Ferris, Roxanna S. Death Valley Wildflowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Death Valley Nat. Hist Assoc. 1974 pp.150 with line drawings. 8vo. Softback. Previous owner’s label to inside front cover. Light spotting to top edge, o/w. contents fine. Covers nr. fine.
A guide to the most characteristic wildflowers, shrubs and trees found in the Death Valley region of southeastern California.
£12.50 [ref: 63428]

Fiedler, Peggy Lee. Rare Lilies of California.
1st. Ed. Pub. California Native Plant Society. 1996 pp.xiii, 153 with colour illus. 8vo. A nr. fine softback.
£16.00 [ref: 52701]

Figuier, Louis. The Vegetable World. Being a History of Plants with their Structure and Peculiar Properties.
Rep. Ed. Pub. Cassel, Petter & Galpin. [c.1892] pp.viii, 588 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Prize bookplate for The Red Maid’s School Bristol and small label of previous owners. Some spotting to endpapers o/w. contents fine. Original decorative cloth binding vg. plus.
£12.50 [ref: 63919]

Findlay, D.C. The Soils of the Mendip District of Somerset. (Sheets 279 and 280.)
1st. Ed. Pub. Harpenden. 1965 pp.viii, 204 with plates (one fold-out) & text illus., plus 2 folding maps in pocket at rear. Large 8vo. Signed by Derek Findlay to title-page. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
£17.50 [ref: 64487]

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Fish, M. A Flower for Every Day.
Pub. Faber. 1973 pp.208 with b/w. photographic plates. A vg. copy in card covers.
£2.00 [ref: 39134]

Fisher, C. The Golden Age of Flowers. Botanical Illustration in the Age of Discovery 1600 - 1800.
1st. Ed. Pub. The British Library. 2011 pp.144 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out of print.
In this beautifully illustrated new book, Celia Fisher has selected over 100 of the most beautiful flower images from the 17th and 18th centuries. The flowers are arranged in alphabetical order, and the text that accompanies them outlines their origin, the derivation of their name and the properties for which they were most valued.
£20.00 [ref: 66780]

Fisher, Celia. Flowers of the Renaissance.
1st. Ed. 1st. Impression Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2011 pp.176 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist. Title-page inscribed ‘to Gren with love and thanks from Celia’. Loosely inserted is a brief letter to Gren from Celia Fisher introducing her book and inviting him to ‘come and help me launch it’ and on the reverse of the letter is a proof page which she suggests demonstrates her efforts to ‘expand the Renaissance and flowers into places not generally searched.’
In this book the author focuses on twenty favourite flowers and brings them to the fore in detailed illustrations of renaissance paintings and tapestries.
£60.00 [ref: 68854]

Fisher, Celia. Peonies & Pomegranates. Botanic Illustrations from Asia.
1st. Ed. Pub. The British Library. 2018 pp.200 with col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out of print.
Many of the flowers and fruits growing in our gardens and greenhouses today were brought to the West by collectors or traders. ‘Peonies and Pomegranates’ describes the origins of these plants, with quotations from the people of Asia who first appreciated, cultivated and wrote about them. Almost all the illustrations are by Asian and Middle Eastern artists. Describes over seventy plants that originated in Asia and the Middle East.
£5.00 [ref: 66351]

Fisher, J. Mr. Marshal’s Flower Album. from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gollancz. 1985 pp.128 with over 120 plants illus. in colour. 4to. Fine hdbk., in near fine dw.
The exquisite flower album featured in this work was created in the mid-seventeenth century by Alexander Marshal. He became renowned as one of the earliest water-colourists and over 120 plants and flowers (newly discovered, common and wild) he illustrated within the album are reproduced herein.
£10.00 [ref: 53765]

Fisher, J. Mr. Marshal’s Flower Album. From the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gollancz. 1985 pp.128 with over 120 plants illus. in colour. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
The exquisite flower album featured in this work were created in the mid-seventeenth century by Alexander Marshal. He became renowned as one of the earliest water-colourists and over 120 plants and flowers (newly discovered, common and wild) he illustrated within the album are reproduced herein.
£8.00 [ref: 57290]