Loudon, J.C. (& Robinson, William. (Ed.)). The Horticulturist: Or, the culture and management of the kitchen, fruit, & Forcing garden.
New. Rev. Ed. Pub. F. Warne. 1871 pp.xii, 707 with many b/w. illus. (gardening tools, plants, plans, displays of training etc) and illus. frontis. Royal 8vo. Address stamp to verso of frontis. More recently, the spine has been replaced, relaying most of the original - a superb job, which retained the original advertorial end-papers. Contents in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£150.00 [ref: 52720]

Loudon, Mrs. The Ladies’ Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals.
Pub. London, William Smith. 1842 pp.xvi, 272 plus 48 hand-coloured plates. 4to. AEG. With ownership signature dated 1846 to ffep. A very minor amount of spotting o/w. contents fine. Early full morocco leather binding featuring richly gilt decorated Cambridge panels to boards, raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, very lightly rubbed to extremites and in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£1,000.00 [ref: 68598]

Lowe, E.J. A Natural History of British Grasses.
3rd. Ed. Pub. John C. Nimmo. 1891 pp.viii, 245 with 74 fine colour plates. Small 4to. Hardback. Signature to end-paper. Minor spotting, mainly to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt decorated green cloth boards in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£145.00 [ref: 62934]

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Lowe, E.J. Our Native Ferns; or a History of the British Species and Their Varieties. Volume I and II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. 1865-1867 Two volume set, complete with 79 colour plates. Royal 8vo. Hardback. With small ownership label of Richard H. Marmont to both vols. Quite minor spotting across both volumes, largely confined to text and tissue guards o/w. contents fine. Bright and clean original gilt and blind decorated green cloth in nr. fine condition.
A seminal work on British ferns and their allies. Contains descriptions of 1,294 varieties (Rickard).
£250.00 [ref: 67861]

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Lowe, E.J. Our Native Ferns; or a History of the British Species and Their Varieties. Volume I and II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. 1865-1867 Two volume set, complete with 79 colour plates. Royal 8vo. Hardback. With very charming period inscription (dated 12th Aug 1870) to title-page of both vols. Some spotting to contents, largely confined to text and tissue guards, o/w. contents fine. Bright and clean original gilt and blind decorated green cloth in thor. vg. condition showing some light wear to extemities.
A seminal work on British ferns and their allies. Contains descriptions of 1,294 varieties (Rickard p.64).
£225.00 [ref: 67414]

Macgillivrary, William (& Lankester, Edwin (Ed.)). The Natural History of Dee Side and Braemar.
1st. Ed. Printed for Private Circulation. 1855 pp.xx, 507 with fold-out hand coloured map, frontis., 5 further full page plates plus illus. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Limited print run by order of Queen Victoria after the death of the author for presentation only by The Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert. With original presentation plate to the front free endpaper stating ‘This work printed by command of the Queen is presented to Sir John Forbes by H.R.H. Prince Albert’. Scattered spotting to contents which are o/w. in fine condition. Original red cloth binding, with gilt lettering to spine and armorial to front board, with spine professionally relaid all in thor. vg. condition.
A detailed natural history of this area of Scotland within which Balmoral Castle sits. Sir John Forbes (1787-1861) was physician to Queen Victoria from 1841 to 1861 and court physician to Prince Albert from 1819-1861.
£295.00 [ref: 68379]

Macleay, William S. Horae Entomologicae: or Essays on the Annulose Animals. Vol. I., Part I and II.
1st. Ed. Printed for S. Bagster. 1819-1821 Bound in two volumes (all published) with three copper-engraved plates. 8vo. Hardback. With dedication from George Macleay (William’s brother) dated 1880 to verso of title-page in Vol. II (which also contains bookplate of Univ. of Aberdeen). Some spotting and quite minor amount of marking, o/w. contents fine. Early paper covered boards showing wear, more recently protected in clear (removable) plastic covers. Scarce.
Part I comprises ‘General Observations on the Geography, Manners and Natural Affinities of the Insects which compose the Genus Scarabaeus of Linnaeus; to which are added a few incidental Remarks on the Genera Lucanus and Hister of the same Author.’. Part II comprises ‘An attempt to ascertain the rank and situation which the celebrated Egyptian insect, Scarbaeus sacer, holds among organized beings.’. Macleay was a promoter of the Circular of Quinarian system of classification. Charles Darwin, who got to know Macleay after he returned from the Beagle voyage, tried to fit Quinarian ideas into his evolutionary ideas up to around 1845.
£395.00 [ref: 64615]

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Maddock, James, (Curtis, Samuel (Ed.)). The Florist’s Directory, A Treatise on the Culture of Flowers. To which is added, a Supplementary Dissertation, on Soils, Manures &c.
New [Second] Edition. Pub. Harding, London. 1810 pp.vi, [ii], 271, [16] with 8 fine, hand-coloured, copper engraved plates plus 4-page Publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Professional repair to blank corner of one plate. Overall contents nr. fine. Two ownership insc., one dated 1826, the other 1864. More recent full calf leather binding, by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, with gilt lettering and blind decoration in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
Maddock & Son were one of the most noted nurseries and cultivators of florist’s flowers of this period. ‘The Florist’s Directory’ is considered to have been the best English book on florist’s flowers for around 30 years. Five plates finely illustrate varieties of Hyacinth, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculas, Tulips, Anemone, Carnation and Picotee. The other three illustrate roots and cultivation equipment including a frame or awning and a winter repository for Auriculas and Carnations.
£325.00 [ref: 60854]

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Maratti, Giovanni Francesco. Flora Romana. D. Joannis Francisci Maratti : Opus postulum nunc primum in lucem editum.
1st. Ed. Pub. Joseph Salviucci, Rome. 1822-1823 Two volume set. 8vo. Softbacks. Very minor spotting, edges untrimmed as published and a little dusty in places. Contents clean and fine. Original printed covers thor. vg.
Maratti’s (1723-1777) ‘Flora Romana’ was published posthumously by Maurizio Benedetto Olivieri. Maratti was an expert in the flora of the region and he was appointed director of the Botanical Garden of Rome in 1748 where he worked for almost 30 years.
£150.00 [ref: 61982]

Marshall, William. Planting and Rural Ornament. Being a second edition with large additions of planting and ornamental gardening, a practical treatise.
2nd. Enlarged Edition. Pub. London. 1796 Two volume set. With the bookplate of William Orde, Nunnykirk to front paste down of both volumes. Hardbacks. Bound in cloth with leather labels. Boards in very good condition being sunned in places and lightly rubbed on corners. Contents too in very good condition with scattered foxing to parts. Overall a very good set of this delightful work.
(Extract from Blanche Henrey), this is a treatise on the art of planting and laying-out plantations. A large part of the work is dedicated to a catalogue of trees and shrubs, alphabetically laid out using the Linnaen generic names; with a description and propagation information. This second edition comprises more information; in particular, on rural ornament (the laying out of grounds) together with descriptions of noted estates that Marshall visited with his thoughts and suggestions for improvement; some of the estates included are Persfield, near Chepstow; Stowe, near Buckingham and Fiswick near Lichfield.
£300.00 [ref: 45430]

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