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Freeman (Strickland) Select Specimens of British P part 1-2 all published 10 plates printed in colours and finished by hand after drawings by Charlotte and Juliana Strickland from the library at Knowsley bookplate of Lord Derby with the Stanley crest bought from Bow Windows in 1977 (invoice enclosed) contemporary quarter red morocco joints worn Bulmer 1797[-1809]; and a copy of the first part only in original boards uncut printed label on front cover large folio (3) *** Freeman successfully published Observation on the Mechanism of the Horse`s Foot in 1796 which has 16 plates in 2 states plain and coloured the latter presumably being partly colour-printed as these botanical plates. It is a very unusual technique in England and judging by the preface to part 2 it was very difficult to find workmen to carry it out. The book is very rare; there are only 2 copies on Copac British Library (complete) and NHM (pt.1 only). World Cat. adds the Fisher Library in Toronto and the BSB in Munich; it is not clear if these are the first part only or are complete. The only complete copy at auction since 1975 was sold 20 years ago for (2)

Gardiner (William) Twenty Lessons on British Mosse 2 vol. illustrated with original specimens original cloth first vol. discoloured [Sayre pp. 203-4 lists only the 4th edition of the second series 1852] Dundee 1846-49; and 12 others by the same mostly illustrated with specimens including a copy of his Botanical Rambles in Braemar 1845 bound in a pamphlet volume 8vo (14)(14)

(Asa American botanist 1810-88) 4 A.Ls.s. to [Si (Asa American botanist 1810-88) 4 A.Ls.s. to [Sir Joseph Dalton] Hooker the eminent botanist addressed to “My dear Hooker” or “Dearest Hooker” confidential botanical chat e.g.”This is a botanical note - to tell you of a bad blunder of Dear Bentham (God bless him).. Cambridge Mass 1871-84

(Mary b.1912 Botanical Artist) Watercolour of Be (Mary b.1912 Botanical Artist) Watercolour of Bee Fly and Spider Orchids fine watercolour c.350mm x 585mm. background details in pen and ink signed with intials pencil notes on verso include “collected in Kent Surrey and Sussex” in a rather battered paper frame with note “Group A 8” 1971. *** The original for plate 15 of P.F. Hunt`s Orchidacea 1973.

Halle (Fraser) Letters Historical and Botanical r 4 copies original cloth 3 lettered in gilt fourth with printed label on the front cover and A.L.s. from the author inserted London and Chudleigh [2 copies add And All Booksellers to the imprint] 1851 (9)

Hedwig (Johann) Species muscorum frondosorum...opu first edition folding table 77 hand-coloured plates after drawings by the author without the additional leaf p.353 “not available at the time of the original publication of the book” (Margadant) recent half cloth uncut [Stafleu 2532] Leipzig & Paris 1801; Supplementum primum (-quartum) 4 vol. in 3 326 hand-coloured plates (I- XXXV + III*) some minor stains the part issue titles not preserved (as was intended) several plates with cancel captions pasted on and one (plate 259) changed in ms. (see Margadant p. 222) binder`s cloth spines faded 2nd title with contemporary inscription “zu Turnero auctor” (? Dawson Turner 1775-1858; he wrote a commentary on Hedwig) 4th title with what seems to be a paper duty stamp “Vertrag vom 13 Mai 1848” later stamp and release stamp of Royal Microscopical Society on titles but nowhere else [Stafleu 11.427; Margadant pp. 217-23] Paris 1811-42 4to (5) *** The starting point for the nomenclature of mosses (except Sphagnaceae). “Hedwig has often been called the Linnaeus of Bryology”; P.A. Florschutz in the introduction to the 1960 reprint (a copy of which is included with the lot). Complete copies are very rare outside the old botanical libraries; auction records over the last 35 years show a copy with the first supplement only (in 1976) and the Horticultural Society of New York-de Belder copy which made (5)

Henslow (J.S.) Botanical Diagrams drawn by W. Fit hand-coloured figures with text cut out and mounted on 37 sheets of thin card illustrating XXIX Linnean classes loose in half vellum portfolio (worn) c.450mm x 625mm. large folio [not in Freeman (but then it`s not a book)] [reprint c.1870-80]. *** The only 2 copies we can trace are one at Cambridge attributed to J.S. Henslow; imprint London Day & Son 1857 and the other at BL ascribed to George Henslow no imprint ascribed date of 1898. Teaching aids of this type do have very low survival rates and it would not be surprising if this set was really only the third extant. For the preparation of the diagrams see J. Russell-Gebbett Henslow of Hitcham 1977 pp. 61-62; they were ready in 1857; Fitch was paid 10 guineas and Henslow a royalty.

Hobson (Edward) A Collection of Specimens of Briti printed title 145 leaves with 284 printed labels the great majority with neatly mounted specimens (those missing seem never to have been present) without the second vol. of Jungermanniae interleaved with blue paper contemporary half calf somewhat worn bought from W&W in 1977 (invoice inserted) Manchester Wilson 1818; and 4 others similar v.s. (5) *** Sayre p.339 “Several copies at BM the most complete having 139 mosses and 46 hepatics”; Copac lists copies at NHM and UCL (both have “Manchester” in title) bound in 8 and 2 vol. respectively but their contents are not recorded. Desmond notes that Hobson was a tea merchant`s assistant and that his herbarium sold to the Manchester Botanical Society is now lost.(5)

(Sir William Jackson) Botanical Miscellany 3 vol. (Sir William Jackson) Botanical Miscellany 3 vol. 153 engraved plates many hand-coloured ex-library copy scattered spotting to plates later half morocco gilt [Stafleu 2999] 8vo 1830-33.

(Sir William Jackson) Botanical Illustrations: Bei (Sir William Jackson) Botanical Illustrations: Being a Series of Figures to Illustrate...a Course of Lectures 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates contemporary cloth covers off [Freeman 1756 not coloured plates] Edinburgh 1822 (5)

[Jackson (Maria Elizabeth)] Botanical Dialogues be 11 plates contemporary half russia gilt trifle worn [Henrey 918] 1797; Botanical Lectures 1 plate clean tear in first two leaves recent half calf 1804; and another similar 8vo (3)(3)

Johns (C.A.) Botanical Rambles 1846; Flowers of the Field 2 vol. illustrations mostly by Emily Stackhouse [1851]; Monthly Wild Flowers 12 seasonal texts within floral garlands just trimmed 1860 original cloth; and 15 others similar 8vo (19) *** In A Passion for Nature Dart and Hardin correct the date of Flowers of the Field and note p.217 that “over 50 editions were published stretching to 1949.”(19)

[Jones (J.P.)] A Botanical Tour through various pa 2 copies original half cloth printed label in modern morocco case and recent half calf Exeter 1820; another copy second edition original half cloth printed label 1821; Flora Devoniensis later half morocco scuffed 1829 (15)

Linnaeus (C.) A System of Vegetables...translated. 2 vol. the first volume a unique(?) survival of publication in 2 parts first part with modern wrappers the second part preserving the original printed wrappers (rebacked with some loss) uncut in a cloth box with a supplied and imperfect second volume Lichfield 1782-83; the same another copy 2 vol. first title dated 1782 (no like copy on ESTC) calf rebacked ib. 1782-83; the same a standard copy 2 vol. contemporary half speckled calf ib. 1783 all with 11 engraved plates; The Families of Plants 2 vol. 2 copies contemporary half sheep worn and defective and a browned copy in recent half leather ib. 1787 8vo (10) *** The Botanical Society at Lichfield consisted of three members: Erasmus Darwin Sir Brooke Boothby and John Jackson; see Henrey 981 & 975. At 981 she aduces publication in parts from a contemporary review but is not able to cite a surviving copy. The wrappers preserve text - a sort of primitive reply to correspondents - not otherwise extant.(10)

Milne (C.) A Botanical Dictionary first edition 9 engraved plates folding table contemporary calf worn 1770; the same second edition 9 engraved plates 2 folding tables (just trimmed) calf rebacked 1778; the same third edition 3 folding tables 25 engraved plates modern half calf uncut 1805; Indigenous Botany; or Habitations of English Plants vol.1 all published old cloth leather label without the leaf of ads at the end 1793 (12)

Munford (George) A List of the Botanical Productio disbound Sheffield 1864 (c.55)

(M[ary 1814-98 and] E[mma 1822-77 flower painte (M[ary 1814-98 and] E[mma 1822-77 flower painters daughters of Robert Osborn nurserymanand seedsman of Fulham c. 1780-1868)] [An important collection of British Flowers] 4 vol.of watercolours (& others loose) & 1 vol. manuscript notebook with several other manuscriptnotes loosely inserted 541 highly accomplished and finely executed botanical watercolours(including 39 watercolours of Irises) 464 watercolours in four vol. and the rest loose with manuscript captions dates and some with initials “MO” and “EO” (most by Mary Osborn) some slightly browned and a notebook containing miscellaneous botanical notes and a manuscriptindex to the drawings (33pp. of notes and 61pp. of index) and another manuscript indexrecording the locality of the specimens and dates 27pp. vol. III & IV bookplates of Walpoleon front pastedowns original half calf extensively rubbed joints weak and workingloose folio 1839-67*** Identified by Michael Walpole as Mary and Emma Osborn hitherto unstudied this lot comeswith his extensive research notes. An exceptional series of watercolours complete with an index recording in most cases the locality of the specimens and dates collected.The manuscript index is a copy of the index to Withering (1830) and it would appear that as eachpainting was completed the volume and plate numbers were entered against the appropriateplant in the index. This complete index includes much information omitted from individualdrawings; especially locality details; “Arobranche minor 4.p. 97 In a geranium potFulham Nursery. Probably bought from Epping Forest or Wimbledon Common in the soil. May 21863.” Robert Osborn was gardener and land steward toJohn Penn of Stoke Park in Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire and all of his children were bornin the area. “Mary and Emma were to become well known as amateur flower painters.” (Willson. WestLondon Nursery Gardens). Osborn also was Penn`s steward of the Manor of Eton and there areseveral references by Emma and Mary to having collected plants in both of these areas and mostof which are undated but are probably prior to 1833 when Osborn became a partner with ReginalWhitley of the Fulham Nursery. After 1833 the records are mainly from the London and the southeast including 120 watercolours of plants cultivated in the nursery at Fulham. During the1850s plants were collected by them and on their behalf by Mr. Chowles Captain Crowther Mr. Donand Miss King areas including Box Hill in Surrey the New Forest and during the period1866-70 a number of Welsh localities are recorded. Emma`s last drawing is dated 1870 andMary`s 1880. “Whitley and Osborn received high praise from JCLoudon for the care with which they named their plants. In 1840 their catalogue contained 1 400species and varieties `of every one of which without a single exception they have plants intheir nursery or had at the time the Catalogue was published. Three years later Loudon commentedon their Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs as `Undoubtedly the most complete catalogue of hardytrees and shrubs that was ever published in this or in any other country`. Robert Osborn... diedaged eighty-three on February 23rd 1866... . In his obituary in The Gardener`s Chronicle... he isdescribed by one of his customers as `good kind upright Mr Osborn of Fulham... He was a perfectgentleman in mind and manner indeed in the highest sense of that word.`“ - Willson. WestLondon Nursery Gardens. Provenance: (1). Sotheby`s 1963; (2) Charles W.Traylen June 1964 (3) The loose botanical drawings were subsequently acquired from Mrs.A.M. and Miss B.M. Tomkins descendants of the Osborn family in late 1964.Condition report:(Mary 1814-98 and Emma 1822-77 daughters of Robert Osborn nursery and seedsman of Fulham c. 1780-1868) [An important collection of watercolours of British Flowers]

[Pamplin (W.) and Alexander Irvine]. A Botanical T 3 copies original cloth 1857 (c.40)

An early 19th Century album of topographical sketches, hand coloured lithographs, botanical drawings etc by Frances Barlow together with her descriptive narrative, poems etc, in red gilt tooled morocco binding having a plated clasp/see illustration

A small black and white print of a starling on a branch, a set of 6 small coloured prints of botanical studies (a lot, as viewed)

F Sansom, after Sydenham Edwards Galeopsis, two hand coloured etchings, 25cm x 35cm, twenty six botanical etchings, and nine others of fruit (37)

F W Smith, 19th century Twelve coloured engravings of botanical subjects from ‘Paxton’s Magazine of Botany’, four dated 1834, 20.5cm x 14cm

TWENTY VARIOUS FRAMED PRINTS, SOME IN SETS INCLUDING BOTANICAL SUBJECTS

BRITISH SCHOOL A set of three botanical watercolours, 19" x 15"

A group of eighteen assorted botanical prints, various sizes (18). Provenance: Cowdray

A collection of old Wedgwood blue and white Botanical plates

AFTER S EDWARDS, ENGRAVED BY F SANSOM, PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, PUBLISHED 1806, Botanical Studies; together with two VICTORIAN HAND COLOURED FASHION PLATES (4)

AFTER PAUL KLEE "Seaside town in the South of France", four Redouté Botanical prints, two butterfly prints, 3 sculpture prints and various others

WILLIAM WARD "The Durham White Ox", coloured reproduction print after the original by G. Garrard, together with eleven similar livestock prints, and nine various botanical/specimen prints (21)

A pair of Redouté botanical prints, two similar prints of poppies and roses, and eight further decorative prints (12)

AFTER MARGARET PEACHEY-a pair of coloured botanical limited edition prints, and a quantity of further pictures and prints

A ROCKINGHAM BOTANICAL DESSERT PLATE AND A SLOP BASIN both with French grey ground, the plate of C scroll moulded shape, the basin of single-spur handle form and painted with a central landscape encircled by gilt seaweed, plate 23.5cm diam, puce printed griffin mark and painted 750, or unmarked, c1830-42 The plate with a feint star crack and minor ring crack, really only noticeable on the reverse, also very slight stacking wear, the bowl in good condition

BOTANY. SIXTY-SEVEN ENGRAVED PLATES FROM CURTIS`S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE mainly after Sydenham Edwards, in generally fresh contemporary colour, late 18th/early 19th c, c20 x 12cm

1946 Victory (120 sets) - mid 1960s commems in part sheets or sheets incl. 1958 Games (60 sets), 1962 NPY (50 sets), 1963 Nature (120 sets), 1964 Geographical (30 sets), Botanical (51 sets), 1965 Parliament (50 sets), Salvation Army (100 sets), etc. (1000s)

After Kip, Syston , The seat of Samuel Trottman, engraving, 35.5 cm x 45 cm; together with an engraving entitled Le Jeu de Cache Cache Mitoulas, a reproduction botanical print, and an oval colour stipple engraving, portrait of a young woman, in the style of Wheatley, (4).

New Zealand, Australia & Sri Lanka 270 photographs, comprising 64 taken on the voyage out on the S.S. Austral, 36 of Australia [Freemantle, Melbourne, Hobart, Wellington Mount, Sydney] , 120 of New Zealand [Port Chalmers, Invercargill, The Buff, Dunedin, Lyttleton, Christ Church, Maori Park Port Levy, Banks peninsula, agricultural workers, mixed race inhabitants, Cocksfoot grass seed cutting and threshing, Wellington, Wangarui River, Jerusalem, Pipiriki, crack road from Pipiriki, Mount Ruapahu, Traqiriro, Taupo, native huts &c.] and 51 of Sri Lanka [Colombo, botanical garden Paradinya, tea estates, golf, military scenes], maroon morocco, images 12 x 10cm - 9 x 6cm., oblong folio (42 x 31cm.), dated 1903

Chinese Company School (18th/19th Century) watercolour and gouache album of 36 botanical studies (mainly loose and with damaged margins) 16.5in x 13.5in

A late 19th Century lacquered brass and black enamelled microscope with rack and pinion focusing and concave mirror, together with three objectives and twenty-three microscope slides, the majority of botanical interest, within a mahogany case.

A `Wedgwood Pearl` part dessert service, mid-19th Century, painted with botanical panels within green, cream and gilt borders, comprising two tazzae and twelve dessert plates, impressed factory marks to bases with pattern No. `4925`.

A Chelsea plate, c1760, painted with botanical specimens with a feather moulded border, (restored), and another octagonal plate, (restored)

A Victorian botanical drying album, containing numerous interesting specimens.

VERA TEMPLE Crayon and pencil detailed botanical study, signed and dated 1957, 13" x 8.5", framed.

Five volumes of Botanical Magazine, with hand coloured illustrations

A 19th century porcelain part Botanical Dessert Service painted primula, pansies, etc

After M.E. Eaton, nine coloured plates, Botanical subjects, together with two gilt framed still life prints

After Philip Reinagle `The Queen Flower` hand coloured aquatint, 51cm x 33.5cm, also one other botanical print (2)

A collection of six Samuel Alcock dessert plates, circa 1860, to include; three titled botanical examples, `Nymphaea Caerulea` `Miltonia Spectabilis` (both restored) and `Cistus`, along with an apple painted and a rose painted example (rose restored), both untitled, and a bird painted example titled `The Flycatcher`, each within gilt highlighted, pierced borders, and various impressed and incised marks, 23.5cm diameter (6)

TWELVE HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS OF FLOWERS FROM CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE WITH PLATES AFTER WALTER FITCH, MID-19TH CENTURY In modern painted frames 13 x 10 in. (34 x 25 cm.) overall (12) View on Christie's.com

FOLIO SOCIETY. 41 Vols including "Domesday Book". 3 Vols 1/4 leather ; 3 Vols Peusner, "Cathedrals of England". 2 Vols, Rix & Phillips, "The Botanical Garden". all as new and cased.

Rockingham part breakfast and tea service painted with botanical sprays

Two boxes of sundry items to include an Edmund Barton Botanical Brewer flagon, an Ayrton, Saunders & Co. Ltd Liverpool flagon, assorted plates, a telephone, brass fire fender, sink etc (2)

FOUR SALTGLAZED BROWN STONEWARE BOTTLES OF DAKIN BROS. BOTANICAL BREWERS, T. MARKHAM GAINSBOROUGH AND BOTTOMLEY & HEY, RADFORD NOTTINGHAM AND THREE SALTGLAZED STONEWARE JARS

Rectangular bevel edged wall mirror in gilt frame two other mirrors panoramic view of London and a botanical print

Local Interest Books: The Town of Stamford and The Antiquarian Annals of Stamford by Peck, plus a botanical book with colour lithograph plates, a/f. (3)

Botanical Interest: a 19th century book of British seaweeds with a collection of 59 dried and pressed specimens, each annotated with their Latin name, bound in a green leather book.

Two pieces of botanical Portmeirion pottery to include a bowl measuring approximately 4.5 inches high and 9 diameter, and a vase measuring approximately 9 inches high. (2)

An English porcelain botanical dessert service each piece with a specimen plant

* English School, 19th century- Botanical study of flowers; pencil and watercolour, oval, 20x18cm

* A Collection of Mid-Late 19th Century Botanical Drawings- depicting various flora and fauna; 26x18cm, (a lot) (unframed)

TWO CHAMBERLAIN`S WORCESTER PORCELAIN BOTANICAL CABINET PLATES: "Ovate Leaved Phlox" and "Persian Cyclamen", both with green and gilt border, 9" dia. (2).