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The fine plates are made by process of 10-14 colour lithography, and its excellent quality has remained unsurpassed
SEITZ, A.
The Macrolepidoptera of the world.
Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1909-1954. 20 volumes (bound in 29). 4to. With 1458 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's half calf, gilt and unbound in...
EUR 12,000
The cuts include the famous 'monk' and 'bishop' sea monster
BOUSSUET, F.
De Natura Aquatilivm Carmen.
In vniuersam Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... quam de Piscibus marinis scripsit historiam: Cum viuis eorum imagnibus, Opusculu nunc primum in luce emissum. ...
EUR 4,000
PAULET, J.J.
Iconographie des Champignons de Paulet. Recueil de 217 planches... Par J.H. Léveillé.
Paris, chez J.B. Baillière, 1855. Folio (355 x 273mm). 54 fine hand-coloured engraved plates of 247. Loose in old wrappers.
EUR 500
rare catalogue of the plants growing in the Florence Botanical Garden
MANETTI, X.
Viridarium Florentinum sive conspectus plantarum quae floruerunt, & semina dederunt hoc anno 1750. in Horto Caesareo Florentino. Una cum adnotationibus ... circa genericas plantarum nomenclaturas, simulque cum constitutione trium novorum Generum Niccolinia, Seguieria, & Guettardia.
Florentiae, B. Paperini, 1751. 8vo (142 x 220mm). pp. xv, (1), 109, (2), 32. Title printed in blackand red. Contemporary boards, with manuscript t...
EUR 1,150
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
MIQUEL, F.A.W.
De Noord-Nederlandsche vergiftige gewassen.
Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1836. 8vo (218 x 215mm). pp. 198, with 30 fine handcoloured lithographed plates. Publisher's printed boards (spine slightly...
EUR 900
pioneer work on the marine fauna of the Adriatic, especially the Gulf and Lagoons of Venice
OLIVI, G.
Zoologia Adriatica ossia catalogo ragionato degli Animali del Golfo e delle Laguna di Venezia; preceduto da una dissertazione sulla storia fisica e naturale del Golfo; e accompagnato da memorie, ed osservazioni di fisica storia naturale ed economia.
Bassano 1792. 4to (272 x 205mm). pp. (10), 334, (2, blank), xxxii, with 9 folded engraved plates. Contemporary brown wrappers.
EUR 2,000
First illustrated monograph on orchids, likewise the first work on African orchids
DU PETIT-THOUARS, A.A.
Histoire particulière des plantes Orchidées recueillies sur les trois îles Australes d'Afrique, de France, de Bourbon et de Madagascar.
Paris, A. Bertrand/ Treuttel & Wurtz, 1822. Royal-8vo (265 x 175mm). pp. viii, 1-32, with 2 folded tables and 110 engraved plates. Later dark green...
EUR 5,500
There were 18 new Australian plants, with 24 figured
VENTENAT, E.P. & REDOUTÉ, P.J.
Jardin de Malmaison.
Paris, Crapelet, An XI (1803-1804) (-1805). 2 volumes. Folio (543 x 360mm). With 120 stipple-engraved plates by Redouté, printed in colours and fi...
EUR 85,000
A fine copy of this beautifully produced early work on fungi
MARSIGLI, L.F.
Dissertatio de generatione fungorum ad illustrissimum & reverendissimum praesulem Ioannem Mariam Lancisium....
Romae, F. Gonzagae, 1714. Folio (375 x 250mm). pp. 40, with engraved title vignette and 31 engravedplates; pp. xlvii, (6), with a folding engraved ...
EUR 4,000
One of the finest works on butterflies ever published.
SEPP, J.C.
Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen. Of Nederlandsche Insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelijke huishouding, verwonderlijke gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige bijzonderheden ...
Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1762-1860. 8 volumes. 4to (250 x 190mm). With 8 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 400 hand-coloured engraved plates. C...
EUR 15,000
A beautifully bound copy of this rare work on the flora of Java
HORSFIELD, T. & J.J. BENNETTT & R. BROWN.
Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae, quas in insula Java, annis 1802-1818, legit et investigavit Thomas Horsfield, M.D. e siccis descriptiones et characteres plurimarum elaboravit Joannes J. Bennett; observationes structuram et affinitates praesertim respicientes passim adjecit Robertus Brown.
London, W.H. Allen, 1838-1852. Folio (365 x 265mm). pp. (2), viii, xvi, (2), 258, (2), with an engraved folded map and 50 (some double-page) engrav...
EUR 15,000
un des livres les plus precieux pour la Flore d'Orient
JAUBERT, H.F. & SPACH, E.
Illustrationes Plantarum Orientalium.
Paris, Roret, 1842-1857. 5 volumes. Large-4to (350 x 260mm). With 500 engraved plates. Contemporaryhalf calf, spines with 2 black gilt lettered lab...
EUR 7,500