The Besler florilegium: plants of the four seasons.
New York: Abrams, 1989. Folio, 373 full-page colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. More
BOTANY - General Reference
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Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Plants and man: a series of essays relating to the botany of ordinary life.
London: Macmillan, 1925. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, inscription by author pasted onto titlepage. More
Vascular plant families and genera: a list of genera and their families, as accepted by the Kew Herbarium, with an analysis of relationships of the flowering plant families according to eight systems of classification.
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1992. Octavo, page 417 torn, otherwise a very good copy in sunned dustwrapper. An up-to-date check-list of accepted genera of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and flowering plants. More
Decay of timber and its prevention.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Plants of the world.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1963-1968. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, lacks dustwrappers. Volumes one and two Higher Plants, volume three Lower Plants. More
Thomas Johnson: botanical journeys in Kent and Hampstead. A facsimile reprint with introduction and translation of his Iter Plantarum 1629, Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632.
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, folding map, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Forensic botany: a practical guide.
London: John Wiley, 2012. Octavo, black and white photographs, line drawings, softcover. An accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases. Increasingly this form of evidence is becoming more important in forensic investigation and yet there are few trained botanists able..... More
In praise of plants.
Portland OR: Timber Press:, 2002. Octavo, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through a rich array of examples, many illustrated in the author's elegant and distinctive style, this book offers a new look at botany. This scholarly yet fun book examines the qualities that make plants unique, so different from..... More
Flora Magnifica: selected and painted by the artist.
London: The Tryon Gallery, 1976. Folio, 15 plates with tissue guards. Publisher's half velum and maroon cloth boards by Zaehnsdorf, limited to 506 numbered and signed copies, slipcase. More
The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants.
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, (1997. second edition). Large octavo, laminated boards, Internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every genus of seed bearing plant, including gymnosperms plus ferns and other pteridophytes, combining taxonomic..... More
Out of nature: why drugs from plants matter to the future of humanity.
Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. About half of all species under threat of extinction in the world today are plants. The loss of plant biodiversity is disturbing for many reasons, but especially because it is a reflection of the growing disconnect..... More
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