Bentham, George. Revision of the Suborder Mimoseae. The Transactions of The Linnean Society of London Volume XXX. Part the Third.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Linnean Society. 1875 pp.335-669 with five b/w. plates to the rear. 4to. Hardback. From the library of botanist Roger Polhill with his bookplate to front pastedown. Contents fine. More recent black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in fine condition.
£30.00 [ref: 65423]

Berglund, K. Jag tänker på Linné. Han som såg allt. [I Think of Linnaeus. The Man Who Saw Everything].
1st. Ed. Pub. Albert Bonnier. 2007 pp.407 with col. & b/w. photos. & illus. Swedish text. Large 8vo. Minor surface abrasions to spine, small tear to corner of half-title o/w. a fine hardback.
Traces the life and work of Linnaeus with period illustrations and contemporary photographs.
£12.50 [ref: 70820]

Berkeley, Rev. M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. Comprising all that are known to be natives of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863 pp.xxxvi, 324 with 23 hand-coloured plates, 1 b/w. plate (all with letterpress) plus 16-page Reeve catalogue (not dated). 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription. Very minor spotting at ends, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth binding, spine expertly relaid (so well undertaken it is barely noticable), all in excellent, nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£100.00 [ref: 58667]

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Berry, Andre Q. et al. (Eds.). Fenn’s and Whixall Mosses.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clwyd County Council. 1996 pp.xiv, 208 with col. photos., b/w. illus.; folding map in rear pocket. Large 8vo. Pages 4 & 5 blank with photocopied versions loosely inserted. Near fine softback with sunned spine. An illustrated, fold-out, English Nature guide to Fenn’s Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve (1996) and an article from Shropshire Wildlife about the Reserve (1991) loosely inserted.
As Britain’s third largest and southernmost lowland raised mire, with a documented history of peat extraction extending over at least four hundred years, the Fenn’s and Whixall Mosses complex is an important part of Britain’s ecological and cultural heritage.
£22.00 [ref: 67053]

Besler, Basilius. The Book of Plants. The Complete Plates.
Pub. Taschen. 2007 pp.441 with colour plate reproductions throughout. Large 4to. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. A lovely facsimile of Basilius Besler’s masterpiece.
A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, Eichstatt, the original Book of Plants is in a class of its own when it comes to the variety and range of flowers engraved. Working under Basilius Besler, a team of at least ten engravers worked on this massive project, translating in situ and specimen drawings faithfully to copper plates. Nearly four hundred years old, the book survived though the gardens did not; they were destroyed by invading Swedish troops in 1634. However, in 1998 a reconstruction of the original garden opened to the public in Eichstatt.
£45.00 [ref: 71429]

Bevis, J. (et al). Flora of the Isle of Wight.
1st. Ed. Pub. Isle of Wight Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. 1978 pp.114 with 2 maps. 8vo. Softback. Ex-Lib. Contents fine in vg. softcovers.
£5.00 [ref: 68274]

Bigelow, H.E. & Thiers, H.D. (Eds.). Studies on Higher Fungi. A Collection of Papers Dedicated to Dr. Alexander H. Smith on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday.
1st. Ed. Pub. J Cramer. 1975 pp.vi, 372 with 2 tipped-in colour plates, b/w., photos., and illus. Large 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
£80.00 [ref: 57185]

Binz, A. and Thommen, E. Flore de la Suisse. y compris les parties limitrophes de l’Ain et de la Savoie.
2nd. Ed. Pub. F. Rouge et Cie. 1953 pp.xxxvi, 450. Small 8vo. Hardback. Occasional ticks and annotations o/w. contents thor. vg. Some shelf wear and tape marks to dw. o/w. good condition.
£40.00 [ref: 63024]

Birk, L.A. The Paphiopedilum Grower’s Manual.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Pisang Press. 2004 pp.xii, 281 with col. & b/w. photos. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
The first edition of this detailed work was very well received. This second revised and expanded edition picks up where the first left off and provides the information needed to become successful.
£85.00 [ref: 61607]

Bishop, David. Causal Botany; or A Treatise on the causes and Character of Changes in Plants, especially of changes which are productive of Subspecies or Varieties.
1st. Ed. Pub. H. and W. Wright. 1829 pp.viii, 184. 8vo. Hardback. Marbled endpapers and matching marbling to fore-edges of text block. Minor bump to top-corner o/w. contents fine. Full-calf boards with decorative gilt borders and spine in vg. plus condition. Scarce.
Bishop’s comprehensive treatise on the causes and character of changes in plants. The book mainly focuses on the changes that lead to the development of subspecies or varieties in plants. The author examines the reasons behind the changes in plants, including the effect of the environment, the influence of cultivation, and the impact of hybridization. The book also explores the role of genetics in plant variation and the importance of selective breeding in the development of new plant varieties.
£200.00 [ref: 68317]

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