Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
BOTANY - General Reference
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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
The sphagnaceae or peat-mosses of Europe and North America.
London: David Bogue, 1880. Quarto, 29 partially coloured chromothographs. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. 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
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
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
Flora Superba: selected and painted by the artist. Text by Wilfred Blunt.
London: The Tryon Gallery, 1976. Folio, 16 plates with tissue guards. Publisher's half velum and blue cloth boards by Zaehnsdorf, limited to 506 numbered and signed copies (copy number five), all in a flecked slipcase. More
Voyage de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique.
Paris: J. Tastu, 1832-1834. Folio, OCTAVO TEXT: 376 pp. FOLIO PLATE VOLUME: one engraved title-vignette and 80 [41, 39] handsomely engraved plates, including twelve printed in sepia and four handcoloured, all with tissue guards. The set bound in contemporary uniform half red morocco over marbled boards, spines with five raised... 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
A grain of truth: plants that solve crimes.
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2005. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Forensic palynology is the use of pollen and spores to help solve crimes. Thius book is a true story about how pollen at a murder site was linked to the suspect. More
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