Allan, Mea. The Tradescants. Their Plants, Gardens and Museum. 1570-1662.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1964 pp.345 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. hdbk. in thor. vg. dw.
£30.00 [ref: 50725]

Andre’, Edouard Francois. Bromeliaceae Andreanae. An Accounting of His Explorations & Collections in Columbia, Ecuador & Venezuela.
1st. Pub. Big Bridge Press. 1983 pp.xxxiii, 211 with 40 plates. A fine limited edition of 600 copies of which this is no. 560.
£95.00 [ref: 35567]

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Bowden, Jean K. John Lightfoot. His Work and Travels.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bentham-Moxon Trust. 1989 pp.254 with a few b/w. illus. 8vo. A thor. vg. hdbk.
With a biographical introduction and a Catalogue of the Lightfoot Herbarium.
£20.00 [ref: 51914]

Bowers, J.E. A Sense of Place. The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve.
1st. Ed. Pub. Arizona. 1988 pp.xi, 195 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Very light speckling to top edge of text block, o/w. a fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on front and spine.
Shreve (1878-1950) was highly respected as a plant ecologist and this is the first full-length study of his life. A fascinating insight, not least the explanation of his adventures during his fieldwork.
£10.00 [ref: 50695]

Bretschneider, E. History of European Botanical Discoveries in China. Vol. I & II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, Marston and Company. 1898 Two volumes bound as one. Med 4to. With title pages for both volumes. Contents near fine. Neat signature to ffep. Minor ink mark to fore-edge of some pages and to small area of associated margin. More recently, handsomely rebound in black half-morocco with dark green cloth and end-papers. Raised bands on spine with gilt decoration and lettering. All rebinding work closely matching original. All in fine condition. Rare.
An immense, highly desirable work. In his preface, Emil Bretschneider wrote "It has been attempted in the following pages to supply the want of a work of reference, in which botanists dealing with Chinese plants preserved in European herbariums might find some particulars regarding the history of these collections, of which the labels affixed to the herbarium specimens generally give only an imperfect account.".
£2,950.00 [ref: 50571]

Briggs, Roy W. ‘Chinese’ Wilson. A life of Ernest H. Wilson, 1876-1930.
1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1993 pp.xiii, 154 with colour and b/w. photos. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£25.00 [ref: 53600]

Briggs, Roy W. ‘Chinese’ Wilson. A life of Ernest H. Wilson, 1876-1930.
1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1993 pp.xiii, 154 with colour and b/w. photos. 4to. A nr. fine hdbk. in a nr. fine dw.
£25.00 [ref: 51896]

Burns Davis, Helen. Life and Work of Cyrus Guernsey Pringle.
Pub. University of Vermont. 1936 pp.756. Nr. fine softback. Loosely inserted at the rear of the volume is the 14 page supplementary book to complete the work entitled ‘Supplement to Life and Work of Cyrus Guernsey Pringle’, (1937).
Cyrus Guernsey Pringle was a plant hunter working for Asa Gray. He collected through his travels to the American Southwest and Mexico c.15,000 plants; many of them being new to science.
£40.00 [ref: 47755]

Ceulemans, N. Jean Linden. Explorer Master of the Orchid.
Pub. Fonds Mercator. 2006 pp.237 with colour and b/w. plates and photos. A new hdbk. copy in same dw.
£25.00 [ref: 47746]

Cooper, R.E. et al. (Eds.). George Forrest, V.M.H. Explorer and Botanist who by his discoveries and plants successfully introduced has greatly enriched our gardens. 1873-1932.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Issue. Pub. The Scottish Rock Garden Club. 1973 pp.89 with b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. A vg. hdbk., gently sunned along spine.
£10.00 [ref: 51888]