Dawson, W.R. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society of London. Part I.- The Smith Papers.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Linnean Society. 1934 pp.114. 4to. Fine softback with some gentle sunning to spine.
The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., First President of the Society.
£18.00 [ref: 68020]

Dawson, W.R. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society of London. Part IV.- Calendar of the Ellis Manuscripts.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Linnean Society. 1948 pp.104. 4to. Fine softback with some gentle sunning to card covers.
The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of John Ellis, F.R.S.
£22.00 [ref: 68021]

Day, G. & Hackney, P. County Down Scarce, Rare & Extinct Vascular Plant Register and Checklist of Species.
1st. Ed. Pub. MAGNI. 2004 pp.193. Small 4to. Fine softback with closed tear to clear acetate protective cover. Scarce.
This register is part of a national BSBI initiative to highlight plants whose scarcity is cause for concern.
£40.00 [ref: 67096]

de Bary, Dr. A. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns. Translated & Annotated by F.O. Bower & D.H. Scott.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1884 pp.xvi, 659 with 241 b/w. woodcuts. Large 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Remains of label to front paste down, inscription to ffep., signature to half-title. Some spotting to ends, occ. underlining and informed annotations o/w. contents fine. Original quarter leather over cloth boards showing some rubbing to extremities o/w. vg.
£75.00 [ref: 69653]

de Bray, L. The Art of Botanical Illustration. A history of the classic illustrators and their achievements.
Rep. Pub. Eagle Editions. 2001 pp.191 with col. & bw. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine softback with very gently sunned spine.
Lys de Bray, herself a noted flower painter, provides an informed, entertaining and revealing overview of the work of the greatest botanical illustrators of the various periods of history, linking their careers and achievements to the wonderful illustrations they created.
£7.50 [ref: 68606]

De Crespigny, Eyre. A New London Flora; or, Handbook to the Botanical Localities of the Metropolitan Districts.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hardwicke and Bogue. 1877 pp.xxiv, 179 plus catalogue. Small 8vo. A little spotting to fore-edge of text block and very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original boards with gilt lettering thor. vg.
£15.00 [ref: 45914]

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de Cuveland, Helga. Flora Exotica. Ein botanisches Prachtwerk von 1720 [A botanical masterpiece from 1720].
1st. Ed. Pub. Hatje Cantz. 1999 pp.201 with 61 fine col. plates and b/w. text illus. German text. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
Commissioned by Imperial Count Johann Georg Dernath, the painter Johann Gottfried Simula portrayed numerous ornamental and exotic plants from his estate gardens and orangery in Ostholstein in 1720.
£25.00 [ref: 68851]

De la Bathie, H., Perrier. & Beckman, S.D. Flora of Madagascar. (Vascular Plants). 49th Family - Orchids. Volumes I & II.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Beckman. 1981 pp.ix, 542 with 80 full-page b/w. figs. Two vols. bound as one. Large 8vo. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Fine hardback. Scarce
Descriptions and illustrations of the plants of the orchid family from Madagascar and the surrounding area.
£75.00 [ref: 34664]

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de la Bedoyere, Charlotte Portrait of a Woodland. Biodiversity in 40 acres.
1st. Ed. Pub. Search Press. 2004 pp.175 with many fine coloured photographs. 4to. New hardback in new dw., just a little of-mint.
This book deals with one persons obsession with 40 acres of woodland and shows how biodiversity can be enhanced.
£15.00 [ref: 49135]

de Sampaio, A.J. Flora do Rio Cumina (E. do Para - Brasil). Resultados botanicos da Expedicao Rondon a Serra Tumuc-Humac en 1928.
Pub. Archivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. [c.1933] pp.206, [i] with 19 b/w. photos, 1 map and 3 illustrations. Small folio. Hardback. Occ. spotting o/w. contents fine. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine in nr. fine condition. Scarce.
Alberto Jose de Sampaio was born in Campos, Brazil in January 1881. In 1912 he became Professor and Head of Botany at the National Museum, Brazil. In 1928, he was chosen as botanist for the expedition of Marshal Rondon to Serra Tumuc-Humuc resulting in the publication of this work.
£75.00 [ref: 67937]