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Pair of early 20th century watercolour botanical studies, indistinctly signed, 13" x 10" and a Japanese watercolour, botanical study, framed, (3).

NATURAL HISTORY: a quantity of books over 6 shelves, 19th century and later, some calf bound, to include botanical reference. (6 shelves)

Collection Of Six Framed Botanical Prints. All Gilt Framed And Glazed. Prints 7½x 5½ Inches.

Jenny DEVEREUXTwo botanical still life's Watercolour Each signed

Jenny DEVEREUXThree botanical etchings on Japanese paper Each signed, inscribed and numbered Condition report: Sizes. 45 x 50cm. 40 x 43cm. 40 x 47cm.

Jenny DEVEREUXTwo botanical etchings on Japanese paper, one with gold leafEach signed, inscribed and numbered

PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE BALUSTER BOTANICAL SPRAY VASES AND COVERS PAINTED BY E COCKER A/F

MEISSEN OVOID TWIN HANDLED AND GILDED BOTANICAL SPRAY VASE, CROSSSWORDS MARK TO UNDERSIDE AND IMPRESSED NUMERALS 25.5CM H APPROX

APPLE GREEN AND GILDED BOTANICAL SPRAY QUATREFOIL CUP WITH BLUE CROSS SWORDS MARK TO BASE

A large selection of Portmeirion Botanical dinner and teaware, 74 pieces approx

A large selection of Portmeirion Botanical dinner and teaware, 65 pieces approx

A large selection of Portmeirion Botanical dinner and teaware, 36 pieces approx

Portmerion - Botanical Garden pattern lamps, vases, candlestick, mantle clock, etc.

Portmerion - Botanical Garden pattern dinner and tea service comprising dinner, side, dessert, bowls, teacups and saucers etc.

Portmerion - Botanical Garden pattern and other kitchen items - storage, clocks, toast racks, ladle, measuring jugs, vinegar pots, serving dishes etc.

Portmerion Botanical Garden dinner, coffee and kitchenware - rolling pin, tureens, storage jars, toast rack; etc

Stoneware - John Lancaster 1908 beer flagon Botanical Brewer; another E Holmes Brook Hill, Herbal brewery Sheffield 1911; a Derbyshire brown salt glazed stoneware jar; etc

Charlevoix (Pierre-Fran‡ois-Xavier de). Histoire et description g‚n‚rale du Japon, 9 volumes, Paris: Julien-Michel Gandouin [and others], 1736, half-titles and title pages printed in red and black, 56 engraved plates, maps and plans (28 folding), including a large folding map of Japan after Bellin, woodcut headpieces and initials, contents toned, a few minor spots and marks, marginal browning and ink-stamps to half-titles and title pages, short closed tears to folding map of Japan (facing volume 1 p. 1) and to plates or maps facing volume 1 p. 177, volume 5 p. 484, and volume 5 p. 1 (this also with a short split along one fold), contemporary French cat's-paw sheep, gilt spines, twin morocco labels (volume 9 lacking one label), rubbed, some wear to headcaps and extremities, a few joints superficially cracked at ends, some stripping to sides expertly restored, 12mo (16.5 x 9.3 cm) Cordier Japonica 423. There are 28 non-folding botanical plates, all in volume 8; the remaining plates, all folding, include depictions of Japanese costume, customs, objets d'art, views, and more. This duodecimo edition appeared in the same year as a two-volume quarto edition. (9)

*Besler (Basilius). Colutea Vesicaria..., Helichryson Creticum..., Caryophyllus sylvestris... & Nepetella, [from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613], together 4 large folio hand-coloured botanical copper engravings on laid paper, with watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield, printed without text to verso, each titled in Latin below the image, with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption, in brown ink, with margins, generally in good condition, the Caryophyllus with some offset text to the image, sheet size 55 x 41 cm (21.6 x 16.1 ins) or very similar The Colutea Tree, Cretan Daisy, Carnation and Catmint from Beslar's Hortus Eystettensis, or Garden of Eichstatt, first published in 1613. The watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield present on these sheets may represent the arms of Augsburg, which suggests that production of these plates was undertaken in the workshop of Wolfgang Kilian in Augsburg (see David Paisey, Review of Nicholas Barker's Hortus Eystettensis, The Library, 6th series, volume 17, pages 365-368). (4)

*Botanical. A collection of approximately 170 lithographs, originally published in 'The Garden', circa 1885 - 1900, chromolithographs, some spotting, each 295 x 225 mm (approx.170)

Wilkins (John). An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1668, imprimatur leaf, title with engraved armorial, two full-page engraved plates, engraved illustrations, two folding tables, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Escrick, eighteenth century calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, small repairs to corners, a little rubbed, folio Wing 2196. John Wilkins (1614-1672) was a founder member of the Royal Society and one of the century's most influential thinkers. The present work, considered his greatest, is an attempt to formulate a universal language. The zoological and botanical tables were compiled with the help of Francis Willughby and John Ray. (1)

Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de). Histoire Naturelle, G‚n‚rale et ParticuliŠre, avec la description du cabinet du roi, volumes 1-3, 5-8 and 10-12 only, Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1764, numerous engraved plates, heavy damp soiling and staining to volumes 1, 11 & 12, occasional worming mostly to margins, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, contrasting morocco labels (volumes 8 & 11 with defective title labels), volume 12 lacking spine, joints cracked and some wear, 4to, together Walton (Izaak and Cotton, Charles), The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation..., with lives of the authors... edited by Edward Jesse..., to which are added papers on Fishing-Tackle, Fishing Stations, etc. by Henry G. Bohn, 1861, engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous plates and vignette illustrations, contemporary calf, spine torn and lacking title label, worn, 8vo, with Culpeper (Nicholas), Complete Herbal..., To which are now first annexed his English Phyician Enlarged..., 1816, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous hand-coloured engraved botanical plates, occasional dust-soiling and few marks, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 18th & 19th century British & continental antiquarian books, mostly leather bound, including some odd volumes (2 cartons)

McIntosh (Charles). The Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Thomas Kelly, 1828-9, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 16, lacking plate facing p. 1076), 15 uncoloured engraved plates, wood-engravings to text, coloured plates with tissue-guards, occasional spotting and browning, damp-staining to first few leaves in volume 2, effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary morocco bookplate to volume 1 (the name effaced), contemporary streaked half calf, rubbed and worn, volume 2 front joint split but firm, 8vo, together with Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood and Garden, Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899, photographic frontispiece, 48 plates, spotting to endpapers, contemporary gift inscription to half-title, edges untrimmed, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with [Gilbert, Rosa Mulholland], The Little Flower Seekers, being Adventures of Trot and Daisy, in a Wonderful Garden, by Moonlight, 1st edition, Marcus Ward & Co., [c. 1880], 12 mounted chromolithograph plates, scattered light spotting, gift inscription dated 1888 to initial blank, original pictorial purple cloth, faded, spine-ends frayed, cloth split on rear joint, 4to; and 4 other 19th-century illustrated botanical books (11)

A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED ITEMS TO INCLUDE AN ART NOUVEAU PEWTER INK BLOTTER, BOTANICAL PRINTS, FIGURATIVE LAMP ETC

Box of assorted china to include: French majolica fruit design plates, Staffordshire transfer printed blue and white oval meat dishes, Royal Doulton Pekin bowl, Spode shell shape botanical dish, Wedgwood tureens etc. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

Three vintage two stoned stoneware flagons, Thos.H.Hewitt botanical brewer Neath Abbey, and another botanical brewer Skewen, together with vintage stoneware hot bottle. (4)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

A collection of eight coloured prints of 19th century style botanical subjects including an elm tree, etc in green and gilt frames, max frame dimension 56 cm square

Boxed Portmierion 18 piece Teaset in "Botanical garden" pattern

Six Portmierion storage jars in "Botanical Garden" pattern, with wooden lids

Collection of Portmierion Dinnerware & other ceramics in "Botanical Garden" pattern to include; dinner plates, tea plates, butter dish

Large collection of Portmeirion kitchenware, mainly in "Botanical Garden" pattern to include; cutlery, teapot, mugs, bowls etc

Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron (1744-1792) A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, 1774. First edition, quarto, illustrated with fifteen folding plates, views, and illustrations (three of which are folding maps), and thirteen folding typographical tables, half-title and Directions to the Bookbinder both present; bound in contemporary sponged calf, with gilt spine, marbled endleaves; some marginal softness to fore-edges, neat repairs to endcaps and corners, 10 x 8 in. "This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions, was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical observations. The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear." (Quoted from The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego, New Haven & Sydney: William Reese Company & Hordern House, Ltd., 2004.) [A]4, B-L4, M-O1 (three folding typographical tables), P4, Q1, R4, S8, T4, U2, X-Z4, Aa4, Bb1, Cc4, Dd1, Ee-Nn4, Oo2, P1, Qq2 (Qq2 blank and ?integral). http://estc.bl.uk/T152604 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Parkinson, John (1567-1650) Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or, A Choise Garden of all Sorts of Rarest Flowers. London: Printed by R.N. and are to be sold by Richard Thrale at his shop at the signe of the Cross-Keys at S. Pauls-gate, going into Cheap-side, 1656. Folio, "second impression much corrected and enlarged," extra woodcut illustrated title by Switzer present; illustrated with large botanical woodcuts throughout; with type ornament above imprint on typographical title page; bound in full speckled calf, gilt-tooled with an unidentified armorial stamp on both boards: an eagle displayed holding a serpent and the slogan, "Litem Natura Diremit," a quote from Ovid; rebacked, some leaves browned, 13 x 8 1/2 in. Parkinson was one of England's most accomplished botanists. His book is replete with images and descriptions of all types of ornamental plants, herbs, and food crops. *6, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Eee6, Fff8. http://estc.bl.uk/R29251 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Heresbach, Conrad (1496-1576) Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, Collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius. London: Printed [at Eliot's Court Press] for Iohn Wight, 1586. Third edition, quarto, an English translation of Heresbach's Rei Rusticae Libri Quatuor; type ornament block in center of title, woodcut coat of arms on verso of title, one woodcut botanical text illustration, Wight's large woodcut printer's device on verso of last leaf, with colophon, bound in marbled sheepskin boards, nicely rebacked, ex libris Booth Grey, with his engraved bookplate pasted inside the front board, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ()4, (*)4, (**)3 [lacking (**)4], A-Z8, &8, Aa2. http://estc.bl.uk/S103977 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

19th Century English School, Cattle at a Watering Hole within a Rural Setting together with a Botanical watercolour

AN 18TH CENTURY DERBY BOTANICAL PLATE painted with ‘Cistus Ladaniferus’, pattern 141.

A Victorian oxblood carte-de-visite photograph album, chromolithographic card pages printed with flowers and botanical studies, c.1880

Four pieces of Portmeirion to include Botanical

Botany - Thornton (Robert John, M.D.), The Temple of Flora, Essay and Descriptions of Plates by Werner Dressendörfer, Taschen, Köln 2008, large botanical plates, slipcased portfolio edition

A set of six coloured botanical engravings, published originally in 1807 etc., 20.5cm x 12cm, in green painted frames

A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED PICTURES AND PRINTS TO INCLUDE BOTANICAL AND ORNITHOLOGICAL WITH SOME LOCAL INTEREST PICTURES

Seven Chinese, or other Asian, pictures, comprising: two depicting birds and flowers; one of a Daoist Scholar beside a red-capped crane; and a set of four botanical pictures. Each one of the last with overall dimensions about 50 x 33 cm (7)

Tsuchiya Rakuzan, four bird and flower prints (presumably from the Kacho-Gifu series), each one about 58 x 42.5 cm; together with Sanzo Wada (1883-1967), two Japanese men on a bridge, wearing jingasa, 40.5 x 30 cm; and a number of other botanical or Natural History images (lot)

Nine pieces of Portmeirion Botanical Garden china inc. vases, salad bowl, jardinieres etc.

Royal Worcester Botanical pattern porcelain coffee set, boxed

Four framed Chinese paintings on rice paper, figure and botanical studies

Two botanical prints, framed and glazed

A Victorian rosewood framed botanical watercolour and a green and gilt framed wall mirror mirror W.45cm (2)

A group of assorted 20th century watercolours, of botanical and wildlife subjects, including three by M.E. Eldridge, all unframed.(qty)

America.- Bradbury (John) Travels in the Interior of America...including a Description of Upper Louisiana..., first edition, errata slip, very occasional spotting, contemporary prize certificate from Belfast Academical Institution on front pastedown, contemporary half mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Sabin 7207], 8vo, Liverpool, for the Author, 1817.⁂ Bradbury was sent by the Liverpool Botanical Garden to search for plants in America.

Middle East.- Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition, half-title, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves (3 printed on both sides), several folding or double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, tear to lower margin of O2 of Supplement, occasional light browning or soiling but generally a very good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked and repaired, [Blackmer 1533], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1738-46.⁂ "Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa...[The work] is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited." (Blackmer). The supplement was issued in response to Richard Pococke's attack in his Description of the East, published 1743-45.

AFTER E. ALBIN Botanical specimens with insects, etching, hand-coloured, 26 x 20cm; and three further similar (4)

NEVILLE WESTON, (Australian, 1936-2017), Botanical study of water lilies and other foliage on a pool with goldfish, signed and dated: '89, oils on canvas. 124 x 181cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Unframed, no obvious damage.

NEVILLE WESTON, (Australian, 1936-2017), Botanical gardens with statues, Adelaide, signed and dated: '91, oils on canvas. Framed. 90 x 122cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Good original condition.

Twenty one Davenport Botanical Limited Edition spice/herb jars printed with flowers & foliage, printed marks

A mixed lot to include a Portmeirion Botanical Gardens platter, a carriage clock, mixed prints and other items

Potter's Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs 1932, Drugs of Hallucination by Sidney Cohen, Let 'Em Roll Kafka Poems by Pete Brown, Swastika Over Jersey, Vietnam! Vietnam! Con Cuba an Anthology of Cuban Poetry 1969

A selection of Torquay ware and Portmeirion Botanical Garden ceramics

Modern Ella Claire Botanical Frith rug, 240 x 153cm

Gardens.- Cause (Hendrik) De Koninglycke Hovenier Aanwyzende de Middelen om Boomen, Bloemen en Kruyden te Zaayen, planten, aen queeken en voort teelen, engraved pictorial title, 15 fine engraved plates of fruit & flowers by Hause and 16 plates of 32 plans of flowerbeds and parterres, [1676] bound with Commelyn (Jan) Nederlantze Hesperides, Dat is, Oeffening en Gebruik van de Limoen- en Oranje-Boomen..., engraved additional pictorial title and 20 fine engraved plates of fruit by C.Kick and 6 of orangeries by De Vree, with final privilege/errata/binder's leaf, 1676, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, occasional light soiling, corners slightly worn at beginning and end, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, corners worn, [Hunt 344 & 345; Nissen 339 & 390 (calling for 27 plates in the 2nd work).folio, Amsterdam, Marcus Doornick ⁂ Two important horticultural works of the Dutch Golden Age, bound together as usual. The fine plates reflect the interest in growing citrus fruit in Europe at the time. Commelin was director of the Amsterdam botanical gardens and a professor of medicine.