Woods, Joseph. The Tourist’s Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the British Islands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Italian Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve, Benham & Reeve. 1850 pp.lxxxii, 503 with 1 b/w. plate. 8vo. TEG. Hardback. Armorial bookplate. Marbled endpapers. Contents fine. Half morocco over pebbled cloth, with gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Leather rubbed and spine ends frayed. Overall a vg. copy.
Written by the English Quaker, architect and botanist, Joseph Woods (1776- 1864). A descriptive catalogue of 118 genera and 945 species, drawing on his own excursions in Europe and the British Isles.
£50.00 [ref: 57253]

Zahran, M.A. with A.J. Willis. The Vegetation of Egypt.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall. 1992 pp.xvi, 424 with b/w. photos., maps and figs. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback.
Covering each of the four major eco-geographical regions of Egypt - the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Nile Region - this book is an important contribution to the study of the vegetation of arid and Mediterranean-type regions.
£33.75 [ref: 55506]

Zenari, Silvia. Flora Escursionistica. Chiave Botanica Analitica per la Determinazione Delle Principali Specie Vegetali Dell’Alta Italia. Testo E Tavole. Volume Primo.
1st. Ed. Pub. Libreria Editirice Internazionale, Zannoni. 1957 pp.xvi, 790. 8vo. Hardback. Nr. fine in very good dw. Tables and Glossary in pocket inside rear cover.
£75.00 [ref: 63031]

Zheng-yi, W. and Raven, P.H. Flora of China. Volume 24. Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Science Press/MBG Press. 2000 pp.xii, 431. 4to. Ownership insc. in pencil to title page together with small address label; extensive pencil notes to verso of ffep. o/w. a fine hardback. Notes on Fritillaria, loosely inserted.
Covers the families Flagellariaceae, Restionaceae, Centrolepidaceae, Xyridaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Bromeliaceae, Commelinaceae, Pontederiaceae, Philydraceae, Juncaceae, Stemonaceae, Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Taccaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Iridaceae, Musaceae, Lowiaceae, Costaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, and Marantaceae.
£30.00 [ref: 65888]

Zhengyi, Wu & Raven, P.H. Flora of China. Illustrations. Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae. Vol. 16.
1st. Ed. Pub. Science Press (Beijing) & Miss. Bot. Gar. Press (St.Louis). 1999 pp.383. with line drawings throughout. 4to. English and Chinese text. Some spotting to fore-edges of tex block, spine gently sunned, o/w. a fine hardback.
This volume is companion to text volume 16, which was published in 1995.
£50.00 [ref: 31920]