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Click here to subscribeRay (John) Catalogus Plantarum Angliae first edition contemporary calf rebacked bookplate removed contemporary name Robt. Pierce on title 1670; the same second edition 2 engraved plates contemporary calf very worn contemporary name John Brown then E. Tucker Decbr. 27 [16]89 later name C.E. Manley 1677; Stirpium Europaerum extra Britannias portrait a nice crisp copy in contemporary continental calf gilt spine bit worn 1695 [Keynes 7 8 97] 8vo (3)(3)
Ray (John) Observations Topographical Moral & Ph made in a Journey through part of the Low-Countries 2 parts in 1 vol. 4 engraved plates minor soiling contemporary calf rebacked inscriptions including Jon Fenn 1768 bookplate of William Frere Downing Lodge Camb. 1673; the same second edition 2 vol. 2 copies 3 engraved plates one a large copy in russia rebacked the other contemporary sprinkled calf worn 1693; bound with A collection of curious travels some leaves browned first issue with dated publishe`rs catalogue on last 2 leaves 1693 [Keynes 21 22 22a & 92]; and 3 others similar 8vo (8)(8)
Ray (John) Miscellaneous Discourses concerning th first edition contemporary sprinkled calf bit worn signature of Godfrey Bosville [17]92 (1745-1813 reformer of Yorkshire) on half-title 1692; the same second edition (title `Three physico-theological discourses`) 4 engraved plates (3 fossils 1 of coins) contemporary calf gilt spine rather worn 1693; the same third edition portrait 4 engraved plates some browning contemporary calf joints cracked 1713; the same fourth edition 4 engraved plates but perhaps lacking a portrait contemporary calf joints cracked signature of Catherine Williams 1721 [Keynes 81 82 85 & 86] 8vo (4)(4)
Ray (John) --- John Wilkins An Essay Towards a Rea first edition 2 folding engraved plates 2 full-page engraved illustrations in the text 3 folding tables (on 2 leaves) a nice copy in contemporary calf bit rubbed and worn [Keynes 6 not mentioning the engraved plates] 1668; and a copy of the second edition of Wilkins Mercury 1694 8vo and folio (2) *** Chapters IV-V `the regular enumeration and definition of all the families of plants and animals` were contributed by Ray and John Willoughby.(2)
Ray (John) and J.Willoughby. De Historia Piscium first edition engraved title 187 engraved plates few minor repairs (eg R3 corner torn off and replaced) few marginal stains particularly at the beginning generally a nice large and crisp copy contemporary calf somewhat worn later label John Evelyn`s copy with inscription Catalogo J Evelyni Inscriptus Evellendo Cultior pressmarks e2-4 and F8.18 (another deleted) JE booklabel bought from W&W [Keynes 46] folio Oxford 1686. *** Keynes p.67 prints the contemporary accounts; 500 copies were printed but proved difficult to sell.When sold by Christies in the Evelyn sale (12 July 1978 lot 1581) this was catalogued as imperfect lacking pl.L. However there is no pl.L tout court and the book is complete conforming to Keynes.
Sowerby (J.) English Botany first edition a collection of c.320 loose plates about a third of which are uncoloured the others hand-coloured and a third are original pattern plates so marked and a number with extensive and interesting directions to the colourists soiling and marks of use including colour samples pencil notes and sketches on some versoes some margins folded in (perhaps to make sending in the post easier) unbound [c.1850-60]. *** Numbered between 2868 and 2990 these belong to the last two volumes of the very rare supplement which was edited by William Salter a Sowerby son-in-law. The instructions give a vivid impression of the to-and-fro between the editor the artists and the colourists: “very carelessly & badly done must be altered”; “Add a bit of dead old stem in the middle where I have put it in pencil”; “Mr Lees wil oblige Mr. Salter by returning this with remarks as to color &c”; “Color 50 first & send home Monday evening.”
Sowerby (J.) English Botany 42 vol. first edition 2998 hand-coloured plates 41 vol. in uniform half green morocco gilt some scuffing to spines the unfinished 5th volume of the supplement in 8 parts all published original wrappers a very nice clean set 1790-1866.*** The unfinished fifth volume is extremely rare and lacking in most sets.(42)
Townsend (F.) Flora of Hampshire first edition 3 copies 2 plates 1 hand-coloured coloured map one W.A. Clark`s copy with annotation original cloth 1883; another copy second edition 4 copies each with the supplement 2 plates 1 hand-coloured folding map 1 with a rather anguished A.Ls. from Frederick Stratton to Lovell Reeve the publisher about a third edition which never materialised original cloth 1909-29; and c.40 others Hampshire v.s. (c.50)(c.50)
Turner (William) The First and Seconde Partes of t lately oversene and enlarged with the Thirde Parte...joyned also a bookke of the bath of Baeth in England; [Brunschwig (Hieronymus)] A most Excellent and Perfecte Homish Aopthecarye...translated out the Almaine speche into English by Jhon Hollybush 5 parts in 1 vol. first complete edition black letter numerous woodcuts of plants without all but one of the blank leaves or the pasted-in errata slip with the early errata no. 2 rather than the three leaves A1-2 & *1 which superseded them with the 2 leaves of errata GG2 which were perhaps printed in England a sophisticated copy with minor repairs in places the worst leaf is 2D5 (last of the herbal) where half a dozen words seem to have been made good in skilfull facsimile title to Apothecary with old stain partly washed out and tear repaired bought from Hammond in 1973 (invoice enclosed) calf antique g.e. folio [STC 24367 & 13433; Henrey 368] Cologne [heirs of] Arnold Birckman 1568-61. *** Rare in complete state; of the 12 copies sold at auction in the last 35 years only 2 were complete (Plesch 1976 parts. This was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. Turner died in July of the same year in his home in Crutched Friars...” Chapman & Tweddle p.12. The sheets of the second part seem to be the original 1562 edition with new prelims.
Turner (William) The Names of Herbes in Greeke La first edition title within woodcut border black letter some stains h3 torn across and repaired but with little loss without the final blank early signature Godfrey Widlake on title (a man of this name is recorded as a barber surgeon in Bristol in 1659; if this is he then he must have a rather old fashioned hand) the Evelyn library copy (sale 12 July 1978 lot 1493
Withering (W.) A Botanical Arrangement of all the 2 vol. first edition 12 engraved plates contemporary boards uncut worn covers off [Henrey 1597] Birmingham 1787-92; another copy vol.2-3 only second edition interleaved and very extensively annotated in a neat contemporary hand by Edward Rudge (1763-1846 botanist; lot 152 in the Evesham sale in 1979) a few leaves torn out contemporary sheep very worn ib. 1787-92; another copy 4 vol. in 3 third edition 31 plates presented by the author to Edward Robson (1763-1813 Botanist) and with considerable annotation by him (by the Tees near Boro`bridge; Patricks Inn head of Ullswater 8/1797 etc.) recent half calf ib. 1796; another copy vol.3 only fourth edition interleaved and annotated a London botanist perhaps half russia very worn London 1801; the lot sold not subject to return 8vo (8)(8)
Withering (W.) A Botanical Arrangement of all the [a set of the seven editions] 26 vol. plates various bindings Birmingham 1776-London 1830; A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants condensed by MacGillivray 20 vol. comprising editions 1-11 13 and 14 various bindings 1830-77 8vo (46)*** The first run comprises first edition 2 vol. 1776; second edition 3 (of 4) vol. lacking vol. 4 1787; third edition 4 vol. 1796; fourth edition 4 vol. London 1812; fifth edition 4 vol. Birmingham 1812; sixth edition 4 vol. in 2. 1818; seventh edition 4 vol. 2 sets 1830.(46)
Allen (Timothy F.) The Encylopedia of Pure Materia 11 vols first edition rebound in black buckram New York & Philadelphia 1874-1880; A Handbook of Materia Medica & Homoeopathic Therapeutics first edition contemporary cloth joints repaired new endpapers rubbed Philadelphia 1889 ð Dudgeon (R.E.) The Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann frontispiece contemporary half morocoo gilt rubbed inner front hinge cracked 1851 ð Gentry (William D.) The Concordance Repertory of the more characteristic symtoms of the Materia Medica 6 vol. second edition original cloth slightly rubbed at head and tail of spines New York 1892 [vol. 1 only] 1890 ð Hahnemann (Samuel) ðtudes de Mðdecine Homoeopathique 2 vol modern half morocco gilt original wrappers bound-in uncut Paris 1855 ð Hempel (Charles J.) A New & Comprehensive System Materia Medica and Therapeutics later black cloth 1861 ð Hering (C.) The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica 10 vol first edition modern blue cloth 1879-1891; and a large quantity of c.200 titles similar v.s. (7 boxes) (7 boxes)
Ronalds (Hugh) Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis: or A Concise Description of Selected Apples first edition 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates after drawings by Elizabeth Ronalds a few minor spots or finger-marks but plates generally clean and bright modern half calf spine slightly faded a very good copy small folio 1831.
Swedenborg (Emanuel) Prodromus or the Forerunner designed principally as an introduction to the economy of the animal kingdom first English edition old name cut from blank corner of title old stamps of the Swedenborg Soc. of London calf worn Manchester printed for the editor [William Cowherd] 1795. *** Only one other copy recorded by ESTC; Academy of the New Church Bryn Athyn PA; not on World Cat.
[Lewin (William)] [Birds Of Great Britain] Grasshopper Wartler; Black-cap Warbler; Dartford Warbler; Long-Tailed Titmouse 4 watercolours from The Birds of Great Britain numbered in pencil and with titles verso loose sheets 4to [1789-94] (4) ***William Lewin 1747-95 used original watercolours to illustrate the first edition of The Birds of Great Britain and painted 323 illustrations 60 times for his subscribers. He later etched and hand-coloured the plates in preparation for a second edition of the work. He was thought to be `the best zoological painter and one of the most practical naturalists of his day.` [Jackson p.336-7](4)
(Lord) Birds of the British Islands 8 vol. first (Lord) Birds of the British Islands 8 vol. first edition list of subscribers photogravure portrait and 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates mostly after Thorburn and Keulemans mounted on linen stubs throughout armorial bookplate of Herbert Massey to the front paste-down volume 8 containing all the original wrappers and index original publisher`s red morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut [Nissen IVB 563; Fine Bird Books p.119] 8vo 1885-97.
Millais (John Guille) Game Birds and Shooting-Sket first edition half-title portrait frontispiece of Thomas Bewick 16 chromolithographic plates and others illustrations occasional spotting contemporary half straight-grained morocco by Sotheran & Co rubbing to spine corners and boards 4to [Nissen IVB 634] 1892.
Seebohm (Henry) The Geographical Distribution of t Or the Plovers Sandpipers Snipes and their Allies first edition first issue with the list of plates without pagination references and frontispiece of Slender-Billed Dotterel 21 hand-coloured lithographs by Keulemans illustrations bookplate of Sir Giles Loder Bart. to paste-down occasional spotting modern half morocco gilt 4to [Nissen IVB 850] [1887-88]. *** One of 220 copies with colour plates.
Woodward (John) An Essay Toward a Natural History first edition initial imprimatur f. 2pp. advertisements at end small burnhole to B1 loss or part loss of a few letters verso but not affecting sense of text partially repaired tear to I3 within text but with no loss contemporary calf rebacked corners repaired [Wing W3510; DSB pp.500-503] 8vo for Ric. Wilkin 1695.*** Scarce. Woodward believed that the Earth had originally been submerged under a universal deluge suspending stones minerals and animals which then subsided into a stratigraphic succession dependent on the gravity of the individual components. His work despite its flaws helped to create a wider interest in fossils and earth sciences.
(Katherine later Lady Kane] The Irish Flora firs (Katherine later Lady Kane] The Irish Flora first edition 3 copies original cloth printed label bit worn one repaired Dublin 1833; another copy third issue 3 copies one (only) with attractive hand-coloured additional title original cloth one with printed label ib. 1846 (9)
Bentham (G.) Handbook of the British Flora 1 vol. bound in 2 first edition interleaved throughout c.350 watercolours on the interleaves by the Rev. A.C. Smith (1822-98 Naturalist Rector of Yatesbury Wilts) with manuscript notes of date and location half calf rubbed 8vo 1858. *** For another book similarly extra-illustrated see first Walpole sale lot 50. Smith is best known as the author of The Birds of Wiltshire 1887. Many of the plants were named by the Rev. T.A. Preston author of The Flowering Plants of Wilts 1888.
(John Stuart Earl of)] The Tabular Distribution o (John Stuart Earl of)] The Tabular Distribution of British Plants. Part I containing the Genera pp. 11(12) folding leaf `General plan of the tables` tables I-XXVII (VIII omitted as it contains no British plant) mostly folding 11 leaves of index contemporary half russia spine lettered “Genera” perhaps lacking a second part of species bought from Maggs with their partial description inserted oblong 8vo printed by J. Davies 1787. *** The preface is unsigned but is clearly by Lord Bute “The following distribution is the same followed in the former edition without any abridgment though reduced into a small compass...for the convenience of those who have the work in quarto and who may wish to carry it with them into the field...”. By “the former edition” is meant Bute`s celebrated Botanical tables 9 vol. 1785 printed in 12 or possibly 14 copies and a well known botanical rarity; Henrey 1398 collates the first volume of this and comments “Table VIII is omitted as it contains no British plant” just as here. Henrey 1419 records Bute`s A tabular distribution of Biritsh plants 1780 from a single copy in NHM and this is all that is found on ESTC. However Cambridge and Kew have copies of our edition perhaps with a second part though the collations do not make this clear (the Cambridge copy is mis-attributed to Sir John Hill). We have been able to trace no other copies anywhere. If as Bute`s introduction suggests our book was intended to accompany copies of the Botanical tables then its exteme rarity is explained.
Childey (Joshua) Britannia Baconica; or the Natur second edition without the initial blank reading `found` in title line 6 a rather used and slightly frayed copy from the library of Quenby Hall [Leicestershire] with old stamp on title verso recent calf bought from K books with invoice inserted [Wing C3871] 1661; another copy third edition some foxing but a good copy in 19th century calf gilt spine ducal crest (?Sutherland) on covers front cover off [Wing C 3872] 1662 8vo (2) *** Of the first edition dated 1660 only the BL copy is recorded. Thomason`s annotation suggests that this is the real date of the 1662 edition (or issue).(2)
Curtis (William) Flora Londiensis...A New Edition 5 vol. (vol. 4-5 the descriptions by William Jackson Hooker) the first vol. inscribed “Viro optimo amico suo suavissimo Francesco Boott” by Hooker 1830 647 hand-coloured plates tear in first 2 leaves of vol. 4 mended minor soiling but a large and clean copy contemporary calf rebacked worn several covers off folio [Henrey 596] 1817-28. *** “The five volumes may contain a total of 648 plates” - Henrey; of the 5 copies on ABPC in the last 35 years 4 have had 647 plates only the Botfield copy had 648; the extra plate is very likely to be a cancel.Francis Boott 1792-1863 was an American who graduated MD at Edinburgh in 1824 and later went on to become the world expert on sedges which plants are said to have driven him mad.
Dickson (James) Fasciculus Plantarum Cryptogamica 4 parts in 1 vol. first edition 12 engraved plates by James Sowerby of which I-II VII-IX & XI-XII are coloured by hand IV-VI & X are in two states plain and coloured by hand and pl.XII has 2 coloured duplicates from the collection of the illustrator with “Sowerbys Museum” on title as many of the Sowerby books recent half green morocco [Henrey 631; Stafleu 1442] 1785-1801; the same 2 parts in one all published the (unavowed) Swiss reprint 6 engraved plates [Henrey 632 only the BL copy; ESTC adds 2 in NY] “London” [Zurich] “1785-90” [c.1790]; the same the Portuguese reprint 18 engraved plates half calf Lisbon 1800; and 5 others Dickson including 2 plain copies of the first 8vo and 4to (8) *** No other coloured or even partly coloured copy is recorded though the NHM have most of the original drawings from the collection of Sir Joseph Banks..(8)
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)
Gerard (John) Catalogus Arborum Fruticum ac Planta 13 leaves woodcut coat-of-arms of Sir Walter Raleigh the dedicatee on title verso a washed copy the text leaves skilfully repaired with some letters made good (see especially C2 & 4 D1) 19th century calf gilt rather worn [Henrey 153] 1599; and copies of two reprints folio *** Second edition of the first garden catalogue. Of the first edition 1596 only a single copy is known. Copac lists a second copy of this at NHM but this is a manuscript not the printed book.(3)
Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of first edition a contemporary coloured copy engraved title by William Rogers and engraved portrait on B6v by him (2nd state with his monogram) woodcut coat-of-arms of Sir William Cecil the dedicatee on title verso upwards of 2100 text woodcuts first two or three leaves a little fragile (title with old crease next leaf with margin trimmed away) some minor soiling generally however especially for this book a nice copy (“Title-plate is seldom found in good impression” - Henrey) calf rebacked [Henrey 154] folio John Norton 1597.
Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of first edition engraved title by William Rogers and engraved portrait on B6v by him (2nd state with his monogram) woodcut coat-of-arms of Sir WIlliam Cecil the dedicatee on title verso upwards of 2100 text woodcuts title just trimmed minor soiling but a very nice copy bold inscription on title of Stephen Vaughan “Laus Deo 1598” 17th century panelled calf rebacked bookplate and inscription of Capt. G.C. Carpenter 15th Hussars and a few 19th century bibliographical notes perhaps by him bought from Hammond in 1962 for
Gerard (John) The Herball or General Historie of P very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson first edition of Johnson`s Gerard engraved title (inner blank margin guarded) upwards of 2800 text woodcuts without the blank leaves title and last 5 gatherings probably supplied some soiling large but not very obtrusive water-stain towards the end 18th century half calf front cover off [Henrey 155] folio 1633.
Gerard (John) The Herball Or Generall Historie of edited by Thomas Johnson third edition engraved title numerous woodcut illustrations Athenaeum Liverpool prize label and bookplate of Thomas Brooke to pastedown light water-staining to lower section of text of first few leaves few spots particularly at end later library russia gilt with library shelfmark to spine joints and corners rubbed tape repair to hinges [Stafleu 1993] folio by Adam Filip Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers 1636.(Quantity)
Hedwig (Johann) Fundamentum Historiae Naturalis Mu 2 parts in 1 vol. first edition 20 hand-coloured engraved plates 19th century half roan scuffed [Stafleu 2525] Leipzig 1782; De fibrae vegetabilis et animalis ortus. Sectio I all published later boards ib. 1790; and 2 others by the same (odd) 4to and folio (4) (4)
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)
(Sir John) The Vegetable System vol.1-8 in 3 all (Sir John) The Vegetable System vol.1-8 in 3 all published of the very rare quarto edition upwards of 440 engraved plates contemporary half calf minor wear but a nice unsophisticated set 4to at the expense of the author 1759-65; due to uncertainty of collation sold not subject to return *** The folio edition is well known but Hill`s attempts to come down market with the book are very much rarer. Not in Dryander not in Henrey. The first 4 vol. of the quarto are found at CUL (the only one on ESTC) and there is a second similar set at EUL. The only other we can trace is at RBG Edinburgh; and this has the full 8 volumes. It is described in M.V. Matthew The History of the Royal Botanic Garden Library Edinburgh 1987 pp.125-26 and pl.8 illustrates the first title-page. It is clear from Matthew`s collation of his set and that at EUL that the plates vary from copy to copy.(3)
(Sir John) Flora Britannica second issue (only 2 (Sir John) Flora Britannica second issue (only 2 copies of the first dated 1759 are recorded) 30 engraved plates a nice copy in contemporary polished calf engraved bookplate of Thomas Miller on title verso bought from W&W in 1971 with invoice inserted [Henrey 808] 1760; and 3 others by the same 8vo *** Most of the plates had previously appreared in Dillenius` edition of Ray 1724. “I cannot but say I was sorry when I heard that Hill was about a Flora britannica; it is indeed a most vile performance...” Thomas Martyn to Pulteney quoted by Henrey p.89.(4)
(Sir William Jackson) The British Flora [a set of (Sir William Jackson) The British Flora [a set of the eight editions] 17 vol. hand-coloured plates to the last 3 editions where Walker is co-author some duplicates various bindings 1830-60; and a substantial collection of 65 volumes of Bentham (later Bentham and Hooker) starting with three copies of the first edition of 1858 8vo (82)(82)
(Sir William Jackson) Muscologia Britannica first (Sir William Jackson) Muscologia Britannica first edition 31 uncoloured plates contemporary vellum interleaved R.K. Greville`s copy(1794-1866 botanist) with substantial annotation [Stafleu 2989] 1818; the same second edition 36 (of 37) hand-coloured plates lacking Sup. pl. I half calf worn 1827; the same third edition (but entitled Bryologia britannica) 2 copies one with the 61 plates hand-coloured A.F. Gissing`s copy with notes (1860-1937 botanist) later half morocco 3 photomicrographs dated 1891 mounted at the end the other uncoloured plates half calf worn [Stafleu 17.907] 1855; Plates to Hook and Tyalor`s Muscologia Britannica coloured in a very superior manner by George Graves large paper printed title 31 hand-coloured plates without text diced calf covers off inscribed by Hooker to Charles Lyell 1820; Plates of Mosses from the Muscologia...together with four additional unpublished plates only four copies printed on a quarto size ms. title proof portrait of Hooker 27 engraved plates (? only) perhaps put together by Dawson Turner though unsigned old cloth worn 1834 8vo and 4to (6)(6)
[How (William)] Phytologia Britannica first edition first leaf (blank but for signature A) pasted down last dozen leaves with small wormhole affecting a few letters otherwise a nice copy in contemporary sheep somewhat worn Ilchester bookplate bought ofrom Edwards in 1964 (invoice inserted) [Henrey 290] 8vo 1650. *** A latin list much of it from Johnson but with names and some locations in English.
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