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Click here to subscribeDICKIE (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanist's Guide to the North of Ireland. First Edition. original boards & paper label, cut flush, sm. 8vo. Belfast, 1864; HART (H.C.) The Flora of Howth . . . (also) an introduction on the geology and other features of the promontory. First Edition. lge, scale folded map, publisher's cloth, sm. 8vo. Dublin, 1887; with other related books (13)
MURRAY (A.) The Northern Flora; or, a Description of the Wild Plants belonging to the North and East of Scotland . . . First Edition, Part 1 (all published). d-page lithographed facsimile, original blind-decorated & cloth-backed printed wrappers. Edinburgh, 1836. * with the xvipp. Appendix, the 2nd part of which by James Farquharson - whose ownership signature is at the head of title.
WADE (W.) Plantae Rariores in Hibernia Inventae; or Habitats of Some Plants, Rather Scarce and Valuable, found in Ireland . . . First Edition. abbreviations/errata leaf, later binder's cloth. Dublin, printed by Graisberry & Campbell. 1804. * a contemp. hand-coloured plate 'buxbaumia aphylla' has been inserted at the relevant text page.
GREY (C.H.) Hardy Bulbs . . . First Edition. 3 vols. 37 coloured plates (by Cecily Grey) & num. text illus.; gilt-lettered buckram, roy. 8vo. 1937-38. * with the author's bookplate in each vol. & signature 'C.H. Grey/copy for revising purposes' - although the set not used as such; MAWSON (T.H.) The Art & Craft of Garden Making. 5th edition. coloured plates & num. other illus.; gilt-pictorial cloth, folio. 1926; with some other interesting titles - incl. 7 vols. by Gertrude Jekyll
ALLCROFT (A.H.) Waters of Arun. First Edition. 6 photo. plates, 2 folded maps & some in text; publisher's cloth. 1930; MANTELL (G.) The Journal of Gideon Mantell . . .edited with an introduction & notes by E. Cecil Curwin. First Edition. 5 plates, publisher's cloth. 1940: with other older older books on Kent, Sussex & Hampshire.
RASTALL (W.D.) A History of the Antiquities of the Town and Church of Southwell . . . copper-engraved plates, half title; contemp. tree calf, rebacked with gilt-panelled spine, 4to. 1787. * from the old Office of Woods Library, with e/p. stamps & gilt name on spine; BAKER (E.) Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases . . . to which are added the Customs of the County. First Edition, 2 vols. publisher's blind-decorated & gilt lettered cloth. 1854; with other older books on the midland counties
WILLIAMS (R.) The History and Antiquities of the town of Aberconwy and its Neighbourhood . . . First Edition. 5 etched plates, subscribers list, orig. cloth-backed boards. Denbigh: printed for the author . . . 1835; PARRY (R.) Llandudno: its History and Natural History. 2nd edition. 2 engraved plates, (22pp.) advertiser at end; publisher's gilt & blind pictorial purple limp cloth. Llandudno, 1861; together with other older books on the Principality.
WITCHELL (C.A.) & STRUGNELL (W.B.) The Flora and Fauna of Gloucestershire. First Edition. 10 plates, gilt roan-backed cloth. Stroud, 1892; [M'CRIE (T.) & ANDERSON (J.)] The Bass Rock: its Civil and Ecclesiastical History . . . Zoology and Botany. coloured frontispiece, 6 engraved plates & a table; publisher's gilt-pictorial & blind-decorated cloth. Edinburgh, 1848; with other older books on the western counties.
MILLER (S.H.) & SKERCHLY (S.J.B.) The Fenland Past and Present. First Edition. coloured & mounted frontis., a folded map, 24 plates (2 folded), & the 2 folded Appendix tables, & text illus.; original gilt & black pictorial cloth, roy. 8vo. Wisbech & London, 1878. * with the book label of the Norfolk and Norwich Nauturalist's Society; a very scarce volume; sold with older books on the eastern counties.
DIXON (J.H.) Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: its records, traditions . . . and Natural History . . . First Edition. coloured & folded map, 3 plates, 2 errata slips, publisher's pictorial cloth. Edinburgh, 1886; MACK (J.L.) The Border Line . . . 2nd edition. 5 maps & num. plates; publisher's cloth. roy. 8vo. 1926; with other older books on Scotland. (18)
WILSON (E.H.) A Naturalist in Western China . . . eleven years' travel, exploration, and observation in the more remote parts . . . First Edition, 2 vols. folded map & 101 photo. plates, gilt cloth. 1913. * includes some sporting chapters; FARRER (R.) On the Eaves of the World. 2nd impression, 2 vols. folded map & 64 photo. plates, gilt cloth. 1926. * the remote Kansu Province, N. China (4)
RAY (J.) Catalogus Plantarum Angliae et Insularum Adjacentium . . . First Edition. errata leaf, rebound quarter calf & cloth, new e/ps., sm. 8vo. 1670. * some old mss. marginal notes; RAY (J.) Methodus Plantarium, emendata et aucta . . . (3rd edition). 2 folded tables, old calf, rebacked, new e/ps. apud Christianum Andream Myntsing, 1733. * it has been suggested that this volume was published in Tubingen.
RAY (J.) Select Remains of the Learned John Ray . . . with his Life, by the late William Derham . . . First Edition. portrait frontis., few text engravings, uncut in original boards, later spine with paper label. 1760; RAY (J.) The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation . . . 8th edition, corrected. part ii title, 3pp. adverts.; contemp. panelled calf. 1722
[TURNER, Wm. The First and Seconde Partes of the Herbal . . . lately oversene, corrected and enlarged, with the Thirde Parte, lately gathered . . . ] First Collected Edition. black letter, woodcut illus. throughout, royal arms on titles of 2nd & 3rd Parts (lacks general/part 1 title), 'Bathes in England' section (at end) with separate title; Faultes Escaped/Errata (2 leaves). 19th cent. calf in earlier style, with blind-ruled & rolled decorative borders & panelled spine, impl. 8vo. [Arnold Birckman, 1568]. * the first & second parts originally published 1551-62). Henrey lists several leaves frequently missing - but some are present here; few old mss. marginal notes & on blanks.
LEICESTER LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. The Flora of Leicestershire, including the Cryptogams . . . First Edition. 2 d-page coloured maps, errata leaf & tipped-in slip; publisher's cloth. 1886; HOWITT (G.) The Nottinghamshire Flora . . . First Edition. hand-coloured map, old cloth, sm. 8vo. 1839; with other floras of midland counties.
GRINDON (L.H.) The Manchester Flora . . . with notices of plants commonly cultivated in gardens . . . First Edition. pictorial & printed titles, num. engraved illus., contemp. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spine with red label. 1859: [LIVERPOOL] The Flora of Liverpool . . . First Edition. errata slip, original gilt-lettered & blind decorated cloth. The Liverpool Naturalists' Club, 1872; sold with other northern floras. (17)
BABINGTON (C.C.) Flora Bathoniensis: or, a catalogue of plants indigenous to the vicinity of Bath. First Edition. publisher's gilr-lettered cloth, sm. 8vo. Bath (etc.), 1834; MANSEL-PLEYDELL (J.C.) The Flora of Dorsetshire . . . 2nd edition. 2 folded & coloured maps; publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth. Dorchester, 1895; with other floras on the counties of Somerset, Dorset & Wiltshire (16)
MARQUAND (E.D.) Flora of Guernsey and the Lesser Channel Islands . . . First Edition. 5 coloured maps (1 folded), gilt-lettered cloth. 1916. * affixed at end Piquet's 'The Phanerogamous Plants & Ferns of Jersey' (printed wraps., 1896); CLARKE (C.B.) A List of the Flowering Plants, Ferns and Mosses . . . of Andover. (sole edition.) hand-coloured & folded map; printed wrappers. Calcutta, 1866. * possibly the rarest Hants imprint (?); 'observed . . . during occasional visits from 1858 to 1865 . . .' ; with others on Hants, Sussex, Isle of Wight, & the Channel Islands (17)
[KENT & SURREY] - The BOTANICAL POCKET-BOOK; with Observations on some of the Rarer Plants growing in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells. hand-coloured & folded frontispiece; rebound half leather & cloth, sm.8vo. Tunbridge Wells: printed and published by J. Clifford . . . 1840; BREWER (J.A.) Flora of Surrey . . . First Edition. 2 folded & coloured pocket maps; publisher's blind-decorated & gilt-lettered cloth, with other older Kent & Surrey floras
LEES (E.) The Botany of Worcestershire . . . with descriptions of the most remarkable localities for botanical observation . . . First Edition. folded & coloured map, 3 engraved plates, 3pp. additions/corrections at end; publisher's gilt cloth. Worcester, 1867. * contemp. presentation inscription by author; LEIGHTON (W.A.) The Flora of Shropshire. First Edition. 20 engraved plates. publisher's blind-decorated cloth. Shrewsbury, 1841. * advert. leaves at end; with others on these counties (& Herefordshire) (9)
TATHAM (W.) National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows . . . by an agricultural, commercial, and general economy in the use of water. First Edition. 7 copper-engraved plates & 2 text engravings, half title; uncut in original boards, with later cloth spine & paper label. 1801 * with a few contemp. marginal annotations & on 5 note leaves loosely inserted.
WILLIAMSON (T.) Agricultural Mechanism . . . the vehicles, implements, and machinery, connected with the husbandry; together with a great variety of improvements and inventions . . . First Edition. 20 copper-engraved plates, half title; uncut in original boards (with new spine & label). 1810
[PARKINSON, John] Theatrum Botanicum . . . or, an Herball of Large Extent . . . collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject. First Edition, 2 vols. many wood-engraved illus.; (18), 1754pp. (lacks engraved title & 4pp. at end, bound in 2 vols., as often); early 20th cent. leather-backed buckram, gilt lettered & panelled spine, roy. 4to. 1640. * pictorial engraved bookplates of the Botanical Society Exchange Club.
LOWE (E.J.) Ferns: British and Exotic. First Edition, 8 vols. 479 tissue-guarded & hand coloured plates, 7 errata slips & errata leaf; earlier 20th cent. green half calf & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & gilt tops. 1856-60. * armorial bookplates of Sir Michael Barker Nairn, & booklabels of Lindsay Fleming (Aldwick Grange, Bognor Regis)
TRIPP (F.E.) British Mosses, their homes, aspects, structure, and uses. First Edition, 2 vols. 39 hand-coloured & guarded plates; original blind-decorated cloth, gilt-lettered spine. 1874. * publisher's (Geo Bell) 8pp. botanical list (Feb 1883) in both vols.; HOOKER (W.J.) & TAYLOR (T.) Muscologia Britannica; containing the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland . . . 2nd edition, corrected & enlarged. 36 hand-coloured plates; later 19th cent. green, gilt-ruled morocco, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, g.e. & marbled e/ps. (by William of Cheltenham). 1827; sold with other related titles. (11)
GERARDE (John) The Herball or General Historie of Plantes . . . very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson . . . engraved illus. throughout (lacks only first & last blanks & last leaf of 'Table of Vertues'); rebound period style ruled calf, panelled spine & earlier red label, new e/ps., folio. 1633. * the first Johnson edition, following the original printing of 1597.
[DODOENS, Rembert. A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plants . . . translated by Henry Lyte Esquyer] First English Edition. wood-engraved illus. throughout, black letter; later gilt-ruled vellum, panelled spine with red label, patterned e/ps., folio. (1578). * lacks title, 12pp. prelims. (of 22), text pp. 1 & 2, 743-79 & the (25) pp. index (etc.) at end.
GREW (N.) The Anatomy of Plants. With an idea of philosophical history of plants. And several other lectures, read before the Royal Society. First Edition. 83 engraved plates (5 d-page), licence leaf; contemp. calf, newly rebacked with gilt-panelled spine, 4to. printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682. * ownership stamp at front - R.P. Knight (? possibly author of lot 294 )
LOUDON (J.C.) Aboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum . . . pictorially and botanically delineated . . . with their propagation, culture, management . . . First Edition, 8 vols. 412 engraved plates (some folded), text illus.; contemp. calf, 'romantique' style gilt decoration on covers, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, red & black labels, marbled e/ps. & edges. 1838
HITT (T.) A Treatise of Fruit Trees. First Edition. 7 engraved & folded plates; contemp. calf with panelled spine, 1755. * the author was 'gardener to . . . Lord Robert Manners, at Bloxholme, in Lincolnshire'; FORSYTH (W.) A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees . . . 3rd edition, with additions. 13 engraved plates (mostly folded), half title; contemp. calf with gilt-decorated spine. 1803
LINDLEY (J.) & HUTTON (W.) The Fossil Flora of Great Britain . . . First Edition, 3 vols. 231 hand-coloured (wash) plates (some folded) with guards; subscribers' list; contemp. polished calf, gilt-ruled & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. 1831-37. * armorial bookplates of William Taylor (an original subscriber)
EVELYN (J.) Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees . . . with notes by A. Hunter. engraved portrait frontis., 40 plates (1 folded), folded table, subscribers' list; contemp. calf, panelled spine with red label, thk. 4to. York: printed by A. Ward . . . 1786. * the first Hunter edition; neat (nr. contemp.) inscription head of title
[PLOT, ROBERT] The Natural History of Oxford-Shire . . . by R.P. First Edition. pictorial title vignette, folded map & 16 copper- engraved plates, errata & imprimatur leaves; old calf, with panelled spine skilfully repaired, 4to. Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1677. * Gurdon armorial bookplate; the finely engraved county map (with armorial surrounds) is often lacking.
SIMONIN (L.) La Vie Souterraine ou les Mines et Mineurs. First Edition. 9 coloured lithographed plates, 30 maps & plans (mostly coloured, some d-page) & num. text engravings (some full-page); contemp. half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, g.e., roy. 8vo. Paris, 1867; sold with the 3 plate ('atlas') vols. of J. Callon's Lectures on Mining . . . cloth-backed mottled boards, 4to. 1876-86 (4)
HARDY (Wm.) The Miners Guide: or, Compleat Miner . . . First Edition. engraved diagrammatic figures (nos. 1-3) in text, remainder (4-10) as plates (no. 10 lacking - supplied in facsimile) other text figures, errata/ advertisement leaf; contemp. blind-panelled calf, rebacked (old spine laid-down), new e/ps. Sheffield: printer by Francis Lister, 1748. * rare account of methods of lead & copper mining, also laws & customs in the High & Low Peak of Derbyshire.
[CANADOC, of Lhancarvan. The History of Cambria now called Wales. A part of most famous Yland of Britaine . . . translated into English by H. Lloyd . . . corrected, augmented and continued by David Powel . . . ] First Edition. (6), 402 pp. (but lacks title & 1 text leaf), black-letter, wood engraved pictorial decorations & shields, large historiated initial at dedication; later leather-backed boards, cr. 8vo. (1584) * the first separately printed history of the Principality; a fair number of marginal notes & some neat text scoring.
MORISON (R.) Plantarum Historiae Universalis Qxoniensis . . . (Parts 2 & 3, all published). First Edition, 2 vols. with many engraved illus. on 152 leaves (lacks portrait frontispiece), title-page vignettes, half title & errata leaf in 2nd volume; neat contemp. calf with panelled covers & spine & orange labels, folio. 1680-99.
DODOENS (R.) A New Herball, or Historie of Plants . . . their divers and sundrie kindes . . . first set foorth in the Douch or Almaigne toong, by . . . D. Rembert Dodoens . . . and now first translated out of French by Henry Lyte, Esquier. 2nd English edition. title (laid-down) printed within a wide & elaborately decorated border, black letter; (40), 916 pp. (prelims. complete, lacks 51 pp. in text); (40) pp. indexes present (of 48); 19th cent. half calf & marbled boards, cr. 8vo. Imprinted at London by Ninian Newton, 1586.
PONTEY (W.) The Rural Improver; or, a practical treatise on the native and management of such rural scenes and objects (for) the residences of the higher ranks of society. First Edition. 6 engraved plates, binder's note tipped-in & author's advert. note loosely inserted; rebound half morocco & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, replaced marbled e/ps., 4to. 1822
HART (H.C.) Flora of the County Donegal . . . First Edition. coloured & folded map, half title & errata leaf; original gilt-decorated cloth, contained in a custom made morocco-backed & baize-lined cloth box. Dublin & London, 1898. * contemp. inscription from the author, to F.M. More - almost certainly a relative of the (postumous) dedicatee, Alexander Goodman More.
COWELL (M.H.) A Floral Guide for East Kent . . . with those of Faversham . . . First Edition. hand-coloured d-page plan & engraved map, proposed 'supplement' note tipped-in at front, advert. leaf & 4pp. adverts. at end; original boards & printed label. Faversham: W. Ratcliffe; (&) Wandsworth: W. Pamplin, Jun., 1839.
ORDOYNO (T.) Flora Nottinghamiensis, or a systematic arrangement of the plants, growing naturally in the county of Nottingham . . . First Edition. subscribers' list, original cloth-backed boards with paper spine label, sm. 8vo. Newark: printed for the author . . . 1807; DEERING (C.) Catalogus Stirpium, &c. Or, a Catalogue of Plants naturally growing and commonly cultivated . . . especially about Nottingham . . . First Edition. 3pp. errata; rebound quarter calf & marbled boards, sm. 8vo. Nottingham: printed for the author . . . 1738
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