Botany

Icones Farlowianae. Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of North America
By Farlow, William Gibson.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Farlow Library and Herbarium of Harvard University, 1929.First edition, one of 500 copies. Containing 103 colored full-page plates (one a fold-out). Complete. Illustrations by noted mushroom artists, Joseph Bridgham and Louis C.C. Krieger. The images were printed by the Boston Heliotype Printing Company to exacting standards and the text was printed at the Merrymount Press.
x, 120 pp. 1 vols. Folio (14.3 inches x 11.8 inches). Original green buckram binding with original glassine wrap.
NEW. This book was purchased directly form Harvard's Farlow Herbarium c1981, and had remained in its original wrapper until it was opened for current listing purposes. The original paper wrap, prior to its first opening, is illustrated. The original glassine wrap is present. The paper is brilliantly white and the images exeptionally bright and clean. There is, as usual, some very light… Read More

1856 Pacific Exploration Botany MAP Zoology Cactus Sequoia California Redwoods
Beginning in 1855, the United States Congress published reports and surveys of certain railroad routes from the Mississippi River westward to the Pacific. Per Larned,
"Narrative reports of many officers on various routes, giving much information concerning the western country. The publication of the reports being chiefly in the form of original journals, kept day by day, gives them a certain accuracy that might have been lost had the writers more frequently indulged in general descriptions.
This work includes an enormous folding botanical chart and 59 plates! In addition to the illustrations, this volume covers J.M. Bigelow's botanical and arboreal discoveries throughout the American west. The list of contents is extensive, however, Whipple describes:
· Descriptions of soils, trees, cactuses, mosses, etc.
o Sequoias, Giant Redwoods
· Zoological discoveries and animal behaviors
o Grizzly and black bears
o Lynx
o Beavers &… Read More

Historia de la botanica en cuba por el profesor jose alvarez conde primera edicion habana cuba 1958 prologo del profesor juan tomas roig y mesa.primera edicion,caratulas originales,libro ilustrado en muy buen estado.su autor.José Álvarez Conde. [santa clara,villa clara 1910-Fue un pedagogo cubano, devenido arqueólogo, naturalista e investigador, autor de una basta obra sobre la arqueología cubana en el siglo XX.
Estudia en la Universidad de La Habana, donde se gradúa de doctor en >Pedagogía, especializándose más tarde en Ciencias Naturales.
Desempeñó importantes responsabilidades dentro de la sociedad arqueológica cubana de la época, como son Académico Correspondiente de la Academia de la Historia de Cuba, socio Titular de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey. Miembro fundador de la Sociedad Cubana de Botánica, Miembro Titular de la Junta Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología y Miembro de la Sociedad Espeleológica de Cuba.
En la década de 1940 cuando se conocen las… Read More

London: Robert Harwicke. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, spine sunned, neat . penciled notes on verso of ffep and lower edge of first three botanical . plates.. [1874]. Hardcover. Published in four parts and bound in green cloth titled in gilt on spine by R. H. Porter, as noted by stamp on front pastedown endpaper. 16 hand colored plates of the various species of Hepaticae, or liverworts. Lovely, delicately colored plates of these bryophytes and authoritative botanical descriptions by the noted British botanist. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 88 pages .

1876Sowerby Wild Flowers Daisy 90 BOTANICAL Color Plates English Botany Plants

English naturalist James Sowerby published what would become the preeminent illustrated work on English botany. Entitled simply, 'English Botany.' This work was a compendium of the native plants in Great Britain. Sowerby provided beautiful illustrations accompanied by descriptions of the various properties, natural habitat, and other characteristics of numerous plants across Britain.

This edition 1876 printing of Sowerby's 'Botany', entitled "British Wild Flowers" contains hundreds of color-illustrated figures.

Item number: #24649
Price: $499

SOWERBY, James

British Wild Flowers

London: John Van Voorst, 1876.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o xlix, [3], 180
o 90 hand-colored plates and 2 black and white plates
· Language: English
· Provenance: Handwritten – J. A. G. Drummond-Hay, 1878
o Col. J. A. G. Richardson-Drummond-Hay was a British soldier, serving between 1892-1914 in the… Read More

1788 Carl Linneaus BOTANY 1ed System of Vegetables Color Botanical ART Martyn

"If a tree dies, plant another in its place."
― Carl Linnaeus

Known as the Father of Modern Taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus was an important 18th-century botanist who helped organize a system of naming living organisms. Author Thomas Martyn published an important set of illustrations and explanations which were used to supplement Linnaeus's famous "System of Vegetables".

This highly desirable 1788 first edition contains 38 absolutely stunning color engravings of flowers and plants. The fine leather binding makes this work an impressive display as well.

Item number: #24819
Price: $950

MARTYN, Thomas

Thirty eight plates, with explanations intended to illustrate Linnaeus's system of vegetables

London: Printed for B. White and Sons, 1788. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, [2], 72
o 38 color plates
· Provenance: Handwritten
o [Thranna Prescott]
o Pinkney
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ring bound limited edition

1640 BEST English HERBAL 1ed Theatrum Botanicum John Parkinson 2500+ Engravings
John Parkinson is considered to be one of the most important 17th-century botanists and was a foundational English herbalist. His discoveries and herbal treatises propelled him to Royal Botanist of King Charles I, and while his royal position certainly contributed to his lasting fame, his most prestigious contribution was his book 'Theatrum Botanicum'.
This monumental work is considered to be the most complete and thorough English herbal, much in part to the more than 2,500 illustrated figures throughout. first published in 1640, this book contained descriptions of more than 3800 different plants many of which had never been included in a botanical anthology before.
Item number: #24716
Price: $4,950
PARKINSON, John
Theatrum botanicum: the theater of plants. Or, an herball of large extent: containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants that are in other authours
London:… Read More

Very good copy of the Botany Monocots volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences
Complete with all 82 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of monocotyledon plants
Includes palm tree, date, banana, tulip, iris, amaryllis, daffodil, agave, fritillary, maize, ginger, strelitzia, vanilla, cypripedium and epidendrium orchids, etc.
With the heartbreaking caption to the amaryllis plate: Turpin fils pinxt. Mort le 21 Aout 1821, age de 18 ans et 6 jours. "Drawn by Turpin Junior. Died 21 August 1821, aged 18 years and 6 days."
All the illustrations drawn and directed by Pierre Jean François Turpin (apart from one by his son) and engraved by Louis Massard, Madame Massard, F. Plée, Carnonkel, Dion, Madame Joyeau, Monsaldi, Gelée. etc.
Vegetaux Monocotyledons: Title page, 3pp (table of plates), 82 handcoloured engraved plates of monocot plants.
Part of Cuvier's massive Dictionary of Natural Sciences that was published in 60 text volumes and 13 plate volumes from 1816 to 1830.
Pierre Jean… Read More

Very good copy of the Botany Acotyledons volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences
Complete with all 103 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of seedless plants such as ferns and mosses (previously referred to as acotyledons)
Includes many species of ferns, moss, lichen, mushroom, truffle, seaweed, algae, etc.
All the illustrations drawn and directed by Pierre Jean François Turpin, engraved by Louis Massard, Madame Massard, F. Plée, Carnonkel, Dion, Madame Joyeau, Monsaldi, Gelée. etc.
Vegetaux Acotyledons: Title page, 8pp (table of plates), 103 handcoloured engraved plates
Part of Cuvier's massive Dictionary of Natural Sciences that was published in 60 text volumes and 13 plate volumes from 1816 to 1830.
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840) was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and after.
Brown cloth binding, gilt title on spine, "Library of Congress" stamp on endpaper, book block… Read More

Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1569.. SECOND REVISED EDITION 1569, first printed in1568, Latin text. 8vo, aproximately 162 x 102 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, woodcut printer's device on title, 109 woodcut botanical illustrations, the first 32 illustrations are hand coloured and 14 more throughout the text, pages: [1]-311, [8], last 2 pages misnumbered 308 and 309 should be, 310 and 311, bound in full calf, rebacked, gilt lettered label to spine, marbled endpapers. Small repair to title page, just affecting printer's device and with loss of 3 words on verso, vertical ink note (reading library) next to printer's device, small pale ink splashes to pages 11-12 and first illustration, many early ink manuscript names of plants and numbers to plates plus a little ink marginalia, some pale soiling to outer margins due to handling, occasional spots and small stains to text, otherwise a good copy. Dodoens's Florum, et Coronarium was devoted to flowers, ranging from herbaceous annuals and perennials to rare bulbous… Read More

Black calf spine with gilt banding and title. Marbled boards. Twenty-four hand coloured plates.

1793 Lamarck BOTANY Encyclopedia Methodique Botanique PLANTS Flowers 100 Plates

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was an 18th-century French naturalist best-known for his contributions to natural evolution as well as being the first scientist to use the term 'biology'. One of his best works was his contribution to 'Encyclopedie methodique', a recurring scientific encyclopedia published by Panckoucke. In this volume of Lamarck's "Botanique", Lamarck published 100 stunning botany plates and descriptions – views of plants, leaves, flowers and buds, stems and seeds, fruits, and so much more!

Item number: #24792
Price: $950

LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste

Tableau encyclopedique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique

A Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1793.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [2], 40
o 100 engravings (numbered 401-500)
· Language: French / Latin
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
· Size: ~12.5in X 9.5in (31.5cm x 24cm)

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1797 BOTANY Carl Linnaeus Systema Vegetabilium Andrea Murray Plants Medicine

"If a tree dies, plant another in its place."
― Carl Linnaeus

Known as the Father of Modern Taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus was an important 18th-century botanist who helped organize a system of naming living organisms. This research and studies were first published in a work entitled 'Systema Natura' in which he covers the naming of animals, plants, and minerals. This work went through many editions and is one of the most important works of zoological studies.

In 1774, another Swedish scientist named Andreas Murray edited, corrected, and published part of 'Systema Natura' focusing on the vegetable kingdom. It was because of Murray's edition of 'Systema Vegetabilium' that Linnaeus became widely popular throughout Europe.

Item number: #25135
Price: $599

LINNEAUS, Carl

Caroli a Linné eqvitis Systema vegetabilivm : secvndvm classes ordines genera species cvm characteribvs et differentiis.

Gottingae : Typis et impensis Jo.… Read More

1829 Botanic Garden by Maund BOTANICAL Flowers Botany Illustrated Gardens 2v

Benjamin Maund was a 19th-century British naturalist who, beginning in 1825, published one of the most important and desirable works on British flowers. 'The Botanic Garden' was a regularly printed periodical that illustrated the flower and plants found in British gardens, particularly the Royal Gardens.

According to Dunthorne in 'Great Flower Books', Maund's "Botanic Garden" is
"A delightful work, not only full of useful and practical information, but illustrated with most charming plates carefully engraved and colored."

These first two volumes of 'The Botanic Garden' includes nearly 150+ hand-colored illustrations of flowers, leaves, plants, and more!

Item number: #25145
Price: $599

MAUND, Benjamin

The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1829-30. 1st edition

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