. Mears, 1724. Contemporary calf. 4th Edition. 8vo (18.2 x 11.6 cm). Contemporary paneled calf with some wear; raised bands on later spine; gilt label; small patches to lower cover repaired; two ink spots on fore edge of text block; edges speckled red. Collation: [xvi], 63, [64], [viii], [65]-435... More
Bruxelles: Deprez-Parent, 1847. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo (23.0 x 15.5 cm).Original maroon blind stamped cloth; spine with gilt author and title, bands defined by gilt lines, sunned; small ink mark at top of front cover. Collation:[4 half title;title], x, 217 pp. + 9 hand colored lithograph plates. Text has... More
London: Printed for T. Osborne, T. Tyre, S. Crowder, H. Woodgate, [1756]-1757. Contemporary calf. 1st Edition. Folio (42 x 26 cm). Contemporary tooled calf with new spine with original red morocco label laid down; raised bands and plane panels; wear to corners repaired; covers with some wear more so on... More
London: B. and R. Crosby & Co., 1813. Fourth edition. Quarter calf. 12mo in sixes.(18.5 x 11.2 cm). Large uncut paper copy. Original brown boards, new leather spine. Weare to edges of boards;corners bumped. Collation: 186, [8- index] pp. There are two blank leaves of end papers at end of... More
Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf, 1750. First French Edition. Vellum. 4to (260 x 204 mm). Later vellum with decorative gilt on spine and cover; title gilt on separate leather; floral end papers. xiv [1]-412 [40] Berolzheimer copy. With 15 plates of glasshouses, fruits, and one plan. Minor browning and... More
Rochester: [1890]. Original Dark Blue Cloth. Oblong 8vo. Original dark blue cloth gild border tooling on front cover; tooling only on rear cover. Collation: Title page for Specimen Book followed by around 90 chromolithograph or pochoir color plates of various fruits and trees for clients. This specimen book was presented... More
