Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi. Flora Palaestina. Part Three. Ericaceae to Compositae. Text and Plates.
1st. Ed. Pub. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 1977 - 1978 Two volumes with 757 b/w. plates of fine botanical line drawings & 2 maps. Large 8vo. Ex-British Natural History Museum. Nr. fine hardbacks.
£50.00 [ref: 68407]

Feng Guomei (Ed.). Rhododendrons of China. Volumes I, II & III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Science Press, Beijing. 1988-99 Three volume set with fine colour photos., and dist. maps throughout. 4to. Vols. I & III are fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws with Vol. II being a nr. fine softback. Scarce set.
Volume I concentrates on the Rhododendrons of Yunnan Province. Volume II looks at the provinces of Sichuan, Xizang, Qinghai, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan. Volume III revisits many of these provinces adding newly discovered species and also surveys Tibet and Hunan province.
£295.00 [ref: 70731]

Ferrao, C. & Soares, J.P.M. (Eds.). Theatrum Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae (Theatre of the Natural Things of Brazil). Brasil - Holandes. Dutch - Brazil.
1st Ed. thus Pub. Editora Index. 1993 Two vol. set with colour plates throughout. 8vo. Text in English and Portuguese. Gently sunned spines o/w. fine hardbacks in fine slipcase. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with, loosely inserted, an invitation from the Brazilian Ambassor & Kew Gardens to a reception to launch ‘Theatrum Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae’ held at Kew Gardens in June 1994.
A very pleasing reprint of the four volumes of ‘Theatrum Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae’ originally published in 1660 which depcited local people, mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, marine life, plants and fruit. Beautifully illustrated with most paintings by the Dutch artist Albert Eckhout.
£48.00 [ref: 67921]

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]