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]

Barker, N. Hortus Eystettensis. The Bishop’s Garden and Besler’s Magnificent Book.
1st. Ed. Rep. with Corr. Pub. British Library. 1995 pp.vii, 80 with 80 fine coloured reproductions of paintings. Crown Folio. Minor splash marks to top-edge of text block (contents not affected), o/w. contents in fine condition. Minor bump to top edge of boards. Dustwrapper in fine condition.
This book is a record of the plants in the Bishop of Eichstatt garden in Germany. It was originally published in 1613 by the botanist-apothecary Basilius Besler, who had helped to develop this new garden.
£30.00 [ref: 53827]

Blockley, A. Country Flowers in Watercolour.
Pub. Harpercollins. 1993 pp.127 with colour illus. and photos throughout. Ex-Library copy. A vg. copy in same dustwrapper.
£7.50 [ref: 44190]

Blunt, W. & Stearn, W.T. The Art of Botanical Illustration.
New Rev. Ed. Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1995 pp.368 with 125 colour reproductions & numerous figs. 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
A key text for lovers of botanical illustration. A superbly written and illustrated insight into the subject, from the first printed herbals to botanical art of the 20th Century.
£25.00 [ref: 53763]

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]

Blunt, Wilfrid. & Stearn, W.T. The Art of Botanical Illustration.
4th. Ed. Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1995 pp.368 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
This new edition includes 126 colour plates (more than twice as many as the orginal edition) and 140 black and white illustrations, thus making available numerous examples of the work of great botanical illustrators past and present.
£25.00 [ref: 49471]

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. Ex. Libris of Christian Heuer. A nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
£18.00 [ref: 52442]

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]