Scheer Smith, B. A Painted Herbarium. The Life and Art of Emily Hitchcock Terry (1838 - 1921).
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Minnesota Press. 1992 pp.xiv, 194 with 46 colour plates, and col. & b/w. text illus. Crown 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gently sunned spine.
Emily Hitchcock Terry’s collection of over 140 paintings, which scientifically document the flora of several areas of America, has remained almost totally unrecognized for more than one hundred years. Her story, however, stands alongside those of countless women throughout history whose contributions have yet to be recognized.
£15.00 [ref: 67596]

Schinz, Prof. Dr. H. & Keller, Dr. R. Flora der Schweiz. Zum Gebrauche auf Exkursionen, in Schulen und Beim Selbstunterricht. 1. Teil: Exkursionsflora. Vierte, Stark Vermehrte Auflage.
1st. Ed. Pub. Albert Raustein. 1923 pp.xxxvi, 791 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. Hardback. Small ownership label and bookselller’s label. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, occ. pencil ticks to margins and pencil annotations o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards vg.
£5.00 [ref: 70267]

Schlegel, H.G. General Microbiology.
6th Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1986 pp.xx, 587 with many figs. in text. VG. in card covers.
£10.00 [ref: 35058]

Schmeil, Otto & Fitschen, Jost. Flora von Deutschland und seinen angrenzenden Gebieten. Ein Buch zum Bestimmen der wildwachsenden und häufig kultivierten Gefässpflanzen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Quelle & Meyer. 1982 pp.606 with b/w illus. Small 8vo. German text. Small address label. Neat inscription to verso of half-title. Fine hardback.
A book for identifying all wild and cultivated vascular plants to be found in Germany and surrounding countries.
£5.00 [ref: 62961]

Schmeil, Otto & Fitschen, Jost. (Rauh, Werner und Senghas, Karlheinz, Eds.). Flora von Deutschland und seinen angrenzenden Gebieten. Ein Buch zum Bestimmen der wildwachsenden und häufig kultivierten Pflanzen.
Pub. Quelle & Meyer. 1968 pp.516 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Extensive annotations to ffep, half-title and verso of title page which provide english translations of german terms. Further interesting annotations to contents. Nr. fine hardback.
£10.00 [ref: 63025]

Schmid, W.G. The Genus Hosta. Giboshi Zoku.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1991 pp.428 with 208 col. plates & b/w. text figs. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
The largest part of this book is devoted to detailed descriptions of all species, varieties, forms and registered cultivars, as well as virtually all the non-registered classic hostas of historic and garden interest. Also included are details on care and cultivation, propogation and hybridization, landscape uses, and pests and diseases.
£15.00 [ref: 41359]

Schmiemann, G. (Ed.). Helen Ballard. The Hellebore Queen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Art and Nature. 1997 pp.121 with col. photos. 4to. Minor bump to top-edge of front board o/w. a fine hardback.
Contains the 'Notes on Hellebores' by Helen Ballard, the noted specialist horticulturalist (1908-1995), edited by Gisela Schmiemann with her preface and a complete alphabetical register of Helen Ballard's named H. orientalis hybrids. Illustrated with 51 beautiful detailed colour photographs by Josh Westrich of her named hybrids.
£38.00 [ref: 71519]

Schmitz, H. and Uddenberg, N. A Passion for Systems. Linnaeus and the Dream of Order in Nature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Natur & Kultur. 2007 pp.255 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Inscription to half-title. Nr. fine hardback.
Linnaeus introduced his pioneering sexual systems for plants for the first time in 1735. His contemporaries were shocked by Linnaeus' frank comparisons with the sexual reproduction system of human beings but his useful scheme quickly took hold. ‘A Passion for Systems’ is the Linnaeus Tercentenary's official anniversary book.
£40.00 [ref: 66501]

Schneider, N. Still Life. Still Life Painting in the Early Modern Period.
Pub. Taschen. 2003 pp.215 with col. and b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine softback.
A history of the development of ‘still life’ painting.
£10.00 [ref: 66797]

Schneider, N. Still Life. Still Life Painting in the Early Modern Period.
1st. Ed. Pub. Taschen. 1999 pp.215 with col. and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A history of the development of the ‘still life’ painting.
£7.50 [ref: 66274]