Hobbs, C.E. Botanical Hand-Book.
Pub. Boston. 1876 pp.271. VG. with some wear to boards.
£20.00 [ref: 34220]
Knapp, R. Handbook of Vegetation Science Part VIII- Vegetation Dynamics.
1st. Pub. W.Junk. 1974 pp.364 with text illus., maps, and graphs. Hardback. A vg. copy in vg. dw.
Part VIII contains the foundations, methods and results of Vegetation Dynamics. The structure and composition of vegetation is changing in connection with the properties of certain plant species and with alterations of environmental conditions.
£35.00 [ref: 35507]
Knapp, R. Sampling Methods and Taxon Analysis in Vegetation Science. Floristic analysis of plant communities.
Pub. W.Junk. 1984 pp.xii, 370 with tables. Vg. in original cloth boards.
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Lindley, John. School Botany, Or, An Explanation of the Characters and Differences of the Principal Natural Classes and Orders of Plants Belonging to the Flora of Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Longman, et al. 1839 pp.vi, 218 with b/w. illus. in text plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Period signature. Contents fine. Original binding lightly shelf-rubbed, o/w. nr. fine. A very pleasing copy of the first edition.
Published principally to prepare boys intending to go the the University of London for the compulsory examination in “The characters and differences of the principal natural classes and orders of plants belonging to the Flora of Europe, in the botanical classification of De Candolle.”
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L’Heritier De Brutelle. Geraniologia. Erodii, Pelargonii, Geranii, Monsoniae et Grieli historia Iconibus illustrata.
Pub. Boerhaave Press. 1978 With 44 plates after Redoute et al. Limited Ed. copy no. 61. Folio. Hardback. Bound in green boards. A thoroughly very good copy.
A facsimile of the original published between 1787-88.
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Mabey, Richard. The Cabaret of Plants. Botany and the Imagination.
1st. Ed. Pub. Profile Books. 2015 pp.374 with colour illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £20.00.
'The Cabaret of Plants' celebrates the idea that plants are not simply 'the furniture of the planet', but vital, inventive, individual beings, worthy of respect - and that to understand this may be the best way of preserving life on Earth.
£12.00 [ref: 60615]
Marret, L. Les Fleurs De La Cote D’Azur.
Pub. Paul Lechevalier. 1926 pp.428 with 111 plates some coloured. VG. in illus boards.
£14.00 [ref: 33944]
Page, S. & Olds, M. Botanica.
3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Konemann. 1999 pp.1020 illus. in colour throughout. VG. in vg. dw.
The standard work for hobby gardeners and botanists, this comprehensive guide outlines over 10,000 plants, representative of all major plant groups.
£25.00 [ref: 33357]
Ray Society. Reports and Papers on Botany.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ray Society. 1846 pp.vii, 493 with 7 plates on 6 fold-out leaves. 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to plates, less so to text. Original cloth in good plus condition.
Compises four papers: ‘On the morphology of the Coniferae’ by Dr. Zuccarini; ‘On Botanical Geography’ by Prof. Grisebach; ‘On Vegetable Cells’ by Carl Nageli and ‘Report on Botany’ by Dr. Link.
£30.00 [ref: 37695]
Reum, Dr. Johann. Pflanzen Phyfiologie. oder das leben, Wachsen und Berhalten der Pflanzen, mit Hinsicht auf deren Zucht und Pflege;
Pub. Dresden und Leipzig. 1835 pp.xiv, 262 lightly foxed in places, but still very clean and tight. Stamp of the Royal College of Surgeons to title-page. Spine and top-edge of boards sunned. Overall a very good copy. All text in German.
£17.00 [ref: 32213]