The hardwoods of Australia and their economics.
Sydney: Government Printer, 1919. Large quarto, 126 photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's paper covered boards with cloth spine, a fine copy. More
Sydney: Government Printer, 1919. Large quarto, 126 photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's paper covered boards with cloth spine, a fine copy. More
London: Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History), 1980-1990. Folio, 738 copper-engraved plates in titled window mounts, colour printed a la poupee in up to 17 colours with additional watercolour touches from the original plates after Sydney Parkinson, Frederick Polydore Nodder, John Frederick Miller, James Miller..... More
London: Ariel Press, 1967-1978. Folio, colour plates by Margaret Stones, a fine set in dustwrappers. A landmark 20th century botanical work illustrated by one of the great botanical artists of the twentieth century. More
London: Dulau and Co., 1896. Quarto, uncoloured plates. Publisher's green cloth, a fine copy. The Horn Expedition was the most comprehensive record of a scientific expedition undertaken in Australia in the nineteenth century. Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer was the leader of the expedition and the principal editor of the official..... More
London: James Ridgway, [1827-1838]. Octavo, 56 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, bookplate of John Bagot, a fine well coloured copy. The colouring of this copy is excellent. Perhaps the most attractive of all Australian botanical books and the first to use live specimens for illustration instead..... More
London: James Ridgway, [1827-1838]. Octavo, 56 handcoloured engraved plates with accompanying leaves and interleaving. Modern half morocco with gilt spine and cloth covered boards, a handsome crisp copy. One of the most attractive of all Australian botanical books and the first to use live specimens for illustration instead of dried..... More