Brown, A. Flower Paintings from the Apothecaries’ Garden. Contemporary Botanical Illustrations from Chelsea Physic Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 2005 pp.135 with colour plates throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Small address label to front cover of dw.
Contains 56 colour reproductions of paintings, each one by a different artist. The plants depicted range from small alpines to magnificent trees and from food plants to those which yield life-saving drugs.
£40.00 [ref: 58142]

Brown, A. Flower Paintings from the Apothecaries’ Garden. Contemporary Botanical Illustrations from Chelsea Physic Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. AAC. 2005 pp.135 with full-page coll. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£20.00 [ref: 66268]

Brown, A. et al. Botanical Illustration. from Chelsea Physic Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. ACC. 2015 pp.175 with full-page col. and b/w. illustrations throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gently sunned spine. With a Private view card and list of exhibits for Mall Galleries’ exhibition of Chelsea Botanical Artists work, 2005, loosely inserted.
This book celebrates the work of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, founded in 1995. The illustrations in this book include more than 70 watercolours of plants cultivated in the Chelsea Physic Garden, all by masters of their technique and are accompanied by notes on plant characteristics and their uses in traditional and modern medicine.
£18.00 [ref: 66266]

Brown, John Croumbie. Forests and Forestry of Northern Russia and Lands Beyond.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver and Boyd. 1884 pp.16, viii, 279. 8vo. A fine hdbk. in original boards.
£60.00 [ref: 50496]

Brown, Rev. J. C. Schools of Forestry in Germany. With addenda relative to a desiderated British National School of Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oliver and Boyd. 1887 pp.16, iv, 159. with fold-out chart. 8vo. Contents clean and bright. A nr. fine hdbk. in original boards.
£45.00 [ref: 50493]

Brown, W.H. (Ed.). Minor Products of Philippine Forests.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dept. of Agriculture and Nat. Resources, Manila. 1920-1921 Three vol. set. with b/w. photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Softbacks. Ex-Lib. Bookplate. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. of Vol. I. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Superficial wear to paper covers.
Vol. 1 considers Philippine Mangrove Swamps, Palms and Palm Products, Bamboos and Fiber plants. Vol. 2 looks at Resins, Gums, Seed Oils, Essential Oils, Wild Food Plants and Natural Dyes. Vol. 3 covers Ornamental Plants, Plants used as Soap substitutes or scouring materials, Medicinal Plants, Useful wild plants, Edible fungi and Medicinal Uses of Philippine plants.
£75.00 [ref: 66042]

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Budden, H. Bulbous Flowers. A Colonial Nurseryman’s Catalogue.
Facs. Ed. Pub. OUP. 1979 pp.109 with 40 col. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A collection of botanical illustrations by Henry Budden, a nurseryman in 19th centuryNew Zealand. Produced in the 1880s, bound in a single volume together with the artist’s comments on each plant and printed by his son on the family’s hand press.
£9.50 [ref: 68585]

Bumpus, J. Impressionist Gardens.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Phaidon. 2000 pp.49 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Spine gently sunned o/w. a fine softback.
Monet, Renoir, Pissaro et al.
£3.00 [ref: 68589]

Bunbury, Sir Charles J.F. Botanical Fragments.
1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author. 1883 pp.vi, 370. 8vo. A couple of notes in pencil. Contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in thor. condition. Presentation copy reading “The Lord Walsingham from the Author” to ffep. Scarce.
Sir Charles Bunbury (1809-1886) was a keen geologist, botanist and particular friend of Sir Charles Lyell. He collected plant specimens on expeditions to South America in 1833 and South Africa in 1838 and much of ‘Botanical Fragments’ is taken up with notes on the vegetation of Brazil and South America, and the vegetation of the Cape of Good Hope. Thomas de Grey, 6th. Baron Walsingham (1843-1919) was an English politician and entomologist of note. He was President of the Etomological Society of London and a Trustee of the British Museum. Both men were Fellows of the Royal Society.
£175.00 [ref: 59028]

Bunce, R.G.H. A Field Key for Classifying British Woodland Vegetation. Part 1 and 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology / HMSO. 1982-89 Two volumes with col. photos. & dist. maps. 8vo. Fine softbacks.
A field key based on the study of 103 British woodlands, selected to represent the variety of types across the country.
£15.00 [ref: 64947]

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