Barla, J.B. Flore illustre de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes- Iconographic des Orchidees.
Pub. Caisson et Mignon. Nice. 1868 pp.8 83 with 63 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates. Bound in full contempory calf with gilt spine and boards with attractive blind tooling to front cover. The spine has been re-laid. Folio. (Nissen BBI, 78); (Stafleu & Cowan. Supp. 1 20.221)
This work was dedicated to the Italian botanist Philippe Parlatore. The fine plates were by Barla who was director of the natural history museum at Nice.He spent much of his life investigating the orchids and fungi of the South of France. This work on orchids is very scarce and rarely available for sale.
£4,000.00 [ref: 35207]

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Baxter, W. British Phaenogamous Botany; or figures and desciptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants.
2nd. Ed. Pub. by the author, London. 1834-43 6 Volumes with 509 copper engraved hand-coloured plates. In identical original blind and gilt decorated boards. Evenly faded on the spines with wear to spine ends and a small piece of the outer casing on the spine of Vol. 2 missing. Contents in vg. - fine condition.
£1,200.00 [ref: 38837]

Deakin, R. Florigraphia Britannica or engravings and descriptions of the Flowering Plants & Ferns of Britain.
1st. Ed. Pub. in 4 volumes by Groombridge. 1841-48 pp.1304; 136 with 1571 hand coloured illus. plus 47 uncoloured. Binding showing some wear o/w. contents vg.
£600.00 [ref: 28164]

Evelyn, John. Silva. or a Discourse of Forest-Trees. Hunter Edition.
Printed by A. Ward for J Dodsley. 1776 Handsomely rebound in contemporary half-calf with gilt-lettering, marbled boards and ends. A fine set.
John Evelyn among his many other accomplishments was known for his knowledge of trees, his treatise Sylva was written as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England’s burgeoning navy. This edition was revised and added to by A.Hunter a medical practioner and fellow of the Royal Society, who added additional engravings.
£600.00 [ref: 32911]

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Farrer, R. On the Eaves of the World. in 2 vols.
2nd. imp. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1926 2 vols. with many photographs. These are particularly fine, clean copies.
£90.00 [ref: 27382]

Gerard, John. The Herball or Generall Hiftorie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie. Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarye of London.
2nd. Ed. Rev. printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers. 1636 Eng. title with neat repair to fore-edge margin & upper corner. Over 2,000 woodcut botanical illusts. Lacks second leaf of prelims. and leaf following title. Contents very clean and bright. Strengthened to fore-edge margin and gutter margin. Early 19th c. full calf with gilt decoration. Neatly rebacked preserving orig. spine. Folio. A handsome copy. Blanche-Henry 156.
£3,000.00 [ref: 35733]

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Hanbury, Frederick J. An Illustrated Monograph of the British Hieracia.
Pub. by the Author. 1889-99 pp.68 with 24 fine hand coloured lithographs. 8 parts bound in quarter morocco with marbelled boards in one volume with paper wrappers bound at rear.[Nissen 781] Scarce.
Originally planned to publish 12 parts with 36 plates but these were never published. This group of plants commonly called the Hawkweeds with some 260 microspecies.
£550.00 [ref: 35095]

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Jones, Paul. Flora Superba. Selected and painted by the artist. Text by Wilfred Blunt with a foreword by Sir George Taylor.
Pub. Tryon Gallery, London. 1971 16 fine coloured botanical plates. Limited edition of 400 copies of which this is no. 190. Elephant folio in fine condition, in slip-case with some fading and staining and signed by the author.
£250.00 [ref: 15846]

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Lange, J. Flora Agaricina Danica. in 5 vols. bound in 2.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Danish Bot. Soc. 1835-1840 with 200 fine hand coloured plates. Bound in green cloth. Both text and particularly the plates are in fine condition.
£1,800.00 [ref: 23769]

Lange, Jacob E. Flora Agaricina Danica. in 5 parts bound into 3 volumes.
Pub. Copenhagen. 1935 with 200 of the finest chromolithographed plates. All 5 parts bound into 3 hardback volumes. The condition of the plates are exceptionally clean and bright.
The illustrations are reckoned to be some of the finest chromolithographic plates produced. An exquisite work.
£1,500.00 [ref: 35042]

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