Collett, Col. Sir Henry. Flora Simlensis. A handbook of the flowering plants of Simla and the neighbourhood.
2nd. Imp. Pub. Thacker, Spink and Co. 1921 pp.lxviii, 652 with 200 illustrations in the text and fold-out map. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to title page and bookplate to front pastedown. Pencil annotations to map. Light spotting to ends o/w. a fine hardback in publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering.
£23.00 [ref: 65879]

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Cooper, W. Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nokomis Editions. 2004 pp.xiii, 616, with fine col. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Inscription in pencil to title page. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunning to spine.
This definitive work, 17 years in the making, covers the fruiting plants of Australia's tropical rainforest in Queensland extending from Rockhampton on the Tropic of Capricorn through to the Torres Strait. It identifies and describes 2,436 species of which 1,236 are illustrated in vibrant colour. Each species (except for a few which are leafless) is accompanied by a line illustration of its leaf as an aid to identification. There are keys to the families, genera and species and the meaning of every botanical name is explained.
£175.00 [ref: 68229]

Dassanayake, M.D. et al (Eds.). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon. Volumes I - IX.
1st. Ed. Pub. Amerind. 1980-95 Nine volumes with b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. dws.
Dassanayake’s comprehensive flora of Ceylon or Sri Lanka as the country came to be called in 1972.
£175.00 [ref: 68412]

Davis, P.H. (Ed.). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Volume 7.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh University Press. 1982 pp.xx, 947 with 27 full-page illus. and 116 dist. maps. Large 8vo. Hardback. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block, gently gumped on corners o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. lightly chipped on corners.
A taxonomic treatment of twenty-nine families of Dicotyledons, Orobanchaceae to Ceratophyllaceae in Boissier’s sequence, together with Rubiaceae. Such large and important families as Labiatae, Plumbaginaceae, Eurorbiaceae and the catkinate trees are covered.
£85.00 [ref: 63437]

Davis, P.H. (Ed.). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Volume 1.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh University Press. 1965 pp.xi, 567 with 20 full-page illus. and 30 dist. maps. Large 8vo. Printer’s label to front paste down. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in blue cloth binding.
Covers Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and about 900 species of Dicotyledons.
£60.00 [ref: 63439]

Davis, P.H. (Ed.). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Volume 6.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh University Press. 1978 pp.xviii, 825 with 23 full-page illus. and 57 dist. maps. Large 8vo. Small label removed from front pastedown, o/w. a fine hardback in blue cloth binding.
Includes a taxonomic treatment of nineteen Dicot families from Labeliaceae to the end of Scrophulariaceae in Boissier’s sequence.
£75.00 [ref: 63438]

Davis, P.H. (Ed.). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Volume 4.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh Univ. Press 1972 pp.xviii, 657 with 19 full-page illus. and 92 dist. maps. Large 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Considers twenty-four Dicotyledon families Rosaceae to Dipsacaceae in Boissier’s sequence.
£90.00 [ref: 63436]

de Sampaio, A.J. Flora do Rio Cumina (E. do Para - Brasil). Resultados botanicos da Expedicao Rondon a Serra Tumuc-Humac en 1928.
Pub. Archivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. [c.1933] pp.206, [i] with 19 b/w. photos, 1 map and 3 illustrations. Small folio. Hardback. Occ. spotting o/w. contents fine. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine in nr. fine condition. Scarce.
Alberto Jose de Sampaio was born in Campos, Brazil in January 1881. In 1912 he became Professor and Head of Botany at the National Museum, Brazil. In 1928, he was chosen as botanist for the expedition of Marshal Rondon to Serra Tumuc-Humuc resulting in the publication of this work.
£75.00 [ref: 67937]

Downing, B.H. A Plant Ecological Survey of the Umfolozi Game Reserve, Zululand.
1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author 1972 pp.vi, 179 with 53 [of 54] tipped-in b/w. photos. & figs. Large fold-out ‘Vegetation map of deciduous Acacia Woodlands - Umfolozi Game Reserve’ (1972) loosely inserted at rear. 4to. Softback. Nr. fine.
A fascinating study, supported by more than 50 period black and white photographs of the survey area. The author’s thesis, submitted to the University of Natal, in support of his requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
£40.00 [ref: 67271]

Dr. Palla. Atlas der Alpenflora. Herausgegeben vom Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenverein.
Pub. Lindauer’schen Buchhandlung. 1897 Five volume set with 500 col. plates. Plant names in Latin and German. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original green cloth boards with silver gilt lettering nr. fine.
With 500 full page plates of colour illustrations. Flowering dates for each plant provided.
£140.00 [ref: 34341]

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