Caygill, M. (Ed.). Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum Press. 2006 pp.95 with col. & b/w. illus .throughout. Small 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gently sunned spine.
A beautifully illustrated book of flowers from the collection of the British Museum, each illustration accompanied by poetry. Includes illustrations from ancient Egypt, 15th century Germany, 16th century Korea, 17th century Japan and 18th century India.
£4.50 [ref: 68609]

Cherry, P. Arte y Naturaleza. El Bodegon Espanol en el Siglo de Oro.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ediciones Doce Calles. 1999 pp.771 with col. and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Based on his doctoral thesis ‘Still Life and Genre Painting in the First Half of the 17th Century in Spain’, this book is a thoroughly well illustrated work on the history of the Golden Age of Spanish still-life painting.
£135.00 [ref: 66273]

Clapham, A.R. (et al). Flora of the British Isles Illustrations. Parts I to IV.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1957-65 Four volume set with b/w. illus. 4to. Neat inscription to ffep., of Part 1. Some spotting to top-edge of text blocks and fore-edge of Vol.1, o/w., all fine hardbacks in thor. vg. to nr. fine dws.
Companion volumes to the ‘Flora of the British Isles’, with the arrangement of species following the order in the Flora. Drawn by Sybil J. Roles from fresh specimens to give an impression of the living plant.
£35.00 [ref: 58756]

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Coats, Alice M. The Book of Flowers. Four Centuries of Flower Illustration.
Phaidon, 1973. Pp.208 with 126 illustrations, including 40 in colour. Folio. Very good, in stained slipcase.
£15.00 [ref: 21856]

Coats, Alice M. The Treasury of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon Press Ltd. 1975 pp.30 plus 118 full page colour and b/w. plates. Thor. vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
The object of this book is to bring to light some of the forgotten treasures of the small sized flower book, considering works like Curtis’s Botanical Magazine.
£15.00 [ref: 27457]

Cook, F. Garden Dreams.
1st. Ed. Pub. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1991 pp.103 with col. illus. Large 8vo. Print marks to pp.62-63 and 67 o/w. a fine hardback.
£9.00 [ref: 66795]

Cook, F. Garden Dreams.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1995 pp.103 with col. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gently sunned spine.
£8.00 [ref: 66810]

Cooper, W. Fruits of the Rain Forest. A Guide to Fruits in Australian Tropical Rain Forests.
1st. Ed. Pub. RD. Press. 1994 pp.327 with full-page col. illus throughout & line drawings to text. 4to. Hardback. Upper corners of bumped o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Over 600 species, beautifully illustrated by William T. Cooper.
£85.00 [ref: 71424]

Cowles, F. An Artist’s Journey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1988 pp.128 with 48 col. plates. 4to. Fine hardback fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with an inscription to the half-title, ‘For Gren Lucas, with warm thoughts and admiration, Fleur Cowles’.
A collection of Fleur Cowles’s idiosyncratic paintings together with a series of brief essays on the many artists who have inspired her as a painter and collector.
£20.00 [ref: 67935]

Cribb, P. The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun.
1st. Ed. Pub. Grove Press. 1992 pp.159 with 59 fine full-page col. plates plus other illus. Small folio. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A fascinating selection of the Alexandre Brun’s paintings of orchids made over a century ago.
£15.00 [ref: 55693]