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Descole (H.R.) Genera et species plantarum Argenti 5 vol. in 7 all published 810 plates (156 coloured) original cloth folio Buenos Aires 1943-56.

Dioscorides. Codex vindobonensis. coloured facsimile without the vol. of commentary published 5 years later tawed pigskin over wooden boards large and heavy folio [Graz Akademische Druk] [1965].

Dumont d`Urville. Corvette l`Astrolabe. Atlas bound in 5 vol. vignette title (7 copies) printed list of plates (omits the entomology) double engraved “Tableau synoptique” portrait 580 lithographed plates and maps 173 coloured or partly coloured the total including 3 plates in two states faint blind-stamp (signed with the publisher`s initials) which guarantees the paper in most lower margins (found in several of the great French voyages about this date) a trifle of foxing but a very nice copy in contemporary full French scarlet leather spine gilt with contents and small tool of the Astrolabe minor wear to joints the J.W. Six copy with his booklabel in the hydrography bought from Lawson in 1973 for £1300 with invoice inserted folio Paris 1833. ***Lacking the 8vo text but a complete set of the magnificent folio plates ; conforming to the BM (NH) cat. II 603. As well as the bis plates called for in the table des planches this copy has three plates (176 177 & 189) in the Histoire du Voyage in two states lithographed by Lermercier or (probably the cancels) one by A. Belin & two by Richebois aine. J.W. Six van Vromade had a library of natural history distinguished by its fine condition; it was sold in two sales The Hague 1932 & Amsterdam 1936.

Dumortier (B. C.) Hepaticae Europae. Jungermannida 4 hand-coloured lithographs contemporary boards original front wrapper pasted on spine a bit worn [Stafleu 1570] Brussels & Leipzig 1874 § Pabst (Gustav) Cryptogamen-Flora...Flechten und Pilze; Lebermoose 3 parts in 1 vol. 12 (uncoloured) 25 (mostly coloured a few partly coloured) + 8 (partly coloured) lithographs original cloth rebacked [Stafleu 7175-6] Gera 1875-77 8vo and folio(2)

Dykes (W.R.) The genus Iris half leather repaired rubbed cutting about the author pasted to title and a letter from him and some cuttings inserted Cambridge & Chicago 1913; Notes on Tulip Species original cloth dust-jacket a little worn the prospectus inserted 1930 t.e.g. other eges uncut coloured plates folio(2) ***4pp. A.L.s. Charterhouse Godalming 8.xii.18: “The Californian species mostly do very well here but my soil is so poor & sandy that...”.

Fuchs (L.) Commentaires tres excellens first French edition translated by Eloy de Maignan 509 woodcuts of plants with the 2 blank leaves bb4 & Z8 issue with *** at line 6 of title the title a little frayed and soiled but a nice copy in contemporary vellum sewing guards from a 15th century liturgical manuscript minor wear ties partly defective later spine lettering in an ill-fitting morocco box by Sangorski old Jesuit library inscription partly ereased from title bought of Quaritch ex. the Willis King III sale with cutting and invoice inserted [Hunt 60 (imperfect); Adams F1105] folio Paris Gazeau 1549.

Gesner (C.) Historia plantarum. Faksimileausgabe. 8 vol. limited to 550 copies high quality reproduction of watercolours in Erlangen University Library original half vellum slip-cases part invoice from Quaritch inserted folio Zurich Urs Graf 1972-80. ***”Gessner`s illustrations were at last published in eight volumes ...the woodcut illustrations of Gessner`s time could not do justice to these delicate and beautiful drawings” - Blunt p . 86.

Grove (A.) A supplement to Elwes` monograph of the part 1 only engraved title by W.G. S[mith] after W.H. F[itch] 4 fine hand-coloured lithogaphs after Lilian Snelling original wrappers dusty and a bit worn folio 1933.

Hedwig Descriptio muscorum frondosorum 4 vol. in 2 vignette title 160 hand-coloured plates a large copy in contemporary half sheep rather worn but sound contemporary flyleaf inscription “cet exemplaire en papier fort et tres grand a coute trois cent quarante francs” bookplate of “Museo Mouton-Fontenille Academiae Lugdunensis” (Marie Jacques Mouton-Fontenille 1769-1837 “director of the natural history cabinet at Lyon; pensioned off in 1830 because of his ultra-royalist attitude” Stafleu III 610) later in a Sotheby`s sale of the 1970s with a lot ticket in the hand of John Collins [Stafleu 2527] folio Leipzig 1787-92. ***”Distinguished above all for exact and patiently repeated observations Hedwig`s work depended on the skillful use of dissection and the compound microscope...He recorded his observations in accurate drawings...the figures in his Descriptio are among the most accurate and beautiful illustrations of mosses of his own or any other period.” - P.W. Richards DSB VI 219-20.

Hedwig Descriptio muscorum frondosorum vol.1-3 only (of 4) vol.1 : vignette title 40 hand-coloured plates lacking sig. Y (pp. 83-86) with contemporary ms. note of imperfection at base of title (partly trimmed away) old half purple roan gilt spine joints worn bookplate removed vol.2 and 3: 80 uncoloured engraved plates contemporary marbled wrappers uncut worn and loose [Stafleu 2527 4 vol.] folio Leipzig 1787-92; the lot sold not subject to return

Hegi (Gustav) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 7 vol. in 13 first edition 280 plates of which 253 are chromolithographs original decorative cloth several vol. a little worn booklabel of K. Pogge [Stafleu 2571] folio Munich [1906-31].(13)

Host (N.T.) Icones et descriptiones graminum Austr 4 vol. 400 hand-coloured plates after drawings by Johann Ibmayer a clean copy small repair to blank portion of first three titles (probably removal of a small stamp) contemporary English straight-grain red morocco sparingly gilt g.e. by Henry Walther with his ticket in the first vol. (rubbed joints repaired) bought from Junk in 1979 with invoice and cat. cutting inserted folio Vienna 1801-09. ***”While it was still in course of publication...praised for the `elegance and correctness` of its plates. Both adjectives are justified; the botanical details in particular are beautifully done and often - to those of us who think of grass as being simply green - surprisingly colourful...Host the namesake of the Hosta was personal physician to the Austrian Emperor Francis II. He established a botanic garden for the cultivation of Austrian plants in the grounds of the Belvedere in Vienna...” - Coats 92.

Hunger (F.W.T.) The herbal of pseudo-Apuleius number 75 of 200 copies plates original boards white cloth spine a bit soiled folio Leiden 1935.

Hunt (Peter) A book of orchid paintings by James number 29 of 490 copies signed by the artist half vellum slip-case 1972; and 2 others orchids folio(3)

Hunt (Peter) Orchidaceae number 134 of 620 copies 40 coloured plates by Mary Grierson full vellum g.e. slip-case several letters from the publishers inserted large folio Bourton Press 1973.

Kleinhans (Rodolphe) Album des mousses des environ 30 plates each with a leaf of text lithographed after the author`s handwriting minor soiling later cloth [Stafleu 3720] Paris 1869 § Balsamo[-Crivelli] (G.G.) and J. de Notaris. Prodromus bryologicae mediolanensis original printed wrappers uncut spine worn [Stafleu 292] Milan 1834; and 4 others 8vo and folio(6)

Kniphof (J.H.) Botanica in originali nature printed title 97 plates only (of 100) nature printed in colours contemporary half calf worn and repaired folio Halle 1758.

Knoop(J.H.) Beschrijving en afbeeldingen van de be 3 parts in 1 vol. 39 hand-coloured plates (12 apples 8 pears 19 soft fruit) minor soiling but a nice copy in recent half calf gilt uncut perhaps a Bayntun binding bought from Hammond with invoice inserted folio Amsterdam & Dordrecht 1790. ***First published in 1758. “The fruit monographs...are among the earliest books on the subject to be illustrated with coloured plates the Pomologia ones packed with a dozen or so varieties each with a label giving its time of ripening..” Raphael Oak Spring Pomona p. 131.

Lange. Flora agaricina danica 5 vol. in 2 200 coloured plates after watercolours by Lange half dark red morocco by Maltby of Oxford spines a bit rubbed and faded obituary of Lange by A.A. Pearson inserted bought from Quaritch with their stock number at the end [Stafleu 4178] folio Copenhagen 1935-40.

Lawalree(Andre) and others. P.J. Redoute. Facsimil 2 copies coloured plates loose in original half leather portfolio Regensburg & Pittsburgh 1972; and 3 others similar folio(5)

Linnaeus (C.) Hortus Cliffortianus engraved title and 36 engraved plates mostly after drawings by Ehret a very nice clean copy in contemporary Scandinavian half calf marbled sides edges and endpapers minor wear to joints and corners furbished bought from Wheldon`s with their cost code John Heller`s paper on the book inserted (includes inter alia a learned discussion of the catalogue of Clifford`s botanical library which occupies 17pp. of preliminaries) folio Amsterdam 1737. ***”Marks the beginning of a new era in botanical illustration and foreshadows the golden century of great flower-book production..” Stearn introduction to Species Plant. facsimile 1957 p. 44. Later he quotes a letter from Gronovius to Richardson “I assure you it is one of the most curious books ever printed. But it is strange that Mr. Cliffort who is at the whole expense will not sell a single copy being resolved only to make presents of the book or to exchange it for other curiosities. Almost all my new plants from Virginia are curiously described there...” (p. 49).

Mattioli (P.A.) New Kreuterbuch. 1563 lacks the first seven leaves (signature 1 plus first leaf of signature 2) and the last leaf zz6 with colophon the first surviving leaf mounted and defective though the portrait of Mattioli is more or less intact the rest of the book with upwards of 810 woodcuts in good crisp state apart from a few water-stains (mostly marginal) old speckled calf over wooden boards rebacked bought from Halliday of Leicester in 1964 for £42 invoice inserted [Hunt 91 complete; not in Adams] folio [Prague G. Melantrich] [1563]. ***A complete set of the woodcuts of plants. “First edition in German; first appearance of the fine series of large woodcuts made by Gieorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck” - Hunt.

Mee (Margaret) Flowers of the Brazilian forests number 87 of 100 special copies with an original watercolour by the artist mounted at the front and signed by her original full vellum gilt slip-case a little worn invoice from Quarich inserted folio Tryon 1968.

Micheli ( Pietro ) Nova plantarum genera 108 engraved plates each with engraved dedication to a patron (we illustrate 2 of the English ones) recent vellum signature of J.S. Albrecht (?) on title and a few notes on plate margins perhaps in his hand invoice from W&W inserted [Stafleu 5974] folio Florence 1729.(2) ***”Micheli was the first author to employ a microscope in the study of cryptogams...the vast number of new fungi lichens and liverworts described and the accuracy of his illustrations testify to the author`s patient and critical observations. In this work which has been termed epoch-making by bryologists lichenologists and mycologists alike we see the start of a system for cryptogam classification many facets of which are still being built on today “ - Hawkesworth in the introduction to the 1976 reprint (a copy of which is included with the lot).

Mutis y Bosio (Jose C.B.) Flora de la Real expedic 6 vol. only (i.e. vol.1 7 8 27 30 and 44) numerous plates many coloured original full calf one in half calf folio Madrid 1954-76. ***All published up to 1980; since then ten or so further volumes have appeared but the work is still far from completion.

Nelson (Erich) Die Orchideen Deutschlands Munich Selbstverlag 1931; Gestaltwandel und Artbildung...der Orchidaceen Europas 2 vol. 700 copies printed Montreux 1962; Monographie und Ikonographie der Orchidaceen-Gattungen Serapias [usw.] 2 vol. Montreux 1968; the same Dactylorhiza 2 vol. Montreux 1976 coloured plates in portfolios original cloth the first a bit worn folio and 4to(7)

Nissen (Claus) Herbals of five centuries number 99 of 100 copies with English text (there were another 200 in German) 50 original leaves from herbals and later botanical works (includes 12 incunables and a coloured plate from Jacquin`s Hortus botanicus vindobonensis 1770) mounted and with printed captions original canvas portfolio 92pp. text in wrappers strapped inside front cover as published bought from Marlborough in 1963 for £75 (invoice inserted) folio Zurich etc. 1958.

Nissen (Claus) Tierbucher aus funf Jahrhunderten number 42 of 200 copies 60 original leaves ranging from incunables (2) to Meyer`s British Birds many coloured mounted and with captions original canvas portfolio printed labels 110pp. text in pocket inside front cover folio Munich etc. 1968. ***No English edition appeared so there were 100 fewer copies of the animals as opposed to the plants.

Oeder (G.C.) .flora Danica 18 vol. 54 fascicules in 18 vol. a complete set 3240 hand-coloured engraved plates mostly with Latin text but four fascicules with German text and one with Danish (no. 32) a few fascicules with early 20th century reprinted text sometimes avowed (fasc.28 1902; fasc.46 1933) sometimes not some of the accompanying plates presumably restrikes from the original copper-plates first nine vol. uniformly bound in contemporary marbled sheep gilt spines contents lettered minor wear and worming (the latter not touching the plates) a few plate margins folded in so that details were not trimmed remaining nine vol. in later half calf gilt bill and correspondence inserted from which it appears that MW bought the first 9 vol. from Hammond of Sutton Coldfield (1963; £500!) and the rest from Ole Dam (Boghallen Copenhagen; inserted letters show a dispute about the reprints) in 1975 [Stafleu 7001 & 7008] folio Copenhagen 1764-1874. ***”With 3240 plates ranks among the finest national floras ever compiled. The Danish realm at its inception included Holstein Denmark Norway Faeroe Islands Iceland and Greenland. The Flora Danica accordingly illustrated plants from all these not simply modern Denmark.” - Blunt 187-88. The printing history of the text is very complex and this copy does not entirely agree with the collation in Stafleu; e.g. our vol.1 first title is dated 1764 (his 1766) and the text collates pp.10;6;6 (as against his 12;12;10) but is clearly complete.

Redoute (Pierre Joseph) Les Liliacees 8 vol. first edition engraved portrait plain plate of Amaryllis bulb 486 plates printed in colours and finished by hand with the half-titles (except vol.2) and the rare dedication to Chaptal first state of plate 95 and both states of plate 428 (see Plesch sale lot 626) some minor offset or foxing but a very nice large copy uncut and the plate marks visible (they are usually trimmed away as in Hunt copy) half orange morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe a printed livraison wrapper (mounted with slight loss) bound at the end of each vol. the Major Albert Pam copy (OBE 1875-1955 banker and collector) with his bookplate featuring the orchid Pamianthe sold Sotheby`s May 7th 1956 lot 83 to Sawyer for £900 (lot 84 was a Les Roses with plates in 2 states bought by Traylen for £1400) then item 394 in their catalogue (? 183) (cutting inserted; £5000) bought by MW from Traylen in 1972 for £9 500 with the original invoice inserted [Stafleu 8747 “280 copies”] folio (c.545 by 355mm.) Paris chez l`auteur 1802-16. ***When Major Pam`s books were sold the catalogue justly stated that his books were all selected copies in fine condition. He published an autobiography Adventures and Recollections in 1945 but it has only a disappointing half paragraph on his book collecting; it was perhaps one of those things that a gentleman did not discuss. The Jardin de la Malmaison and the Liliacees “constitute the highest peak of Redouté`s artistic and botanical achievment; both books are among the most important monuments of botanical illustration ever to be published...This magnificent publication brings Redouté to the top of his artistic career and amply justifys his fame as one of the most eminent botanical illustrators of all time.” - A catalogue of Redouteana exhibited at the Hunt Botanical Library 1963 p. 21.

Reichenbach (H.G. Ludwig) Icones florae germanicae vol.1-21 only (of 25) bound in 28 2674 fine hand-coloured engraved plates with plates 320-23 in vol.9 which Stafleu says were never published contemporary half roan gilt bit worn nice woodcut bookplate of George Roffavier (1775-1866 French botanist) and with some discrete annotation (mostly reconciling plate numbers which are something of a nightmare) some of the later vol. with Edinburgh bookplate of a member of the Napier family (motto: “Usque fidelis” ; crest of a conifer) perhaps Walter G. Napier (d.1934 botanist) bought from Frank Hammond in 1963 for £475 (invoice inserted) [Stafleu 8885] folio Leipzig 1834-67; sold as a periodical not subject to return ***High quality plates finished with varnish and in some cases silver pigment - for the willows. The first vol. title is Agrostographia germania “although not provided with an Icones title page it counts as its first volume.” - Stafleu. The work was issued in at least 4 different versions (see Stafleu) several of which have partly coloured or uncoloured plates. The final part was not published until 1914. .

Schimper (Wilhelm P.) Synopsis muscorum europaeoru first edition folding coloured distribution map 8 uncoloured lithographs some foxing and minor stains old half cloth signature of Rudolf Uechtritz (1838-86 botanist at Breslau) and a reasonable amount of annotation by him [Stafleu 10.685] Stuttgart 1860 § Geheeb (Adalbert) Bryologia atlantica; die Laubmoose der atlantischen Inseln 2 parts 20 chromolithograph plates original wrappers [Stafleu 1983] Stuttgart Bibl. Bot. heft 73 1910 § Lindenberg (Johnann B.W.) Monographia hepaticarum generis plagiochilae 33 partly coloured lithographs text rather browned part of the Species Hep. the second title is bound after the preliminaries contemporary half leather faded and a bit worn [see Stafleu 4632; Junk Rara I 66]; and 3 others 8vo and folio(6)

Schmidel (Casimir Christoph) Icones plantarum et 3 parts in 1 vol. 75 fine hand-coloured engraved plates minor marginal worming half calf rubbed manuscript names added at foot of some early plates title verso with cancelled 19th century stamps of Royal Library at Berlin (Jammas 11 not after 1840) and the Ducal library of Mechlinburg-Strelitz at Neustrelitz bought from Quaritch with their stock number at end and invoice inserted [Stafleu 10.854] folio Erlangen 1793-97.

Sibthorp (J.) Flora Graeca coloured title to vol.2 (cut down soiled) 44 hand-coloured plates (odd; between 500-681 + 768 774; from vol. 6-8) some soiling loose in old covers folio [1825-35]; sold not subject to return

Sillen (Olof Leopold) Musci frondosi Scandinaviae 2 vol. titles list of contents 506 specimens mounted on 80 leaves with printed captions a little dusty but in very good state original leather-backed cloth title blocked in gilt first vol. with presentation slip pasted to title (from the author to Count A.G. Oxenstierna and with the latter`s heraldic label in blue on white) folio Gavle 1875-84. ***Sayre pp.254-5 records only 2 copies NY Botanic Garden & Uppsala; no copy on Copac and no copy at Kew.

Stearn (W.T.) The Australian flower paintings of F one of 515 copies coloured plates half leather cloth case large folio Basilisk Press 1976.

Stern (F.C.) A study of the genus Paeonia coloured plates after Lilian Snelling 1946; Snowdrops and Snowflakes plates 1956 original cloth; and 11 others similar folio et infra(13)

Sturm (Jacob) and others. Deutschlands Flora Abt. 90 parts only (of 96) lacking 47-49 58 61 & 69 (a number of the later Hefte have double numeration) c.1400 hand-coloured plates original wrappers 60 in contemporary board cases rest worn and loose and several parts defective (too thin) the bulk bought from Junk in 1976 with invoice inserted Nuremberg 1798-1855; together with two copies of the Uebersicht (index) 1839 one interleaved and annotated; and c. 40 duplicate parts in worn wrappers with another c.600 hand-coloured plates [Stafleu 13.335] 12mo; sold not subject to return (c. 120) ***”it is easy to be carried way by the bulk and grandeur of the costly folio works that more humble volumes of great merit and utility recieve less than their due appreciation. Such a work is Deutschands Flora...Sturm deliberately chose this minute fomat in order to make a knowledge of the German flora available by pictures to as many as possible and as cheaply as possible. Despite their smallness they carry a surprising amount of detail. “ Blunt & Stearn pp. 259-60. As is usual such small popular books have a lower survival rate than larger ones; the last copy at auction was nearly 20 years ago when Hefte. 1-40 made £1400 hammer to Mytze.

Sullivant (William S.) Musci Alleghanienses. 2 vol. printed titles & half-titles 2 leaves index 292 specimens with printed labels on blue paper mounted on 100 leaves 2 specimens with taxonomic note signed R.B. original black cloth backstrips (defective) lettered with title [Sayre 258-60] folio Columbus Ohio 1845. ***Contents in very nice state despite the worn binding. It was originally intended that about 50 copies should be prepared; however the list of recipients (printed in A.D. Rodgers “Noble fellow” William Starling Sullivant 1940 314-15) lists only 26 copies + 9 to Asa Gray “his share in full”; most of them were probably taken apart to be integrated into herbaria. The labels were also printed separately without specimens; the first edition was almost all destroyed by Sullivant the revised edition was printed in 100 copies of which 25 were in black cloth with the title on the spine. Sayre records only 2 copies of the specimens and 3 of the labels and there was no copy in the Eton sale.

Trattinnick (Leopold) Thesaurus botanicus 80 fine hand-coloured plates contemporary half calf gilt spine binding a bit worn but sound the Plesch copy with his bookplate (sale 16 March 1976 bought for £3500 by Wheldons for MW) folio [Dunthorne 307; Stafleu 14.879] Vienna sumptibus editoris [1805]-19. ***”the plates are of high quality with careful and precise colouring” (Stafleu); “superb Amaryllis plates...a beautiful work finely coloured” (Dunthorne).

Trew (C.J.) Plantae selectae first edition general title and 10 section titles all illuminated in red and gold 3 fine mezzotint portraits (Trew Ehret Haid; the 4th portrait of Vogel is normally missing when the decuria titles are present according to Cleveland; it probably belongs to the supplement 1790-92 which he edited) 100 magnificent hand-coloured plates after drawings by Ehret first portrait creased few marginal water-stains otherwise a good copy in a contemporary English binding of diced russia thin gilt border on sides gilt spine (joints repaired somewhat worn) 18th century bookplate of Joshua Smith with motto “marte et ingeni(o)” (probably the MP for Devizes d.1819 who landscaped Earlestoke Park) folio [Hunt 539; Cleveland 429] [Nuremberg] 1750-73. ***Calmann pp.95-97 gives a full acount of the production of the book held up by the 7 years war and Trew`s advancing years and ends by quoting modern verdicts. “C. Nissen wrote `the Plantae selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign works there are few which could compete with it`“.

Vaillant (S.) Botanicon parisiense folding engraved map portrait 33 engraved plates by Wandelaar after Claude Aubriet contemporary sheep block printed endpapers in red and green bit scraped and worn but sound engraved bookplate of Bon du Charmel with Montaigne motto “Qu scay je?” (no. 2686 in manuscript) inscription of Dr. John. Schnell on flyleaf folio [Hunt 470; Stafleu 15.748] Leiden & Amsterdam 1727.

Vaillant (S.) Botanicon parisiense folding engraved map 33 engraved plates by Wandelaar after Claude Aubriet but lacking the portrait some water-stains a large perhaps large paper copy in recent half calf [Hunt 470; Stafleu 15.748] folio Leiden & Amsterdam 1727.

Veitch (James H.) Hortus veitchii EDL numerous plates special edition on hand-made paper and in half purple morocco t.e.g. uncut (standard copies are in red cloth) folio private circulation 1906.

[Wonnecke (Johann] [Gart der Gesundheit] 246 leaves only (of 248) 2 columns 40 lines lacking the first leaf with full-page woodcut (supplied in reasonable facsimile) and the final blank some 400 text woodcuts based on those in the 1485 first edition coloured in a contemporary hand a somewhat soiled copy (the index leaves are most used) with a few minor defects (k3 short but stains agree; corner torn from q1 with loss of a few words a few repairs without loss (eg q6) 16th century blind-stamped pigksin 2 rolls with portrait medallions outer with the great men of the reformation (Erasmus Luther Huss Melanchton) quite likely bound in or near Lindau which went reformed in 1528 some wear and old repairs clasps intact ownership inscription at the end of Phillip Bausle Burger of Lindau 1564 on front flyleaves 19th century notes on the history of the text with reference to Miltitz etc. by G.H.Peurbaund (?) of Dabroth bei Lauend (?) 1873 printed label of “Bibliotheca Julinska” the library of Alfred Potocki (1817-89 politician and Austrian minister of agriculture; he seems to have had a number of herbals; a Tabernomontanus of 1613 with the same provenance is currently on the market) partly pasted over this bought from Francis Edwards in 1971 for £1800 with invoice inserted [BMC II 535-6; Hunt 6; Goff G103] folio Ulm Conrad Dinckmut 31-Mar 1487. ***The British library copy lacks 2 leaves and Hunt 8 leaves; both are without the frontispiece also missing here. ISTC lists 17 copies in Germany but about two thirds are imperfect some consisting of a few leaves only. Of the 4 copies in the US 3 are imperfect and the 4th is made up. No copy of this edition at auction in the last 35 years. First published in Mainz in 1485 “indisputably the most splendid and important of the incunabula herbals...one of the first incunabula on a scientific subject written in the vernacular.” Blunt & Raphael p. 115.

Brunfels (Otto) Tomus herbarii III first edition 118 leaves only (of 122 lacking I6 L6 M5 & P3) top half of E1 & M2 cut away 90 woodcuts by Weiditz and others mostly full-page some worming upper outer corner rotted away (mostly blank woodcut generally unaffected) half calf [by Bernard Middleton] [Adams B2925 3rd vol] folio Strassburg Schott 1536; sold not subject to return.

[L`Heritier de Brutelle (C.L.) Stirpes novae aut m 12 plates after Redouté printed in colours and finished by hand numbered LXXXVI-XCVII minor stains but in good state later half red leather scuffed bound for [Neil Boyd] McEacharn (1885-1964 created the Villa Taranto garden. lake Maggiore) with his bookplate and name at base of spine folio [Paris c.1805]. ***L`Heritier published only plates I-LXXXIV (plus bis plates) in his lifetime and the additional plates (up to 39 of them) are extremely rare; they probably stem from the author`s posthumous sale in 1805. “only a few copies...generally in black and white but in the HBL and W copies they are all colored...we must accept them as effectively published” - Bucheim Huntia 2 pp. 43-45. None of the 15 copies sold at auction since 1976 contain more than 91 plates (even the stupendous Duke of Marlborough copy; $210 000 in 1997) and several had less.

Morison-Plantarum Historia Universalis. parts 2 & 3 [all published] in 3 vol. (including plate vol) first edition half-title in part 3 only part 2 folding frontispiece (with relating text tipped-in on image) part 3 engraved portrait engraved Sheldonian vignettes on titles and 292 engraved illustrations on 152 leaves some light browning and staining occasional foxing (sometimes heavy in text vol.) part 2 with one or two plant specimens loosely inserted part 3 with marginal wormhole in gutter plate vol. with a few marginal ink annotations contemporary panelled calf worn covers detached [Henrey 259] folio Oxford 1680-99. ***First edition of Morison`s work which aimed to construct a logical and natural system of plant classification. Part I on trees and shrubs was never published.

Booth (E.T.) Rough notes on the birds. 3 vol. 114 uncoloured lithographs without the 2 maps old red cloth worn and stained folio 1881-87.

Butler- Birds of Great Britain and Ireland 2 vol. 107 chromolithograph plates of birds after H.Grönvold and 8 of eggs after F.W. Frohawk tissue guards some spotting binder`s cloth new endpapers [1904-08] § Gray (George Robert) The Genera of Birds a bundle of loose parts with c.60 uncoloured lithographs loose in wrappers [c.1840-50]; and a bundle of others including vol.1 of the first mentioned 4to & folio; sold not subject to return.(sm qty)

Davis (William James) The birds of Kent frontispiece folding map original cloth recased Dartford Davis 1907 § Kennedy (Alexander) The Birds of Berkshire & Buckinghamshire 4 photographic plates coloured by hand original cloth scuffed front inner joint repaired [Goldschmidt Truthful Lens 96] Eton 1868; and 2 others 8vo and folio(4) ***The second mentioned is the first photographically illustrated bird book.

Frederick II De arte venandi 2 vol. coloured facsimile of the ms. plus vol. of commentary original calf and half calf slip-case folio Graz 1969 § Russow (K.E.) Bruno Liljefors plates original half morocco gilt dust-jacket a bit worn Stockholm 1929; and four others folio(7)

Holmberg (A.) Pajaros sudamericanos number XV of 24 copies duplicate set of the plates and an original watercolour by Axel Amuchastegui heightened with gum arabic and signed the colophon signed by the authors full red morocco the separate plates in a matching portfolio (front joint breaking) together in original slip-case folio Buenos Aires 1947.

Ingersoll-Birds in Legend Fable and Folklore 1923 § Hulme (F. E.) Natural History Lore and Legend 1895 § Swainson (C.) Provincial Names and Folk Lore of British Birds 1885 the first two original cloth the last binder`s cloth scuffed; and c.50 others similar 8vo & folio(c.55)

Irby (L.H.) The ornithology of the straits of Gibr 8 chromolithograph plates after Thorburn 6 plain plates mostly after Willoughby Verner 2 folding maps contemporary half morocco t.e.g. joints repaired folio 1895; and the W.H. Mullens copy of the first edition original cloth 1875 folio and 8vo ***The first edition has the same 2 maps but no other illustrations.

Peterson (Roger Tory) The Field Guide Art. 2 vol. Boston & New York 1990 § Andrade (Carlos Selva) Love Life of the Birds Buenos Aires 1952 § Fleming (C.A.) George Edward Lodge: Unpublished Bird Paintings 1983 plates and illustrations some colour original cloth the last two with dust-jackets; and c.20 others similar folio & large 4to(c.25)

Poyser-An extensive collection of bird books 85 vol. plates original cloth with the distinctive white ground dust-jackets 8vo & folio 1973-84.

Salomonsen (Finn) Gronlands fugle; the birds of Gr 52 coloured plates by Aage Gitz-Johansen folding coloured map original blue cloth stamped in red to a design by the artist a little rubbed folio Copenhagen 1950-51.

[Gould (John) The Birds of Europe] 8 uncoloured lithographs by Edward Lear disbound blank margin of one plate damaged folio [1832-37].

Gould (John) The Birds of Asias vol.1 2 & 3 only first editions 229 hand-coloured plates by Gould H.C. Richter and W. Hart vol.1 plate list with closed tear plate 10 and opposite text leaf with repaired tear one or two plates stained vol.2 plate 43 with closed tear approx 85mm. long all with occasional foxing and offsetting and a few small closed tears to edges Wadhwan State private library bookplate on front pastedowns paper label on spines and ink shelf number on title contemporary morocco t.e.g. rubbed [Nissen 368; Fine Bird Books p.78; Anker 178; Wood p.365] folio by the Author 1850-83. ***Vol. 1 (76 plates): Birds of Prey Owls Swifts Swallows Bee-eaters Kingfishers Rollers Eurylaimes and Trogons. Vol. 2 (75 plates): Pericrocoti Flycatchers Sun-birds Nuthatches Tits and Orioles. Vol. 3 (78 plates): Thrushes Phyllornis Bluebirds Garrulaxes Suthoras and Paradoxornis. .