Noltie, H.J. The Dapuri Drawings. Alexander Gibson and The Bombay Botanic Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club/RBG. Edinburgh. 2002 pp.240 with col. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback. in fine dw. with just a hint of sunning to spine.
A remarkable collection of botanical drawings belonging to the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. The watercolours were commissioned by Alexander Gibson, an East India Company surgeon, and depict plants grown in the botanic garden under his control in the Bombay presidency. They are the work of an unknown Portuguese-Indian artist and were produced between 1847 and 1850. The main section of the book includes colour reproductions of the 170 drawings arranged in the order of the Bombay Flora, which Gibson co-authored.
£10.00 [ref: 68610]

Nordenstam, B., et al. Carl Peter Thunberg. Linnean, resenär, naturforskare 1743-1828.
1st. Ed. Pub. Atlantis. 1993 pp.191 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Thunberg became the most successful of all Linnaeus’ disciples and considered ‘the Linnaeus of Japan’.
£10.00 [ref: 70807]

Norst, M.F. Ferdinand Bauer. The Australian Natural History Drawings.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1989 pp.120 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
Illustrated with artwork Bauer completed during his time on the voyage of HMS Investigator; he worked as botanical draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks' botanist, Robert Brown (1773-1858).
£15.00 [ref: 68632]

North, Marianne. Recollections of a Happy Life. Being the autobiography of Marianne North. Vols. I and II.
2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan . 1892 Two volumes with frontis. photo. to each, plus double-page world map. 8vo. Hardbacks. Internal hinges a little dry and a little spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. A little text block lean to Vol. I. Original green cloth boards with gilt motifs thor. vg. to nr. fine.
The wonderful autobiography of this intrepid Victorian biologist and botanical artist.
£90.00 [ref: 71686]

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Norton, T. A. (Ed.). Provisional Atlas of the Marine Algae of Britain and Ireland.
Pub. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. 1985 pp.viii with 156 b/w. dist. maps. A fine softback.
£5.00 [ref: 48906]

Oelbaum, Z. Blue Prints. The Natural World of Cyanotype Photographs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rizzoli. 2002 pp.[96] with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback. Publisher’s illustrated flyer for this book loosely inserted.
The cyanotype print is a visually arresting printing method whose fame dates back to the pioneering nineteenth-century botanist Anna Atkins. Photographer Zeva Oelbaum revisits the beauty of the natural world, and pays homage to this botanist and this little-used and compelling process.
£50.00 [ref: 66296]

Okada, K. Flowers in Turkey.
Pub. mag2libro. 2006 pp.190 with col, illus. and maps. 8vo. Fine softback. Text in English, Latin, Turkish, Japanese, German, French and Italian. Scarce.
A tourist orientated guide to the plants and flowers of Turkey.
£30.00 [ref: 65808]

Okada, T. Illustrations of Fruits and Seeds of Japan. No. 1.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nankodo Co. 1964 pp.ii, 292 (of which 278 pages feature multiple b/w. illustrations). 8vo. Text in English and Japanese. Very minor spotting, o/w. a fine hardback. Very scarce.
Not all-emcompassing, but nevertheless, a superb work on the fruits and seeds of Japanese flora. The author undertook this work in his spare time, in which he drew the external morphology of fruits and seeds.
£195.00 [ref: 57654]

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Oliver, D. Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Pleasure Grounds, Kew.
26th. Ed. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1872 pp.122 with fold-out plan and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 8vo. Softback. Initials to front cover. Original illustrated covers, showing some age, o/w. a thor. vg. copy.
£40.00 [ref: 58867]

Onions, A.H.S. et al. Smith’s Introduction to Industrial Mycology.
7th. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1981 pp.viii, 398 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Preferred edition.
£30.00 [ref: 62223]