Aitken, Richard. Botanical Riches. Stories of botanical exploration.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Lund Humphries. 2007 pp.xi, 243 beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Large 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
A super work. Divided into 4 main sections; ‘Plants of the ancient and classical worlds’ (from the dawn of time to 1450), ‘The great age of maritime exploration’ (from the 1450s to 1750s), ‘Scientific imperialism and exotic botany’ (from the 1750s to the 1900s) and lastly, ‘Living Fossils’ (The 1900s and beyond).
£38.00 [ref: 53477]

Blunt, W. & W.T. Stearn. The Art of Botanical Illustration.
Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1995 pp.368 with 125 coloured plates and many text figs. A thoroughly vg. copy in similar dustwrapper. Out-of-print.
£50.00 [ref: 43666]

Brenan, J.P.M. et al. A Vision of Eden. The Life and Works of Marianne North.
Pub. Webb & Bower. 1980 pp.240 with reproductions of her work in colour throughout the volume. Fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
£9.00 [ref: 28788]

Brookshaw, George. Pomona Britannica. The complete plates.
1st. Ed. Pub. Taschen. 2002 pp.200 with colour illus. throughout, many full-page. Large 4to. A nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
'Pomona Britannica' was originally published in 1812 by George Brookshaw (1751-1823), an admired draughtsman and engraver of fruits and flowers. In 2002, Taschen published this book, celebrating Brookshaw’s achivements through the reproduction of the original plates. With introductory texts describing the nutritional value of each fruit and their social and cultural history.
£18.00 [ref: 52445]

Burnett, M.A. Plantae Utiliores or Illustrations of Useful Plants. Vol.2.
Pub. Whittaler & Co. 1845 with 61 fine hand coloured lithograph plates. Beautifully bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt design to boards and spine. Handsome, some plates loose (perfect) binding. Plates very clean and bright.
£450.00 [ref: 34406]

Burnett, M.A. Plantae Utiliores or Illustrations of Useful Plants.. Vol. 1.
Pub. Whittaker & Co. 1842 with fine hand coloured lithograph plates. Beautifully bound in full green morocco with elaborate gilt design to boards and spine. Binding becoming loose and front board becoming detached. Plates very clean and bright. Overall a good to vg. copy.
£375.00 [ref: 34405]

Coats, A.M. The Book of Flowers. Four Centuries of Flower Illustration.
Pub. Phaidon Press. 1973 pp.208 with b/w. and colour illus. Crown folio. A nr. fine hdbk. in vg. dw.
Covers the period 1485 to 1850, illustrated using 40 plates and supporting text.
£15.00 [ref: 49372]

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]

Cribb, P. The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun.
1st. Ed. Pub. Grove Press. 1992 pp.159 with many fine colour plates. Small folio. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A fascinating selection of the Alexandre Brun’s paintings of orchids made over a century ago.
£30.00 [ref: 55693]