Dony, J.G. et al. English Names of Wild Flowers.
2nd. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 1986 pp.viii, 117. 8vo. Softback. Neat signature to top of title page. Some informed notes in pencil. A thor. vg softback.
£9.00 [ref: 54867]

Donzel, C. The Book of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Flammarion. 1998 pp.221 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gentle sunning to spine.
Traces the story of flowers as symbolic messengers at times of celebration and mourning, revealing the meanings of lilies, roses, tulips etc and their use from the Romans to Victorians. Donzel undertook extensive archival research to find rare paintings, documents and texts which illuminate the languge and symbolism of flowers through the ages. She interviewed major flower importers and florists in Europe and the USA to gain insight into their contemporary meanings and importance.
£15.00 [ref: 68846]

Dorr, L.J. Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. A biographical and bibliographical guide to individuals and groups who have collected herbarium material of algae, bryophytes, fungi, lichens, and vascular plants in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 1997 pp.xlvi, 524, illustrated with portraits of plant collectors to margins. 8vo. Fine hardback with CD-Rom in sleeve attached to rear pastedown. In print at £99.99.
A thoroughly researched book, the result of a collaboration between Malagasy botanists and several of the world’s major Herbaria.
£65.00 [ref: 65454]

Downing, B.H. A Plant Ecological Survey of the Umfolozi Game Reserve, Zululand.
1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author 1972 pp.vi, 179 with 53 [of 54] tipped-in b/w. photos. & figs. Large fold-out ‘Vegetation map of deciduous Acacia Woodlands - Umfolozi Game Reserve’ (1972) loosely inserted at rear. 4to. Softback. Nr. fine.
A fascinating study, supported by more than 50 period black and white photographs of the survey area. The author’s thesis, submitted to the University of Natal, in support of his requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
£40.00 [ref: 67271]

Dr. Palla. Atlas der Alpenflora. Herausgegeben vom Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenverein.
Pub. Lindauer’schen Buchhandlung. 1897 Five volume set with 500 col. plates. Plant names in Latin and German. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original green cloth boards with silver gilt lettering nr. fine.
With 500 full page plates of colour illustrations. Flowering dates for each plant provided.
£140.00 [ref: 34341]

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Dransfield, J. & Beentje, H. The Palms of Madagascar.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew & Int. Palm Soc. 1995 pp.xii, 475 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. 4to. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. This edition out of print.
Madagascar is home to one of the richest and most exciting palm floras of the world, which until now has remained poorly known. Here, in this volume, for the first time ever the palms of Madagascar are described in English. All 171 Madagascar palms are treated, including 70 species previously unknown to science and described for the first time. Of these 171 species, 166 occur only on Madagascar and nowhere else, making this an area of global importance for palm diversity.
£120.00 [ref: 65845]

Druce, G.C. The Flora of Berkshire [with] Supplement - Additions to the Berkshire Flora.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clarendon Press. 1897-1918 pp.cxcix, 644 plus catalogue with map in rear pocket. 8vo. Hardback. Light spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards with light wear to extremties, o/w. thor. vg. Comes with the seldom come by 36-page supplement (published in 1918) - nr. fine softback.
£55.00 [ref: 65248]

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Druce, G.C. The Flora of Berkshire. Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Found in the County with short Biographcial Notices of the Botanists who have Contributed to Berkshire Botany during the Last Three Centuries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clarendon Press. 1897 pp.cxcix, 644 plus catalogue with map in rear pocket. 8vo. Hardback. Signatures (one being of Dr. Ashby who is mentioned as a contributor p.613). Occ. light spotting to contents o/w. fine. Original blue cloth boards lightly rubbed, o/w. thor. vg.
£32.00 [ref: 63206]

Druce, G.C. The Flora of Buckinghamshire. With Biographical Notes of those Who Have Contributed to its Botany During the Last Three Centuries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Abroath. T. Buncle and Co. 1926 pp.cxxvii, 437. 8vo. Hardback. Scattered foxing to endpapers otherwise contents in fine condition. In original boards in vg. condition. With map in pocket at end of volume. Overall a vg. copy.
£70.00 [ref: 45941]

Druce, G.C. The Flora of Buckinghamshire. With biographical notices of those who have contributed to its botany during the last three centuries.
1st. Ed. Pub. T. Buncle. 1926 pp.cxxvi, 437 with three plates and folding coloured map in rear pocket. Large 8vo. Hardback. With bookplate of Elsie Graham. With several period annotations indicating plant locations (including orchids) in Buckinghamshire. Contents thor. vg. Original green cloth in good to vg. condition. With publisher’s pre-publication flyer for this work loosely inserted.
£60.00 [ref: 62957]