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*Van Houtte (Louis). A collection of approximately 470 botanic lithographs, circa 1870, chromolithographs of botanical specimens, occasional duplicates, each approximately 240 x 170 mm (approx.470)

*Weinmann (Jean Guillaume). Five 'double page' botanical engravings, circa 1737, engravings of botanical specimens with contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 330 x 420 mm (5)

Henrey (Blanche). British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800..., 3 volumes, OUP, 1975, colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, boards lightly marked, 8vo, together with Hind (Arthur M.), Engraving in England in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries..., 3 volumes, C.U.P., 1952-64, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex library copies with associated marks, uniform original red cloth in dust jackets, minor loss to volume 3 spine, 8vo, and other 20th century bibliography reference and related, including publications by Oxford, Cambridge, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)

*Botanical cards. A set of twenty-two hand-drawn cards, circa 1810, 22 cards, each with pen, ink, and watercolour illustrations of flowers and their components to upper portion (e.g. a selection of leaves, examples of seed pods, various stamens, an array of stalks, different kinds of roots, etc.), above neat manuscript text, each card numbered to upper left corner, first card (title) lightly toned, 11 x 7.5cm (4.5 x 3ins), housed in original green paper-covered card slipcase, with remains of embossed gold border to edges, lightly rubbed and marked, and a little split to one joint, together with a set of 27 (of 28) picture cards, circa 1880, comprising seven sets of colour lithographed cards, each set depicting a fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood; Puss in Boots; Jack and the Bean-Stalk; Jack the Giant Killer; Cinderella; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; and Bluebeard, Red Riding Hood set lacking a card, some rubbing, marks, and creases (The Proud Sisters card with consequent short split in lower edge), Golden Locks and Baby Bear cards both with surface loss to one corner (affecting some of text), plain pale pink versos (dusty), rounded corners, 11 x 7.5cm (4.25 x 3ins) The first item comprises a set of neatly executed instructional cards, perhaps made by a competent adult and intended as an educational tool for the older child, the first card stating: 'Botany is a Science which treats of Vegetables & Plants. Divided into Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, & Varieties.' (2)

Curtis (William, and others). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed...., Seven volumes, 1787, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1913 & 1914, 440 engraved plates (including forty-nine folding) all with contemporary hand colouring and 120 lithographic plates, (including twenty-five folding), each plate with a sheet of descriptive text, occasional spotting, mixed bindings, the first volume with upper board detached, various condition, 8vo Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (7)

Gerard (John). [The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, citizen and apothecarie of London, London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636], without title, first and last blank leaves also lacking, numerous botanical woodcut illustrations throughout, dedication leaf lined to verso, final leaf of table creased and with repairs to fore-edge, occasional spotting and few marks (slight ink stain to final leaves of tables), dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, 19th century blind panelled calf, joints partly split, extremities worn, folio Henrey 156; STC 11752. The third edition, in which D1r last line begins "of"; 7B5v has editor's "An Aduertisement to the Readers". (1)

TWO BAGS OF BOTANICAL INTEREST BOOKS

A FRAMED AND GLAZED BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR SIGNED MARJORIE BISHOP TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER (2)

A pair of 19th century Continental porcelain urns, hand painted botanical designs and gilded decoration, height 13cm

SUE HUNT (b. 1959) digital collage limited edition (36/40) - botanical study, entitled 'Christmas Hellebores', dated 2010, signed, unframed, 17.5 x 24cms www.suehunt.co.uk

Botanical Lectures.- Cours Public et Gratuit de Botanique Rurtale et |Agricole, Par M. le Chevalier Tollard (Henry), broadside, in French, browned, 310 x 430mm., [late 19th century].

After Patzi Craven ltd edition colour prints, pair of "Botanical Studies", 48x55cm framed & glazed

A gilt framed watercolour study of a farmyard; together with a set of four botanical prints

A selection of vintage botanical prints

Pair of framed coloured Redoute Botanical prints to include Tulips, etc., in glazed giltwood frames, 21 x 30cm, (2)

Three stoneware bottles to include E.Knott & Co of Cheltenham, botanical brewers and two smaller, (3)

A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN ANTIQUE HAND COLOURED BOTANICAL PRINTS IN UNIFORM GILT FRAMES. 21 X 13CMS.

Emile Galle, an Art Nouveau marquetry occasional table, circa 1900, circular form inlaid with botanical specimen in different hardwoods, signed, on four reeded dagger legs, 47cm diameter, 43cm high

A Portmeirion Botanical Garden jug and a Portmeirion Pomona tall vase.

A Portmeirion Botanical Garden pattern Vase, a Falcon ware jam plate, etc.

Assorted pictures and prints to include botanical watercolours

WILLIAM LINDSAY WINDUS. (1822-1907) COTTON MILLS NEAR PRESTON, WATERCOLOUR. 10 X 19CMS TOGETHER WITH TWO 19TH.C.WATERCOLOURS, A BOTANICAL STUDY AND A GOTHIC CHAPEL INTERIOR. (3)

Louisa Lady Arlesford, botanical watercolour, Abbott & Holder label verso, 25cm x 19cm

A PORCELAIN BOTANICAL PLATE IN THE MANNER OF SWANSEA with similar moulded border and gilding, centred with a large spray of flowers, 21cms diam Auctioneer's Note: academically interesting but definitely not Swansea / Nantgarw in our opinion

A SUFFRAGETTE ILLUMINATED ADDRESS NAMED TO "CLARA ELIZABETH GIVEEN", signed in black ink by Emmeline Pankhurst, printer's mark lower right for "Weiners, London, W." The lot also includes a framed watercolour inscribed to the back "Botanical Gardens, Oxford 1909 C. E. Giveen" and a small group of photographs of Clara to include one dated 25/7/45 named Elizabeth Brewster (Brewster being her married name) showing her dressed p as 'The Lord Chancellor' and a small example of her in older age dated to the back Aug. 30th 1961.Note: Clara Elizabeth Giveen (1887-1967) joined the Women's Political Union in 1910 and was soon arrested for her involvement in protests at Downing Street (released on this occasion without charge) She soon became involved in the Suffragette Window Smashing Campaign, being arrested twice and receiving two prison sentences, one of five days, the other of four months. Clara is however, best known for her part along with fellow suffragette Kitty Marion in the burning down of 'Hurst Park Grandstand' in retaliation for the death of Emily Wilding Davison who was killed at the Epsom racecourse after running on the track and being trampled by the King's horse. For her part Clara was sentenced to three years imprisonment, where she was forcibly fed and then released under "The Cat & Mouse Act". Clara was branded one of the most dangerous suffragettes by the police and was subject to surveillance, with her photograph widely circulated to public buildings etc.

A late 19th Century porcelain botanical dessert service, comprising comport and eight plates, each being hand-enamelled with a different flower in bloom, reserved within a cobalt blue and gilt border, comport 13 cm high, plates 23 cm diameter

A set of three graduated jugs with printed designs of 'Old English Coaching Days', a Johnnie Walker whisky water jug (a/f), and another jug with botanical print decoration, 20cm high

Seven Copeland 19th century botanical plates, Royal Worcester exotic bird milk jug, Royal Crown Derby Imari fluted bowl, with other hand-painted and gilded decorative ceramics.

Botany - Paxton (Joseph) and Lindley (John), Paxton's Flower Garden, matched three-volume set, Bradbury and Evans, London 1850 - 1853, finely hand-coloured full-page lithographed plates of flowers drawn and engraved by Constans, printed by C.F. Cheffins of London, bound tissue guards en suite, monochrome line engraved botanical text figures throughout, late 20th century brown half-morocco and marbled boards, moss agate green endpapers, volume I only: all edges gilt, gilt lettered red and green morocco labels to spine within compartments of raised bands and tooling, 4to, [3]

Botany - Miller (Philip, F.R.S.), The Gardner's and Botanist's Dictionary; Containing The Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improving The Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, and Nursery; of Performing the Practical Parts of Agriculture; of Managing Vineyard, and Propagating All Sorts of Timber Trees, [...] Added [...] Corrected and Newly Arranged [...] by Thomas Martyn, B.D., F.R.S., complete two-volume set: Volume I, Parts I & II; Volume II, Parts I & II, bound as four volumes, Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington [...], By Law and Gilbert, London 1807, pp: Volume I, Part I: [ii], clxviii, x, errata [i], [666], illustrated with 17 full-page engraved botanical plates and a further 5 of garden buildings, structures and plans; Volume I, Part II: [ii], [801]; Volume II, Part I: [ii], [895]; Volume II, Part II: [ii], [907], contemporary brown quarter-calf and marbled boards, gilt lettered spine within raised bands, singular gilt fillet to cover corners and strips, dark blue endpapers, 20th century Calligraphic bookplates of Cyril Parr to pastedown of volumes II - IV, volume I lacking but shadow of when present, medium folios

Botany - The Botanical Register; or, Ornamental Flower-Garden and Shrubbery, Consisting of Coloured Figures of Plants and Shrubs, Cultivated in British Gardens; Accompanied by their History, Best Method of Treatment in Cultivation, Propagation, &c., The Designs by Sydenham Edward, and Others, New Series, five-volume set: volumes XIV - XVIII but spines gilt numbered volumes I - V contemporaneously, James Ridgway, London 1828 - 1832, illustrated with finely hand-coloured full-page and some fold-out botanical plates, uniformly bound in contemporary full diced calf, the upper and lower covers with a gilt single-fillet, gilt lettered spines and tooling, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo

ROYAL CROWN DERBY 'VINE' BOTANICAL AND GILDED PLATE 26.5CM DIAMETER

Botanical watercolour of pink blooms by Mary Barnard. Signed bottom right. Painting measures approx. 30 cm x 22.5cm

Watercolour Botanical Study by Augusta Innes Withers

Group of 6 Botanical Prints

Quantity of framed prints including reproduction framed map of Devonshire, botanical prints, etc (1 box) 

A large quantity of framed prints including botanical , fashion plates, etc

Two watercolour, pen and ink drawings, a framed print after Peter Heard of a lugubrious fisherman and a botanical print (4)

E BoddyOil on canvasLake scene with a pair of swans and two cygnets in the foreground, signed lower right 'E Boddy', 45cm x 66cm Assorted loose unframed watercolours and drawings including botanical studies, mixed media, pencil studies, landscape and floral prints 

Original Sketch Book: Lane (John Quiller) Victorian artist and antiquarian. A large quarto volume bound in hf. calf, marble sides and ends, approx. 60pp, containing finely executed pencil and watercolour sketches of glassware, mostly Venetian, giving dimensions, drawn c. 1875. Also some botanical sketches and notes, and some sketches made in 1879, of Greek and Roman Vases etc. There are some designs for greeting cards,including one for Thomas Quiller Couch of Bodmin, Cornwall, a relation of the artist, and father of author Arthur Quiller Couch. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

A miscellaneous collection of ceramic plates and soup bowls, including four Rosenthal plates decorated with parrots, six Portmeirion side plates with botanical designs by Susan Williams-Ellis, four red and white Mason's soup bowls and four early 20th Century English blue and white soup bowls

Box containing five unframed Chinese school paintings on rice paper, botanical and butterfly studies CONDITION REPORT All have slight tears to the edges where they have been mounted. Some slight staining and foxing.

Framed botanical print, pair of coloured bird prints and a pair of advertising prints

A Derby botanical plate, circa 1795, painted with a titled study, Aquilegia Canadensis, Canadian Columbine, beneath a rim painted in two-tone gilding with lily-of-the valley, blue painted marks, pattern 115, 22cm. diameter. Illustrated.

BOX 28 - GINWarner Edwards Distillery Victoria's Rhubarb GinWolfrest GinThe Botanical´s Premium London Dry GinDragonfly Sloe GinThe Old Curiosity Distillery Apothecary Rose GinKalki Moon "Solstice Barrel Aged Gin"Elg Gin No. 2 Old TomDragonfly Straight GinMeanie Gin "RED"Black Shuck GinElg Gin No. 3 Navy Strength The Herbalist

BOX 27 - GINWarner Edwards Distillery Harrington Sloe GinKalki Moon "Solstice Barrel Aged Gin"The Botanical´s Premium London Dry GinJuno Extra Fine GinBarbican Botanics GinWildJune GinElg Gin No. 2 Old TomVánagandr London Dry GinArchie Rose Signature Dry GinSweyn Gabelbart Passion GinWolfrest GinDragonfly Raspberry Gin

A collection of Portmerion table ware. 50 pieces Botanical garden pattern - all good condition, some crazing

H A T A Gobius, Botanical study, signed and dated 1851, watercolour; together with two further botanical studies in watercolour

China.- A composite travel album containing Chinese export pith paintings and other drawings and prints, including an original sketch of Zhoushan Island harbour by a French hand on Chinese-made paper, another of a temple on Poo-Tow island by the same hand, and 12 large pith paper drawings and 1 small pith paper drawing, with various other small studies and tipped-in prints, many initialled 'H.H.W.', pencil studies, some botanical watercolours, gouache, engravings, various sizes, each album leaf 255 x 335 mm. (10 x 13 1/4 in), occasional handling creases, small tears and loss, surface dirt and finger-soiling, the album lacking boards and spine, worn, oblong 4to, [19th century].

Miller (John Frederick) Cimelia Physica: Figures of Rare and Curious Quadrupeds, Birds, &c ... with descriptions by George Shaw, 67 hand-coloured etched plates, 60 by or after Miller and 7 of floral subjects, bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, ink stamp of Biblioteca di Pierpaolo Vaccarino, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, red morocco spine label, gilt, folio, [Nissen IVB 638; Bird Books p.94; Stafleu & Cowan 6033; Wood p.465; Zimmer p.585], 1796.⁂ Miller was the son of the well-known botanical artist Johann Sebastian Müller. Miller and his brother James produced paintings from the sketches made by Sydney Parkinson on James Cook's first voyage. He went on to accompany Sir Joseph Banks (president of the Royal Society), as draughtsman, on his 1772 voyage to Iceland.

A Collection of Four Botanical Prints each framed and mounted under glass, To include Primulas, poppy, cyclamen, anemone. Together with a 1970's floral still life on canvas 27 by 19 inches.

A Märklin child’s botanical specimen box, Green-painted tinplate with black transfer decoration banding to each end, the lid decorated with hunting dogs including a dachshund —13in. (33cm.) wide (slight wear)

Pictures - various, Still Life, Buddha; Botanical etc (7)

VICTORIAN DESSERT SERVICE, set of 6 gilt edge botanical decorated dessert plates, also 7 piece fish service by Marlborough and 3 graduated Coalport powder blue ground serving dishes also 2 game bird etched goblets

INDIAN SCHOOL (20th century) Botanical Study Bodycolour, framed and glazed. 25 x 34 cm. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good condition with expected wear.

A rare early 20th century Moorcroft baluster vase with tube-lined and painted decoration of lilies and flowerheads in dark blue slip on a pale blue ground, green signature and Moorcroft Burslem impressed mark to base, 24cms high;Note: This vase is decorated in a looser style than the Florian wares a decade or so earlier and may have been inspired by the botanical watercolours of Thomas Moorcroft

18th century Meissen butter tub and cover (a/f), decorated in botanical style with flowerheads and insects, 10cms diam

Pair of Botanical Studies on Canvas of a Red Rose and a Tulip

E*** Charles Simpson (British, 20th Century) Caltha Palustris (Marsh Marigold) and Primula Elatior (Oxlip), a pair of botanical studies, watercolour, framed and mounted under glass, 29 x 23 cm

A French Art Nouveau oak framed botanical sign