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]

Fisher, Robert. The Flowering Plants of Whitby and District. With Botanical and English Names, Explanatory Preface and Index.
1st. Ed. Pub. Horne and Son. 1928 pp.43 interleaved with blank pages for notes, as published. 8vo. Softback. With tick-marks to index and some notes to rear. VG. Scarce.
Covers the area around Whitby determined by the limits of the excursions of the Whitby Field Naturalists’ Club. The author became Canon of York in 1913 and died in Whitby in 1933.
£38.00 [ref: 63179]

Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. Illustrations of the British Flora. A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
5th. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1901 pp.xxvii, 347with line drawings. This copy interleaved and annotated with common names and occasional notes indicating where and when a plant was seen. 8vo. Hardback. Ffep. removed Occasional light spotting to margins o/w. contents fine. Rear internal hinge a little tender. Original cloth boards good to vg. A unique copy.
£20.00 [ref: 63329]

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Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. Illustrations of the British Flora. A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
7th. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1908 pp.347 with 1,315 line drawings, plus 16 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Small ownership label to front paste down. A little spotting to fore-edges of text block and ends o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards nr. fine.
£12.00 [ref: 70256]

Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. Illustrations of the British Flora. A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
4th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1919 pp.338 with 1,315 line drawings. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards vg.
£9.00 [ref: 70268]

Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. Illustrations of the British Flora. A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1880 pp.328 with 1,306 line drawings, plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. A little spotting to fore-edges of text block, a very minor amount internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards good to vg.
£12.50 [ref: 70252]

Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. Illustrations of the British Flora. A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1892 pp.347 with 1,315 line drawings, plus 16 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Small ownership label to front paste down. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, only a very minor amount internally o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards nr. fine.
£10.00 [ref: 70255]

Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. Illustrations of the British Flora. A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants.
4th. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1897 pp.347 with 1,315 line drawings, plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Inscription (dated [18]99 to half-title. Small ownership label to front paste down. A little spotting to fore-edges of text block and prelims., o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards nr. fine.
£10.00 [ref: 70253]