Lander, Richard & John. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With a narrative of a voyage down that river to its termination.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray, London. 1832 Three volume set complete; each volume with frontis., plus two maps (one being fold-out), 4 further plates and 1-page of adverts at rear of Vol. II. Small 8vo. Hardbacks. Some spotting to fore-edges of text blocks and occasionally internally, o/w. contents clean and fine. Bound in original light brown printed cloth boards, showing a light shelf wear and a little darkening to spine, o/w. in fine condition. A very pleasing set.
Richard and John Lander's fascinating account of their expedition to the termination of the Niger. In addition to the plates and maps, there are some illustrations within the text and a 12-page section details the stores, medicines and surgical instruments they took with them.
£350.00 [ref: 61998]

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Lange, Jacob E. Flora Agaricina Danica.
1st. Ed. Pub. Recato, Copenhagen. 1935 Complete set. Five volumes bound as three, with 200 fine colour chromolithographed plates. Large 4to. Hardbacks. English text with Latin names. Contents in fine condition. Typed copies of the Indexes loosely inserted in Volume 3. Handsomely bound in period blue cloth; red title labels with gilt lettering to spines, all in fine condition. A very pleasing set indeed.
‘Flora Agaricina Danica is as thorough as it is beautiful. Lange illustrated nearly all the Danish Agaricales pictured within from life, often receiving more exotic species through the post from Colleagues’ (Chronophobia). G.C. Ainsworth wrote of the work ‘[the illustrations] are both scientifically invaluable and superb examples of modern printing’.
£1,600.00 [ref: 35042]

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Lawson, William. A New Orchard & Garden. Or, The best way for Planting, Grafting, and to make any Ground good for a Rich Orchard...... With The Country House-wifes Garden for Herbs of Common use..... As also The Husbandry of Bees, with their several Uses and Annoyances.... The Art of Propagating Plants.
Pub. for Hannah Sawbridge, Ludgate Hill. 1683 pp.[iv], 102 with illustrated title-page, separate title-page for ‘The Country House-Wifes Garden’ and two further half-titles. With 6 plates (5 illustrating Knot Garden designs) and further woodcut illus. within text. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents in nr. fine condition. More recently, handsomely bound in half leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all in fine condition. Prov: Neat private library stamp to front pastedown (Rothamsted, Lawes Trust). Scarce. Harding 20.
£1,750.00 [ref: 55024]

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Lightfoot, The Revd. J. Flora Scotica: Or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean Method of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides.
1st. Ed. Pub. for B. White, London. 1777 Two volume set with printed title-pages, two illustrated title-pages and 35 fine copper engraved plates (9 being fold-out). 8vo. Hardbacks. Some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Marbled fore-edges. Early quarter calf binding with gilt floral decoration in good to vg. condition - externally the hinges show some wear, internally they are fine.
The “only professedly complete work on the plants of Scotland until 1821” (Henrey). The work begins with a section on the fauna of Scotland, a sketch of ‘Caledonian Zoology’ as Lightfoot called it in his Preface. The author of this part of the work was Thomas Pennant. Five of the fine copper engraved plates are ornithological depicting an Osprey, Hooded Crow, Knot, Sand-piper, Long-legged Plover, Black Headed Gull and Black Gull. The remainder are fine botanical.
£495.00 [ref: 61127]

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Lilford, Lord. Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter, London. 1885-1897 Seven volume set. With photogravure portrait frontispiece and 421 fine chromolithograph or hand-coloured plates. Royal 8vo. TEG. With armorial bookplate of Richard Heywood Thompson to front pastedown of each volume. Some spotting, and only very minor off setting, mostly confined to text o/w. contents in fine condition. Marbled endpapers. Original half morocco leather over marbled boards, bound by R.H. Porter, with gilt lettering, raised bands to spine and sewn headbands, all in nr. fine condition. A most pleasing set.
Very pleasing provenance. Richard Heywood Thompson was a subscriber to this work and he is mentioned as such in the List of Subscribers (page xxxiv). The majority of the plates are by Archibald Thorburn or J.G. Keulemans, with the remainder executed by G.E. Lodge and W. Foster.
£2,750.00 [ref: 64439]

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Lilford, Lord. Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter, London. 1885-1897 Seven volume set. With photogravure portrait frontispiece and 421 fine chromolithograph or hand-coloured plates. Royal 8vo. TEG. With charming bookplate of H & F Fattorini to front pastedown of each volume. With front cover of original part wrappers bound in at end of each volume. Some light coloured marking to blank margins of some plates in Vols. II and V, spotting to a couple of plates, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Text leaves neatly numbered in pencil. Marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound in period half morocco over green cloth boards with sewn headbands all in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition with light marking to boards, spines showing gentle and even sunning and a few corners gently bumped. A very pleasing set.
The majority of the plates are by Archibald Thorburn or J.G. Keulemans, with the remainder executed by G.E. Lodge and W. Foster. Originally issued in 36 parts.
£2,500.00 [ref: 68117]

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London, George and Wise, Henry. The Retir’d Gard’ner. In two volumes. Vol. I & II.
1st. English Ed. Pub. Jacob Tonson, London. 1706 Two volumes bound in one: pp. engraved frontis., [xx], 383 with 12 plates (one being fold-out) plus figs. in text; frontis., [x], 385-786, [xiv] with 9 plates, 1 large fold-out plan plus figs. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to seven plates o/w. contents overall exceptionally clean and nr. fine. Handsome early full calf binding with Cambridge panel decoration, superbly restored spine and corners, all in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
The allegorical frontispiece (two) was engraved by Michael van der Gucht from a drawing by the French artist Louis Laguerre (1663-1721). ‘The Retir’d Gard’ner’ appeared in 1706....[and] is an English version of two French works which London and Wise ‘revised with several alterations and additions which render it proper for our English Culture.’. London was one of the last great formalists (Oxford Comp. to Gardens) and this is borne out through the inclusion of very interesing plates of parterres, clipped topiary, mazes, a portico and a bowling green.
£525.00 [ref: 71916]

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Loudon, J.C. An Encyclopaedia of Gardening. comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture and Landscape-Gardening.
New Enl. Ed. Pub. Longmans et al. 1835 pp.xl, 1270 wonderfully illus. with wood-engravings throughout, plus 1-leaf of errata and 16-pages of publisher’s adverts (dated London, 1834). 8vo. Hardback. Period signature to title page. Only very occ., very minor spotting o/w. contents fine. More recently superbly rebound in period style quarter leather over marbled boards all in fine condition. A super copy.
Includes ‘All the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state; with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles.’.
£300.00 [ref: 63902]

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Loudon, J.C. The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion. Comprising the choice of suburban or villa residence...the arrangement and furnishing of the house; and the laying out, planting, and general management of Garden and Grounds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Longman, Orme et al. 1838 pp.xvi, 752 with engraved illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Several corners turned as place markers, very minor spotting and toning o/w. contents fine. Handsomely bound in early cross-hatched full calf leather with gilt and blind decoration to spine and borders all in nr. fine condition. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to the fore-edges of the text block. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£325.00 [ref: 71914]

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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]