Allan, M. The Tradescants. Their Plants, Gardens and Museum 1570-1662.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph, 1964 pp.345 with colour frontis., and b/w. illus., plus fold-out genealogical table. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Includes John Tradescant the elder’s Plant List from 1634 and the ‘Musaeum Tradescantianum’ from 1656.
£20.00 [ref: 71868]

Bowers, J.E. A Sense of Place. The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve.
1st. Ed. Pub. Arizona. 1988 pp.xi, 195 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Light spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
American Forrest Shreve (1878-1950) was highly respected as a plant ecologist and this is the first full-length study of his life. A fascinating insight, not least the explanation of his adventures during his fieldwork.
£8.00 [ref: 50695]

Carter, H.B. Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1991 pp.xi, 671 with b/w. photos. and illus. Crown 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
In this authoritative biography, Harold Carter sheds light on many hitherto new aspects of the public and private life of Sir Joseph Banks.
£65.00 [ref: 60867]

Ceulemans, N. Jean Linden. Explorer Master of the Orchid.
Pub. Fonds Mercator. 2006 pp.237 with colour and b/w. photos. & illus. throughout. Several tiny spots to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A well illustrated biography of botanist and plant collector Jean Linden who led Belgium’s first botanical expedition to Brazil in 1835, while still a student.
£9.50 [ref: 47746]

Clayton, Dudley. Charles Parish - Plant Hunter and Botanical Artist in Burma.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 2017 pp.xii, 278 with 148 reproductions from Parish’s two-volume ‘Drawings of Orchidacea’. 4to. One corner gently bumped o/w. fine hardback in fine dw., with some gentle sunning in places.
As chaplain to the Honourable East India Company forces in Burma (Myanmar), Charles Parish (1822–1897) arrived in Tenasserim province in 1852. During the following 25 years, he studied the flora of the region, collected botanical specimens, particularly orchids, and discovered and recorded new species.
£20.00 [ref: 67990]

Cooper, R.E. et al. (Eds.). George Forrest, V.M.H. Explorer and Botanist who by his discoveries and plants successfully introduced has greatly enriched our gardens. 1873-1932.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Issue. Pub. The Scottish Rock Garden Club. 1973 pp.89 with b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback.
George Forrest (1873–1932) was a Scottish botanist, who became one of the first western explorers of China's then remote southwestern province of Yunnan, generally regarded as the most biodiverse province in the country. Altogether, Forrest made seven trips to Yunnan, collecting samples and seeds and in total, he brought back perhaps 31,000 plant specimens.
£8.50 [ref: 51888]

Cox, E.H.M. Farrer’s Last Journey. Upper Burma, 1919-20.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dulau & Co. 1926 pp.xix, 244 with b/w. plates and illustrated map end-papers. 8vo. Hardback. Gentle bump to bottom fore-corner. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, ends and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards vg. plus.
Contains a complete list of all the Rhododendrons collected by Reginald Farrer and his field notes.
£60.00 [ref: 70183]

Davidson, L. Marion. Gates of the Dolomites.
2nd. Ed. Pub. John Lane. [c.1912] pp.xvii, 355, 24 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ownership stamp to ffep. A thor. vg. hdbk. in original brown cloth boards.
£18.00 [ref: 52398]

Desmond, Ray. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Traveller and Plant Collector.
Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 2006 pp. 286 with many fine illus. Fine copy of this excellent book.
£27.50 [ref: 36012]

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]