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a monument of the grand Austrian botanical era which royal patronage made possible
JACQUIN, N.J.
Florae Austriacae, sive plantarum selectarum in Austriae Archiducatu sponte crescentium, icones ad vivum coloratae, et descriptionibus, ac synonymis illustratae.
Viennae, L.J. Kaliwoda (& J.M. Gerold), 1773-1778. 5 volumes. Folio (470 x 285mm). With 5 large handcoloured engraved title-vignettes (views) and 5...
EUR 48,000
the first flora of French Guiana, profusely illustrated with excellent plates
AUBLET, F.
Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la Culture & au Commerce de la Guiane Françoise ...
Londres/ Paris, P.F. Didot jeune, 1775. 4 volumes (2 text volumes & 2 volumes of plates). 4to (250 x 194mm). pp. (4), 32, 1-621; (3), 622-976, 52, ...
EUR 15,500
PETERS, W.C.
Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl S.M. des Königs Friederich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Band VI: BOTANIK.
Berlin, Reimer, (1861-) 1862-1864. 2 parts (bound in 1). 4to. pp. xxii, iv, 584, with 61 lithographed plates. Recent half cloth.
EUR 700
BOERHAAVE, H.
Index alter Plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduno-Batavo aluntur.
Leiden, Jansson Vander Aa, 1727. 2 vols (bound in one). 4to (225 x 175 mm). pp. (xxxviii, without blank *4, as is always the case), 320; (ii), 270,...
EUR 3,500
highly finished watercolours of the fungi of the Loire valley
SÉJOURNÉ, A.
Champignons des environs de Blois.
Blois circa 1880. 2 volumes. Folio (360 x 270mm). A collection of 161 very fine watercolours of mushrooms of the Blois area (Loire valley). Loose i...
EUR 12,000
The publishing history of the present work is probably the most bizarre one in the history of botany
VELLOZO, J. M. da CONCEIÇAO.
Florae Fluminensis Icones.
Parisis, ex off. Lithogr. Senefelder, curante F.J. Knecht, 1827. 10 of 11 volumes (lacking volume 3). Large-folio (520 x 345mm). With 1472 (of 1640...
EUR 20,000
one of the rarest and most attractive Dutch flower books
NEDERLANDSCH BLOEMWERK.
Door een gezelschap geleerden.
Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, 1794. 4to (285 x 220mm). pp. (4), 128, (3), with handcoloured engraved title-page (a large bouquet of flowers in a vase) and ...
EUR 15,000
both Napoleon III and Queen Victoria subscribed to its first edition
RAVENSCROFT, E. J.
The Pinetum Britannicum. A descriptive account of Hardy Coniferous Trees, cultivated in Great Britain.
Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood & Son, (1863)-1884. 3 volumes. Folio (555 x 417mm). pp. (6), errata leaf, 1-110; (2), 111-216; (2), 217-330 with...
EUR 15,000
In comparison with contemporary scientific thought,Vallisnieri's work has a very modern character
VALLISNIERI, A.
Opere fisico-mediche stampate e manoscritte... raccolte da Antonio suo Figliuolo, corredate d'una Prefazione...
Venezia, S. Coleti, 1733. 3 volumes. Folio (355 x 225mm). pp. (2), lxxxii, 469; (4), 551; (4), 676,with 92 engraved plates, 3 engraved title-vignet...
EUR 2,500
In his works Fabricius described many Australian and New Zealand insects brought back by Captain Cook's around -the-world voyages.
FABRICIUS, J.C.
Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus, genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Hafniae, C.G. Proft, 1787. 2 volumes. 8vo (195 x 117mm). pp. xx, 382; pp. (2), 348. (Together with:) FABRICIUS, J.C. Philosophia Entomologica. Hamb...
EUR 1,200
great French classic on trees and shrubs with the famous Matthiolus woodcuts
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, H.L.
Traité des Arbres et Arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre.
Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. 2 volumes. 4to (270 x 210mm). pp. (4), lxii, 368; (2), 387, with 4 (3 folded) engraved plates, 250 full-p...
EUR 3,500
perhaps the most renowned and sought-after of all orchid books
BATEMAN, J.
The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.
London, J. Richway & Sons. (1837)- 1843. Elephant folio (740 x 525 mm). One-page subscriber's list,addenda and corrigenda slip bound at back, litho...
EUR 75,000
celebrated as the first book on Exotic Butterflies arranged in accordance with the Linnean system and provided with coloured plates
CRAMER, P. & STOLL, C.
Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique/ De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America.
Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde/ N.T. Gravius, 1779-1791. 4 volumes & supplement (bound in 5). Large-4to (305 x 235mm). With 3 (2 handcoloured) engraved fro...
EUR 35,000
(JAUFFRET, L.F.).
La Corbeille de Fleurs, ouvrage de Botanique et de Littérature, ... Et de douze Romances gravées avec Accompagnement de Piano... destiné aux jeunes demoiselles.
Paris, Ferra/ Genève, Sestié, 1819. 8vo (212 x 130 mm). pp. (2), viii, 384, with 24 fine engravedplates by Prêtre and 13 folded engravings of ...
EUR 1,500