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Curtis (William). Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 3 volumes, volumes 30-32, 3rd series, London: L. Reeve & Co., 1874-76, 192 hand-coloured lithograph plates, one folding plate in 1874 partially split along fold, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, 3 covers detached, rubbed with some wear to spines, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Nissen BBI 2350; Great Flower Books p. 156.

Wakefield (Priscilla). An Introduction to Botany, in a series of Familiar Letters..., to which is added, The Pleasures of Botanical Pursuits. A Poem, by Sarah Hoare, 9th edition, London: Harvey and Darton [et al], 1823, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates including frontispiece, folding table, some offsetting and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, red morocco title label to spine, 12mo, together with:[Newton, James]. [A Compleat Herbal of the late James Newton, M.D. containing the prints and the English names of several thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, &c. all curiously engraved on cooper-plates, London: E. Cave [et al.], 1752], engraved portrait frontispiece and 175 plates, bound without text leaves (title, dedication, preface, 3 leaves of table of authors and 3 leaves of index), index at rear provided in 5 folding leaves of manuscript written in a neat hand, plates from 165 onwards incorrectly numbered and corrected in a contemporary hand, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, joint and head of spine rubbed, 8vo,Smith (James Edward). A Grammar of Botany, illustrative of Artificial, as well as Natural, Classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's System, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826, 21 hand-coloured engraved plates, spotting mostly to title and final leaf, light offsetting from plates, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and foot of spine strengthened, 8vo,Miller (Phillip). The Gardeners Kalendar; Directing what Works are necessary to be performed every Month in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Pleasure-Gardens, as also in the Conservatory and Nursery..., 14th edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1765, engraved frontispiece, five folding engraved plates, Eardiston armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo,Lindley (John). Ladies' Botany: or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany, 2 volumes, London: James Ridgway and Sons, 1837, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates, top edge gilt, later 19th-century green morocco-backed cloth by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, some cracking and wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, plus other 18th-early 20th century natural history and botany relatedQTY: (15)

Dodoens (Rembert). Florum, et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, 2nd edition, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1569, title with woodcut Plantin device (with small repair & 'Reading Library' in vertical later manuscript to the right of device), 109 full-page woodcut botanical illustrations by Gerard van Kampen after Pieter van der Borcht, some with contemporary hand-colouring, a few identified in early manuscript, occasional early marginalia, occasional light toning and dust-soiling, small paint splashes to pp.11-12, later calf, rebacked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams D 715; Hunt 104; Nissen BBI 514; Pritzel 2347.Second edition revised, first published in Antwerp in 1568. One of the earliest treatises on ornamental and fragrant garden plants, and includes recent introductions from Asia, He describes plants such as the rose, violet, lily, iris, narcissus, anemone, and carnation and herbs marjoram, lavender and thyme

Green (Thomas). The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary. Containing an account of all the known Plants in the World, arranged according to the Linnean system. Specifying the uses to which they are or may be applied, whether as Food, as Medicine, or in the Arts and Manufactures, with the best methods of Propagation, and the most recent Agricultural Improvements, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, revised and improved, London: Printed at the Caxton Press, by Henry Fisher, [1824], additional engraved title to volume 1, 109 engraved plates (including frontispiece to volume 2 which is laid-down to front free endpaper), three plates completely or partially neatly hand-coloured (majority uncoloured), occasional light spotting and offsetting, 20th-century half calf, 4to, together with:Thornton (Robert John). A Family Herbal: or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants..., 2nd edition, considerably enlarged and improved, London: R. and R. Crosby and Co., 1814, wood engraved illustrations by Bewick, light toning, edges untrimmed, modern cloth-backed boards, large 8vo, plus others related including Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal : to which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind..., London: Printed for the author, and sold at the British Directory-Office; and by Champante and Whitrow, [1795?]; and Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Complete Herbal..., to which are now first annexed his English Physician Enlarged..., London: Thomas Kelly, 1819QTY: (5)

Sole (William). Menthae Britannicae: Being a new botanical arrangement of the British mints hitherto discovered, 1st edition, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1798, half-title, 24 uncoloured engraved plates, (plate 6 supplied in facsimile), some light offsetting to text, front endpaper a little chipped with dust-soiling, modern boards, spine a little faded, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Dunthorne 289; Hunt II, 752; Nissen BBI 1869. With a 2 pp, autograph letter from the author, dated July 1799 to a Mr Archer in Dublin regarding the distribution of the book, 'I did not send my Menthae Britannicae to Dublin until this time on account of the commotions in your city...'

Newton (James). A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M. D. containing the Prints and the English Names of several thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, &c., London: Printed by E. Cave... and sold by Mr Watson..., 1752, engraved portrait frontispiece with long diagonal repaired closed tear, 190 engraved botanical plates, few plates and text leaves very lightly shaved, light dust-soiling and offsetting, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints rubbed, 8vo, together with:Miller (Joseph). Botanicum Officinale; or a Compendious Herbal: Giving an Account of all such Plants as are now used in the Practice of Physick. With their Descriptions and Virtues, London: E. Bell, J. Senex, W. Taylor, J. Osborn, 1722, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, Meyrick (William). The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician..., Birmingham: Printed by Thomas Pearson, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1790, engraved frontispiece, 14 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates at rear, armorial bookplate of Thomas Botfield to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked, spine and extremities rubbed, 8vo,Quincy (John). Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea. Or, a complete English Dispensatory..., 11th edition, enlarged and corrected, London: Thomas Longman, 1739, advertisement leaf before title, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, joints split, 8voQTY: (4)

Floyer (Ernest Ayscoghe). Unexplored Baluchistan. A survey, with observations astronomical, geographical, botanical, etc., of a route through Mekran, Bashkurd, Persia, Kurdistan, and Turkey, 1st edition, London: Griffith & Farran, 1882, mounted portrait frontispiece, 12 plates, ex-library with stamps to preliminary leaves (including head of title and frontispiece) and blank plate versos, toned, maroon morocco-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed, library shelf numbers to base of spine, 8vo, together with:Sandes (E. W. C.). The Military Engineer in India, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Chatham: The Institution of Royal Engineers, 1933, 9 folding maps to rear pockets, illustrated throughout, ownership inscriptions to head of front pastedown, front hinge to volume one and rear hinge to volume two cracked, original red cloth gilt, marked, spines faded, 8vo, withKaye (John William). The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G. C. B., late envoy to Persia, and Governor of Bombay; from unpublished letters and journals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1856, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one, frontispiece and front free endpaper of volume one loose, contemporary calf gilt, boards loose, worn, 8vo, with 5 others relatedQTY: (9)

* Cammareri (Mario & Arena Filippo). Twenty-two Botanical Engravings [1767 - 68], hand-coloured engravings, each approximately 195 x 300 mmQTY: (22)NOTE:Originally published in La Natura, e Coltura dei Fiori fisicamente esposta in due trattati in Palermo. It is considered one of the rarest Italian florilegia and was illustrated by F. Arena and Mario Cammareri.

Green (Thomas). The Universal Herbal; or botanical, medical and agricultural dictionary. Containing an account of all the known plants in the world, arranged according to the Linnean System, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Liverpool: Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, [1816-20], hand-coloured engraved allegorical frontispieces, additional engraved title in volume I, 106 hand-coloured engraved plates, small Mansfield Public Library ink stamps at foot of letterpress titles, a few text leaves and plate versos, some offsetting and light toning, contemporary reverse calf, spine with red and olive labels, some edge wear and stains, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Great Flower Books p. 97; Nissen BBI 754.

Thornton (Robert John). The British Flora; or, Genera and Species of British Plants: Arranged after the Reformed Sexual System; and Illustrated by numerous Tables, and Dissections, 5 volumes, London: Printed for the Author by J. Whiting, 1812, 12 engraved class part titles, 344 engraved botanical plates, 53 engraved tables, together with:Thornton (Robert John). Elements of Botany, Part I. Classification [Part II. Terms of Science], 2 volumes, London: Printed for the Author, as Prizes in the Royal Botanical Lottery, by J. Whiting, 1812, 168 engraved botanical plates, 5 engraved tables, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines, gilt double-line and blind roll border to boards, even slight fading to spines, 8vo QTY: (7)

Martyn (Thomas). Flora Rustica: Exhibiting Accurate Figures of such Plants as are either useful or injurious in Husbandry. Drawn and engraved by Frederick P. Nodder…, 4 volumes bound in 2, London: F. P. Nodder, 1792 - 1794, 140 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates (plate 75 loose), slight spotting and offsetting throughout, heraldic bookplate of John Adam Milne to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt spines with contrasting title and number labels, joints rubbed and starting to split, boards rubbed and bumped, 8vo together with: Bryant (Charles). Flora Diaetetica: or, History of Esculent Plants Both Domestic and Foreign. In Which They are accurately described, and reduced to their Linnaean Generic and Specific Names…., London: Printed for B. White, at Horace’s Head, in Fleet-street, 1783, bookplate of Lavington to front pastedown, bookplate of Wilberforce Library, Backsettown to front free endpaper, errata bound to rear, light spotting throughout, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine, lacking title label, joints split, boards a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo,Smith (Jacon Edward). Flora Britannica auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith…, London: Typis J. Davis, 1800, bookplate of Edward C. Robson to front pastedown plus ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary navy half-calf, gilt spines, joins and head caps rubbed, boards worn and edges bumped, 8voQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: John Adam Milne (bookplate) for Martyn (Thomas). Flora Rustica...,Lavington (bookplate), Wilberforce Library, Backsettown (bookplate) for Bryant (Charles). Flora Diaetetica...,Nissen BBI 1291 for Martyn (Thomas). Flora Rustica...,

* Sweert (Emanuel). Four Botanical Engravings: Muscari..., Nastursium Judicium..., Ribes Alba & Myrthus minor Vulgaris, [1612 or later], together four hand-coloured botanical engravings, each approximately 340 x 210 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, together with Mansell (Joseph). Odontoglossum Rossii, plate 4 from the 'Reichenbachia' [1888], chromolithograph, 495 x 345 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (5)

[Linnaeus, Carl]. The Families of Plants. with their Natural Characters, according to the Number, Figure, Situation, and Proportion of all the parts of Fructification. Translated from the last edition (as published by Dr. Reichard) of the Genera Plantarum, and of the Mantissae Plantarum of the elder Linneus; and from the Supplementum Plantarum of the younger Linneus, with all the new Families of plants from Thunberg and l'Hertier..., by a Botanical Society at Lichfield, 2 volumes, Lichfield: Printed by John Jackson, 1787, half-title to each volume, upper margins to each title inscribed 'E. Darwin - July 21st, 1802' and front pastedowns also bearing the signature E. Darwin and dated 1802, contemporary half calf, green morocco title labels to spines, rubbed to spines, 8vo, together with:Gray (Samuel Frederick). A Natural Arrangement of Britsih Plants, according to their Relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use..., 2 volumes, London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1821, engraved frontispiece and 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, offsetting from plates, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo,[Henry, Mary Jackson]. Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life. By the authoress of "Botanical Dialogues", London: John Hatchard, 1811, half-title, signature of Mary Henry to upper blank margin of title, 14 engraved plates (including 5 folding), occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, plus others related, mostly 19th-century publications including Sowerby (James). Supplement to the English Botany, volume 4 only, 1849, numerous hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf, old rebacked, boards detached, worn, 8voQTY: (20)

Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: Or, History of Plants Containing I. Their Names, Greek, Latine and English. II. Their Species, or Various Kinds. III. Their Descriptions. IV. Their Places of Growth. V. Their Times of Flowering and Seeding. VI. Their Qualities or Properties. VII. Their Specifications. VIII. Their Preparations, Galenick and Chymick. IX. Their Virtues and Uses. X. A Complete Florilegium of all the Choice Flowers Cultivated by our Florists..., 1st edition, London: Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710, additional engraved title (few closed tears and tissue lined to both sides), title printed in red and black, numerous hand-coloured woodcut botanical illustrations throughout, with six-page 'Index morborum' (sometimes lacking), tissue repair to 6F1, final two leaves of volume (Index Latinus) frayed with loss to fore-margin and tissue lined to both sides, some leaves browned, light dust-soiling, scattered spotting throughout and few marks, modern calf-backed marbled boards, black morocco title label to spine, folioQTY: (1)

Whitson (John, Robert John, & Henry Smith Williams, editors). Luther Burbank, His Methods and Discoveries and their Practical Application, 12 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Luther Burbank Press, 1914-15, numerous tipped-in colour plates, dedication page signed by Robert John, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Alrich (Peggy, et al), The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid Genera, 1st edition Sarasota: Cornell University Press, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original boards, large 8vo, plusBrown (O. Phelps), The Complete Herbalist; or, the people their own physicians by the use of natural remedies;..., drawing room edition, London: published by the author, 1872, engraved illustrations, modern endpapers, some light marginal toning & spotting, all edges gilt, rebound modern green cloth spine retaining original gilt decorated boards & spine, lightly rubbed, some minor loss to the spine, 8vo, and other mostly modern horticultural, botanical, & natural history reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)

Royal Worcester including Botanical tableware (c.1917), miniature tygs (c.1910), shell dish (c.1950s), etc, approximately 19 items.Condition:- some crazing throughout, glaze crack to large plate, some wear to guilging throughout, no sign of any major damage or repair.

Local, LONDON, King’s College, Warneford Prize Medal, silver awards (2), unsigned, arms with supporters, revs. named (First Warneford Prize George Johnson, MDCCCXLII) and (Eardley Lancelot Holland 1901); Botanical Prize, a silver award medal, unsigned, similar, rev. named (Legavit G.R. Carter, MDCCCLXXIX); 50mm, 44mm, 41mm, 54.10g, 74.90g, 46.40g [3]. Very fine to extremely fine, second with suspension loop and chain £120-£150

GROUP OF MIXED CERAMICS comprising porcelain apothecary jars with domed covers, a pair, gilding lettering 'Camphora' & 'Lap. Pumicae', 32cms (h), stoneware dairy bowl, 41cms diam, stoneware flagon Scott's (Bolton) for Botanical Brewers, 29cms (h), ETCProvenance: private collection Conwy

Miscellaneous 19th c and later ceramics, including Davenport jug, 21cm h, apple green and gilt decorated botanical dessert plates, etc

English School, 19th c - Botanical Subjects, a set of three, watercolour, 19 x 15.5cm (3) Slightly dust stained but the original pigments and gum intact and bright, in one and a pair of contemporary gilt frames. Gilding rubbed, on one flaking

A box of antiquarian and later pictures and prints, oil painting of an owl, pine-framed botanical prints.

F Edward Hulme (1841-1909) 'Familiar Wild Flowers' Cassell botanical books, Five volumes in two. Half bound black leather with pebbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with many colour plates. No edition stated (Circa 1900) Moderate rubbing and shelf-wear to coversPLEASE SEE SOME ADDITIONAL SAMPLE IMAGES

After Pietro Mattioli (1501-1577) A 16th century hand-coloured woodblock botanical print: '1. Peucedanum, Sulphurwoort.', bearing an Osvaldo Bohm, Venice label inscribed 'Mattioli, Xilografia, Sec XVI' verso, 8.5 x 14.5 cm, glazed in wooden frame with gilt slip

Good pair of Victorian botanical watercolours, signed Both with fading / yellowing to the paper - otherwise appear in good condition but not viewed outside frames. Images measure 35 x 22cm overall, 39 x 26cm (including frames). From the main image, the left hand picture is stained 3/4 of the way across it. The right hand picture has one isloated areas of discolouration to both the top and bottom.  

TWO SIGNED JAPANESE BOTANICAL / ORNITHOLOGICAL SILK PICTURES - 53 X 38 CMS

RAFFLES; a ceramic table lamp base with shade, decorated with exotic botanical flowers and birds, base height 48cm.

W. FURNEAUX; 'Life of Ponds and Streams', New Edition, 1904, together with four other books relating to Botanical and Natural History interest to include, 'Edible and Poisonous Fungi', Sixth Edition reprint, Eric Fitch Daglish, 'The Seaside Nature Book', First Edition, 'Wild Flowers and their Wonderful Ways' 1916, and 'Keeping Tropical Fish' Revised Edition, third impression (5)

An early 20th Century lithographed biscuit tin, for MacFarlane Lang & Co., and in the form of a thatched roof cottage, 13cm tall, together with a Fry's Chocolate wooden advertising box, and various silk fringed botanical Christmas cards

A botanical phenomenon, these nuts, carried by the sea current along the Indian coast, were highly prized by princes and kings. Rodolphe II of Habsburg, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, made an unsuccessful bid of 4,000 gold florins to obtain even one. The seed was officially presented to the French court during the reign of Louis XIV, and acquired particular renown thanks to the Duke of Praslin. He had the audacity to present these "funny buttocks" to an ageing sovereign, thus defying the influence of the false devotees who were unsuccessfully ridiculed by Moliere. - Weight: 2.29 kg - Shipping available - Sizes: H 350MM X 260MM H 250MM X L 180MM - At first glance: good condition

Approx 40 Botanical prints 19th and 20thC

A mid 18th century Chelsea porcelain Botanical plate, polychrome decorated with butterfly, ladybird and fruits, apple green rim. Red anchor mark. 21.5cm One 5cm hairline crack, one 1 1/2cm hairline crack and some fritting

Watt & Ferguson Botanical Brewers stoneware flagon, together with a Sherwoods copper and brass lamp and a Koilos Minimal plate camera, flagon H26.5cm

A Portmeirion Botanical vase, 21 cm high, assorted ceramics and glassware (3 boxes)

FOUR FRAMED BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF ROSES

Eleanor Patricia Dyson (British b.1922); Botanical studies, pair of ink and watercolours, signed and dated 75' 49cm x 35cm (2)

This rectangular wooden box holds a Compass with Qibla indicator. The outside is decorated with painted, gilded decorations of abstract botanical forms. On the inside of the lid there is a wonderful colourful painting of an aerial view of Mecca with the Kaaba in the centre. The interior of the box contains the compass with a metal needle and a painting of the al-Masdjid al-_aram mosque in Mecca.Ê Surrounding the paintings there al more botanical features in the form of flowers and leaves.The representation of the Kaaba is surrounded by thirty-two divisions of 11.25¡ containing the names of the quarter winds and half winds written in Ottoman Turkish. The position of the qibla indicated at the bottom. By connecting a string to the lid an indication of the direction of the qibla can be given.ÊPeriod: 19th-20th centuryDimensions: 27 by 18 cmCondition: very goodÊÊ

A red velvet square, with gold embroidery on a red background. The decorations are elegant botanical forms, in the corners toped with a crown with a crescent moon on top. Period: early 19th century Dimensions:81 by 79 cm Condition: there is some ware but it is in overall good

A wonderful hand made Iznik style tile in a wooden frame. The expressive colours and botanical decorations make this piece a center of attention in every room.Period: 20th centuryDimensions: 32 by 42 cmCondition: Very good

A beautiful Iznik tile with characteristic botanical decorations. Central on this tile there is a representation of pomegranate with lotus leaves surrounding it. The green connectors are Saz leaves. Period: 20th century Dimensions: 25 by 25 cm Condition: Very good

A bluish green square of velvet, with gold embroidery. Around a centre star there is a radiating pattern, of wreaths of flowers. In the corners there is a intricate flower dish separated by several smaller flowers. It has a double border of botanical and geometrical design. Period: early 19th century Dimensions: 82 by 82 cm Condition: good

A square of red velvet, with gold embroidery. It has a radiating pattern of wreaths of flowers with in the centre a star. This is surrounded by a border of botanical forms. Period: early 19th century Dimensions:80 by 80 cm Condition: there is some ware but it is in overall good

Two charming 19th century Ottoman silver rosewater bottles. They are decorated with botanical forms. Period: 19th century Dimensions:19 by 7 cm Condition: Good

A very beautiful Caparison or horse blanket. The red velvet is embroidered with gold and silver flowers in three mandorlas. The border is embroidered with botanical features. The greens and blues on the red velvet with the shimmering sequins are exquisite.  The lining Ikat, Uzbekistan. A vibrant yellow background with red decorations. Period: 19th century Dimensions: 203 by 134 cm Condition: There is some obvious wear and tear due to its age and usage. But still a wonderful specimen of its kind

This Persian Kalamkari textile has Islamic calligraphy around the borders. In the centre there are botanical decorations with wonderful leaves and flowers. Period: Qajar (1796-1925) Dimensions: 88 by 88 cm Condition: good with some wear and tear

Six framed limited edition of 7500 botanical prints with Natural History Museum certificates after Pierre-Joseph Redoute, each 370mm x 305mm inclusive

English School (19th century)Ornithological and Botanical Study, A Bird on a Flowering Branchwatercolour, 29cm x 26cm

A Small Brass Jones Botanical Type Simple Microscope, English, c.1800, unsigned to a design by W & S Jones, on brass oval base with focusing stage, with 2 simple objective lenses

BOOKS, BOTANY, NATURAL HISTORY etc. Two New Naturalists with jackets largely present: 'Mushrooms and Toadstools' and 'Insect Natural History' (not first eds.); Keble Martin, 'Over the Hills...' (later imp.); 'English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants' (illus. Sowerby); King Penguin 'Ducks', and other largely botanical books.

Gardening and botanical interest. A collection of six Victorian & later works. Comprising 1896 The Stories of the Trees by Mrs. Dyson, ownership inscription of William Clough, The Knowle, Keighley to ffep, Our Country's Butterflies & Moths and How to Know Them by W. J. Gordon, publ. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1889 The English Flower Garden by W. Robinson, second edition publ. John Murray, 1908 Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by E. T. Cook, second edition publ. Country Life and George Newnes Ltd., two volume 1916 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles by W. J. Bean, second edition publ. John Murray, and three volume (1933) Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, a Guide to British Wild-Flowers by Edward Step, publ. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd (each in the uncommon original unclipped dust wrapper). All illustrated, many with colour plates. Six works in nine volumes. 8vo.

Botanical & pteridology interest. 1920s & later 'The Dry Garden'. An Edwardian scrapbook of pressed and dried flowers and leaves, each numbered, catalogued with itemised label, the book complete with loose eight page Catalogue of Plants dated 1934. Collected from Talkin, Brampton, Cumbria by F. Wood. Containing such plants as corn poppy, dandelion, water mint, cowslip, primrose, scarlet pimpernel, purple orchid, bluebell, hand fern, parsley fern, common rush, and others. Presented in original cloth binding. Crown folio. 

Botanical interest. A 19th century Victorian circa 1878 & later book of pressed flowers. Containing pressed chamomile, wild cabbage, milk thistle, burdock, cow parsnip and strawberry leaves & flowers. With ownership inscription of musicologist and musician Margaret Henrietta Glyn, with her calligraphic inscription to the front pastedown. The archives and many photographs of Glyn are present at the Bourne Hall Museum, Ewell, Epsom. Bound in paper covered boards with decorative floral stickers to the boards. 8vo.

Baxter, William. 1834 British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Second edition, published by the author and sold by J. H. Parker and by Whittaker, Treacher and Co. London, 1834. Six volumes bound in three. Half straight grain morocco binding, gilt tooled raised bands & titles, marbled endpapers. Each volume richly illustrated with colour plates, coloured by hand. A smart second edition of this important botanical work. 8vo. 

(Landscape Gardening, Horticulture.) Ellen Willmott: 'Warley Garden in Spring and Summer', London, Bernard Quaritch, 1909, 1st edition, 40 tissue guarded photgravure plates as called for, folio, original quarter cloth gilt (slightly worn), bookplate to front pastedown of George Cresswell Turner (1858-1940), Managing Director of his prosperous family boot & shoe business, W and E Turner Ltd, Fellow of the Linnean Society and Chairman of the Flora Committee, Botanical Section of the Leicester Lit and Phil Society; together with Frances Evelyn Greville, Countess of Warwick: 'An Old English Garden', London, A.L. Humphreys, 1898, 1st edition, photogravure frontis + 21 tissue guarded photogravure plates by Payne Jennings as called for, folio, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, ownership signature "M. Kelway" at head of title page, presumably a member of the family of the long standing distinguished horticultural firm Kelway & Sons of Somerset (2)

A group of antiquarian and later pictures and prints - botanical studies, 19th century engravings etc

A C Baker black microscope number 31255, with objectives in fitted case and a box of thirty-six slides, botanical and entomology, some named Newton & Co, Richard Suter, H W H Darlaston, case measuring 21x11.5x5cm.

Basilius Besler (1561–1629). Botanical print, a modern reproduction. Framed and glazed. H.73 W.61cm.

A PAIR OF COLOURED BOTANICAL PRINTS,36cm x 26cm. Mounted in frames and glazed.

Gwendolen R. Jackson (b.1919), A Portfolio of unframed works including Screenprints of her 'Death's - Head Hawkmoth', largest 76 x 52cm and 'Labyrinth' Series, image sizes 56 x 35cm, 'Applebranch' Linoprints 56 x 38cm and Botanical Linoprints, image sizes 51 x 38cm

A late 19th century porcelain part fruit service decorated with painted botanical specimens, enclosed by a pierced gilt decorated borders, includes three comports , four plates and a near matching plate, (8).

A set of four botanical prints; two others and a print "This Kitchen Is For Dancing"