Beckett, K. and Grey-Wilson, C. (Eds.). Encyclopaedia of Alpines.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.G.S. 1993-1994 Two volumes with col. photos. and line drawings. 4to. A couple of very trivial blemishes, o/w. fine hardbacks in fine slipcases. Very uncommon to find with slipcases.
Highly recommended. A definitive work on Alpines, giving the uses and culture of each genus and a description of the species therein.
£135.00 [ref: 66981]

Beekman, E.M. Rumphius’ Orchids. Georgius Everhardus Rumphius.
Pub. YALE. 2003 pp.li, 172 with small illus. A vg. plus copy in same dw.
£4.00 [ref: 40793]

Beentje, H. & Bandeira, S. Field Guide to the Mangrove Trees of Africa and Madagascar.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2007 pp.91 with detailed line drawings, maps and supporting photos. 8vo. Softback. New.
On the edge of land and sea, these trees are an important resource for shoreline communities. Their timber is used in construction and carpentry, for firewood and dyes, in cordage and medicinal products. Describes and illustrates all species of mangrove trees.
£40.00 [ref: 56729]

Bentham, G. Handbook of The Britsh Flora. A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to, or naturalised in The British Isles. For the use of Beginners and Amateurs.
7th. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve. 1947 pp.lxi, 606. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to ffep. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
£5.00 [ref: 67660]

Bentham, G. & Mueller, F. Flora Australiensis : A Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve. 1863-1878 Seven volume set. 8vo. Hardbacks. Ex-Oxford University Lib. Some spotting to title pages and indices; small, neat, library stamps to fore-edges of text blocks o/w. contents fine. Bound in more recent green buckram just very gently sunned in places o/w. in fine condition. A pleasing set of the uncommon first edition.
George Bentham's seven volume Flora Australiensis (1863–1879) was the first continental Flora, and for over a century was the only flora treating the whole of Australia. The work was produced with the “assistance” of Ferdinand Mueller, later von Mueller, the Government Botanist of Victoria from 1853, who loaned his collection, group by group, to Kew, enabling Bentham to compare the specimens with those in British and European herbaria.
£495.00 [ref: 37050]

Bentham, G. et Hooker, J.D. Genera Plantarum. Ad Exemplaria Imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus Servata Definita. Voluminis Secundi. Pars II. Sistens Dicotyledonum Gamopetalarum Ordines XXXIX, Stylidieas-Plantagineas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve & Co. 1876 pp.viii, 746. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. / nr. fine condition.
£20.00 [ref: 63022]

Bentham, G. et Hooker, J.D. Genera Plantarum. Ad Exemplaria Imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus Servata Definita. Voluminis Tertii. Pars I. Sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum Ordines XXXVI. Nyctagineas-Ceratophylleas et Gymnospermearum Ordines III. Gnetaceas-Cycadaceas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve & Co. 1876 pp.vii, 459. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
£20.00 [ref: 63023]

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]

Beretta, M. and Tosi, A. (Eds.). Linnaeus in Italy. The Spread of a Revolution in Science.
1st. Ed. Pub. Watson Publishing. 2007 pp.xxiii, 340 with b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Signature. Light spotting to text block edges o/w. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
The essays collected in this book illustrate how the works of a devotedly Protestant scientist gradually conquered Italy, a country that was at least in appearance devoutly Catholic.
£95.00 [ref: 65477]

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]