Smith, Les. (et al). The Rare Plants of Herefordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Les Smith and Peter Garner. 2019 pp.vi, 188 with col. photos. 4to. New hardback.
A compilation of botanical records, both post 1987 and historical, in some cases dating back over 300 years, a selection of high quality photographs and an introductory paragraph for each plant that shares all the local knowledge that the authors have about the plant in Herefordshire, what sort of plant it is and how it grows.
£30.00 [ref: 68724]
Smith, N. (et al). Amazon River Fruits. Flavors for Conservation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Missouri Bot. Gdn. Press. 2007 pp.272 with col. photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Owner’s details in pencil to title page. Fine softback.
The western Amazon may well be the single richest edible fruit region in the world, and most of this flavourful biodiversity is found in wetlands. Some wetland fruits are already being harvested on a large scale and they are important to local economies, while others are being experimented with for commercial production.
£35.00 [ref: 67636]
Smith, R.A.H. (et al). Checklist of the Plants of Perthshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 1992 pp.x, 69, xxiv with fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Signature to title page. Hand-written title to spine. Fine softback.
£2.75 [ref: 65799]
Smith, W.G. Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi. In the Department of Botany.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1908 pp.85 with numerous b/w. illus. 8vo. Softback. Very minor foxing, o/w. contents in vg. condition. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover missing but still a good copy.
£5.00 [ref: 54811]
Smythe, F.S. The Valley of the Flowers.
Rep. Pub. Cadogan. 1985 pp. 322. 8vo. Spine gently sunned o/w. a fine softback.
Not a book purely on Plant Hunting, Mountaineering or Exploration, rather a happy combination of all three.
£5.00 [ref: 33363]
Snoeijs, P. Linnés brudkammare - The Bridal Chambers of Linnaeus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Artea. 2007 pp.240 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. Bilingual text in English and Swedish. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An homage to the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus, famous, in his lifetime, for his scientific reasarch on the sexual system of plants and the introduction of the binomial nomenclature which gives each plant and animal species a genus name and a species name in Latin.
£18.00 [ref: 64825]
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Solinas, F. (Ed.). Fiori [Flowers]. cinque secoli di pittura floreale [five centuries of floral painting].
1st. Ed. Pub. Campisano Editore. 2004 pp.405 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. Italian text. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
This book explores in detail, five hundred years of European flower painting.
£60.00 [ref: 67930]
Sonntag, C.O. A Pocket Flora of Edinburgh. And The Surrounding District.
Pub. Williams and Norgate. 1894 pp.xii, 246 with a fold-out map at front, neatly repaired. Small 8vo. Neat early notes on ffep. Thor. vg. hardback.
A collection and full description of all phanerogamic and the principal cryptogamic plants.
£25.00 [ref: 47916]
Sonntag, H. Die Sprache Der Blumen. Meissener Porzellan.
1st. Ed. thus Pub. Edition Leipzig. 1999 pp.136 with col. photos. throughout. German text. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A history of the floral patterns and design of Meissen porcelain from the 18th to 20th century.
£30.00 [ref: 68875]
Sotheby’s. A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books. Being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library formed by Robert de Belder, consigned by Bernard Quaritch.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sotheby’s. 1987 pp.425 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Illus. wanting from the front board, o/w. a fine hardback.
Fully illustrated auction catalogue.
£10.00 [ref: 68587]