Kurata, S. Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sabah National Park. 1976 pp.80 with 27 col. & b/w. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback with gently sunned spine.
A guide to the species of nepenthes to be found on the southern slopes of Mount Kinabalu.
£22.00 [ref: 42225]

Kwak, M.M. The Role of Bumblebees in the Pollination and Variation of some Rhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae).
Pub. by the Author. 1979 pp.114 with b/w. photos., and figs within text. 8vo. Text in English with summary in Dutch. Signature to front cover, o/w., a thor. vg. softback.
A comparative study of the pollination mechanisms of five large-flowered hemiparasitic Rhinanthoideae present in the Netherlands.
£15.00 [ref: 59014]

La Croix, Isobyl & Eric. African Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1997 pp.379 with 103 col. photos. & b/w. text figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Africa has some 1,550 species from 99 genera of orchids. This book covers the orchids of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Madagascar and other Indian Ocean Islands.
£10.00 [ref: 64806]

Lack, H.W. 100 Botanische Juwelen. 100 Botanical Jewels.
1st. Ed. Pub. Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz 1987 pp.216 with col. and b/w illus. 4to. Fine softback. Dual text in Geman and English.
The catalogue to the exhibition ‘100 Botanical Jewels’ illustrating many fine examples from the collections of the Berlin Botanical Gardens and Museum.
£16.50 [ref: 66340]

Lack, H.W. Franz Bauer. The painted record of nature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Naturhistorischen Museums, Wien. 2008 pp.130 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Hardback. Nr. fine. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist, inscribed on the half-title ‘For Gren, with the author’s compliments. H. Walker, Berlin, 9 July 2008’. Scarce.
Franz Andreas Bauer (later Francis) (1758–1840) was an Austrian microscopist and botanical artist. Sir Joseph Banks recognised his extraordinary talent and secured him a position as first botanical illustrator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Museum. After a life spent producing superb botanical and anatomical illustrations he became a member of the Royal Society and was appointed ‘Botanic Painter to His Majesty' King George III.
£70.00 [ref: 67913]

Lack, H.W. Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration.
1st. Ed. Pub. Taschen. 2001 pp.576 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. Text in German, English And French. Small 4to. Fine softback with gently sunned spine.
A masterly survey of 100 botanical paintings and drawings ranging from the Byzantine era (pre-512 AD) to the present day.
£12.00 [ref: 68569]

Lack, H.W. The Bauers. Joseph, Franz & Ferdinand. Masters of Botanical Illustration. An illustrated biography.
1st. Ed. Pub. Prestel. 2015 pp.496 with col. & b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with author’s inscription which reads ‘For Gren, with Compliments, Hans Walter, Berlin, Nov. 1, 2015’ to the title page. Out of print.
As artists, Joseph, Franz and Ferdinand Bauer were independently highly successful: Joseph as court painter to the Prince of Lichtenstein; Franz (later Francis) was employed at Kew Gardens, England, as the "Botanick Painter to His Majesty"; and Ferdinand's seminal collection of 1500 paintings created from sketches he made traveling in and around Australia, is the first detailed account of the natural history of that continent.
£60.00 [ref: 68863]

Ladd, D. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers. A Falcon Field Guide.
1st. Ed. Falcon Press/The Nature Conservancy. 1995 pp.262 with colour photos throughout and line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
An excellent field guide to wildflowers, grasses, and weeds of the midwestern tallgrass prairie.
£17.50 [ref: 63429]

Laing, R.M. & Blackwell, E.W. Plants of New Zealand.
3rd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Whitcombe. 1927 pp.xv, 468 with illus. A thor. vg. copy with a sl. faded spine. Cloth board hardback.
£15.00 [ref: 27276]

Laird, M. & Weisberg-Roberts, A. (Eds.). Mrs. Delany & Her Circle.
1st. Ed. Yale Univ. Press. 2009 pp.xi, 283 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Mrs Delany was an amateur artist, woman of fashion and commentator on life and society in eighteenth century England. This ambitious book is the first to survey the full range of Mrs Delany's creative endeavours; in particular, her botanical collages, or ‘paper mosaiks’. Published to accompany the exhibition on Mrs Delany and Her Circle at the Yale Center for British Art and the Sir John Soane Museum in 2010.
£75.00 [ref: 71427]