Renaux, A. Louis XIV’s Botanical Engravings.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Lund Humphries. 2008 pp.139 with full page colour reproductions throughout. 4to. Fine hardback.
This magnificent volume reproduces 58 hand-coloured copperplate engravings drawn from the royal collection of Louis XIV’s gardens, with botanical details of each plant. It explains the origin of the gardens, the habitat and medicinal properties of the individual plants, and the engraving techniques used, while the illustrations themselves are both accurate scientific records and objects of beauty.
£18.00 [ref: 67152]

Retief, E. & Herman, P.P.J. Plants of the Northern Provinces of South Africa: Keys and Diagnostic Characters. Strelitzia 6.
1st. Ed. Pub. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. 1997 pp.vii, 681 with endpaper maps. 4to. Ownership insc. to ffep. Fine hardback with gentle sunning to spine. Out of print.
The genus Strelitzia occurs naturally in eastern southern Africa. It comprises three arborescent species, known as wild bananas, and two acaulescent species, known as crane flowers or bird-of-paradise flowers.
£60.00 [ref: 66056]

Reveal, J.L. America’s Botanical Beauty. Illustrations from the Library of Congress.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Fulcrum. 1996 pp.162 with col. & b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
Through beautiful illustrations this book chronicles the 400-year development of America from the viewpoint of some of the best botanists and botanical illustrators of their time.
£5.00 [ref: 48127]

Reveal, J.L. America’s Botanical Beauty. Illustrations from the Library of Congress.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Fulcrum. 1996 pp.162 with b/w. & col. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
This book chronicles the 400-year development of America from the viewpoint of some of the best botanists and botanical illustrators of their time.
£7.00 [ref: 49461]

Reynel, C. and Pennington, T.D. El genero Inga en el Peru. Morfologia, Distribucion y Usos.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG, Kew. 1997 pp.vii, 228 with two diagrams, b/w. figs. and dist. maps. 8vo. Spanish text with latin names. Fine softback.
This book describes the 91 known Peruvian species of Inga (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae). Each species has a botanical description and information on phenology and ecology and potential uses.
£20.00 [ref: 65440]

Rhind, P. & Evans, D. (Eds.). The Plant Life of Snowdonia. Including the Fungi and Lichens.
1st. Imp. Pub. Gomer. 2001 pp.xv, 173 with colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A collection of informative and accessible essays about the plant life of Snowdonia, accompanied by over 100 colour illustrations of a range of species from the renowned Snowdon lily to the area's celebrated mosses.
£25.00 [ref: 49190]

RHS. Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids. Addendum 1971 - 75.
Rep. Pub. RHS. 1980 pp.lxvii, 460. Large 8vo. A little spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback.
Contains the names and parentage of all orchid hybrids registered from 1st January 1971 to 31st December 1975.
£7.00 [ref: 33448]

Rich, T. & McVeigh, A. Gentians of Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No.19.
1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 2019 pp.vi, 174 with col. photos., b/w. figs. and dist. maps. 8vo. Very minor splash marks to title page o/w. a fine softback.
The aim of this BSBI Handbook is to provide guidance on gentian identification and summarise what is currently known about them. The initial idea came out of work on conservation of the endemic early gentian Gentianella amarella subsp. anglica in the 1990s and the research has taken over 25 years to complete.
£15.00 [ref: 65995]

Rich, T. (et al). Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees of Britain and Ireland. A monograph of British and Irish Sorbus L.
1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 2010 pp.vi, 223 with col. photos., b/w., illus. & dist. maps throughout. 4to. Surname to ffep. o/w. Fine hardback. Title page inscribed ‘To Carol, with very best wishes, Tim Rich, 2011’. Loosely inserted are two Guides to Blagdon House (Northumberland) and Gardens together with two A4 typed lists (dated 2011) detailing both the Endemic and Non-Endemic Sorbus species which can be found at Blagden. Out-of-print. Scarce.
BSBI Handbook No 14. This book contains an account of 52 native or naturalised Sorbus taxa in Britain and Ireland (44 species and 8 hybrids).
£150.00 [ref: 70754]

Rich, T. (et al). Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees of Britain and Ireland. A monograph of British and Irish Sorbus L.
1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 2010 pp.vi, 223 with col. photos., b/w., illus. & dist. maps throughout. 4to. Very minor spotting to top edge of text block and endpapers o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print. Scarce.
BSBI Handbook No 14. This book contains an account of 52 native or naturalised Sorbus taxa in Britain and Ireland (44 species and 8 hybrids).
£130.00 [ref: 68793]