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SEBASTIANI, A. & MAURI, E.
Florae Romanae prodromus exhibens centurias xii plantarum circa Romam et in Cisapenninis pontificiae ditionis provinciis sponte nascentium sexuali systemate digestas.
Romae, apud Vinc. Poggioli R.C.A. Typographum, 1818. 8vo (210 x 135mm). pp. xv, (1), 351 with 10 folded engraved plates. Contemporary red half calf...
EUR 850
il y a en très peu d'exemplaires avec les planches en couleur
TOURNEFORT, J.P.
Institutiones Rei Herbariae. Editio Tertia, Appendicibus aucta ab Antonio de Jussieu.
Parisiis, e typographia Regia, 1719. 3 volumes. 4to (240 x 180mm). pp. (6), xxxii, 695, (1), (6), 58 with 2 (1 handcoloured) engraved frontispieces...
EUR 2,200
SHAW, G.
General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Volume III: AMPHIBIA.
London, G. Kearsley/ Thomas Davison, 1802. 2 volumes. Royal-8vo (230 x 160mm). With 2 engraved titles and 140 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, s...
EUR 1,200
Dr. Sam Segal believes this work by Justus Danckerts is the first edition and predates the edition by Vauquer
DANCKERTS, J.
Livres de Fleurs.
Amsterdam, c. 1680. Oblong small folio (350 x 190mm). Engraved title within a garland of flowers arranged on a pillar, and 9 engraved plates of bou...
EUR 15,000
the plants are depicted full-page with German and Latin names
FUCHS, L.
Primi de Stirpium historia comentariorum tomi vivae Imagines...
Basileae, Isingrin, 1549. 8vo (165 x 105mm). pp. (16), 516, with woodcut printer's device on titlepage and 516 full page woodcuts, leaves ruled in ...
EUR 6,500
rare treatise on the culture of citrus fruit in the Low Countries
STERBEECK, F. VAN.
Citricultura oft Regeringhe der uythemsche Boomen en te weten Oranien, Citroenen, Limoenen, Granaten, Laurieren en Andere...
Antwerpen, J. Jacops, 1682. 4to (210 x 160mm). pp. (xl), 1-74, (2), 75-296 (26), with engraved frontispiece, engraved coat-of-arms on inserted leaf...
EUR 4,500
He published a number of beautifully illustrated works on British garden plants
SWEET, R.
Cistineae. The Natural order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose; illustrated by coloured figures & descriptions of all the distinct species, and the most prominent varieties, that couldbe at present procured in the Gardens of Great Britain; ...
London, James Ridgway, 1825-1830. Royal-8vo (250 x 160mm). pp. xx, (4), with 112 fine handcoloured engraved plates and descriptive text. Contempora...
EUR 3,200
important botanical bliography
SÉGUIER, J.F.
Bibliotheca Botanica, sive Catalogus Auctorum et Librorum, qui de re Botanica, de Medicamentis ex Vegetabilibus paratis. de Re Rustica, & de Horticultura tractant... AccessitBibliotheca Botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi, seu potius Ovidii Montalbani Bononiensis nec non auctuarium in Bibliothecam Botanicam CL. Seguierii opera Laur.Theod. Gronovii.
Lugduni Batavorum, C. Haak, 1740 [err. for 1760]. 3 parts in one volume. 4to (245 x 190 mm). pp. 16, 450; 66 [recte 74]; 65, (7). Contemporary mot...
EUR 1,000
very scarce pioneer work on the mollusca of Japan
DUNKER, W.
Mollusca Japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum.
Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1861. 4to. pp. iv, 36, (3), with 3 handcoloured lithographed plates. Recent half calf, calf gilt-lettered label on frontc...
EUR 1,200
SHAW, G.
General Zoology or Systematic Natural History: PISCES.
London, G. Kearsley, 1803-1804. 4 volumes. Royal-8vo (212 x 132mm). pp. v, (2), 1- 192; xiii, (2),193-632; v, (2), 1- 250; vi, (2), 251-463, with 4...
EUR 1,200
PFEIFFER, L.
Novitates Conchologicae.
Series Prima. Mollusca Extramarina./ Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken (Mit Einschluss der Auriculac...
EUR 950
Dalechamp is considered by some authorities to have been one of the most erudite of the French botanists of the 16th century
DALECHAMPS, J.
Histoire générale des plantes, contenant XVIII livres également départis en deux tomes: Tirée de l'exemplaire latin de la bibliothèque de M. Jacques Dalechamps, puis faite françoise par M. Jean Des Moulins... Dernière édition corrigée...
Lyon, P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C. Rigaud. 1653. 2 volumes. Folio (360 x 235mm). pp. (8), 960, (36); (120), 758, (30), with 2752 woodcuts. Contemporar...
EUR 4,900
SUTER, J.R.
Flora Helvetica exhibens plantas Helvetiae Phanerogamas/ Helvetiens Flora enthaltend die phanerogamischen Gewächse Helvetiens.
Vermehrt herausgegeben von J. Hegetschweiler. Zürich, Orell, Füssli & Co., 1822. 2 volumes. Small-8vo. pp. cxxii, 408; (4), 504. Contemporary sti...
EUR 500
SONNINI, C.S.
Traité des Asclépiades, particulièrement de l'Asclépiade de Syrie; précédé de quelques observations sur la culture du coton en France.
Paris, F. Buisson, 1810. 8vo (210 x 133mm). pp. (2), 146, with 2 handcoloured folded engraved plates. Recent red half morocco, spine with gilt lett...
EUR 1,200
LEEUWENHOEK, A. VAN.
Ontledingen en Ontdekkingen Van het begin der Planten in de Zaden van Boomen: Waar uit bewesen werd; Dat yder Boom of Plant zijn rol voor Manneken en Wijfken speelen moet. Als mede dat Dieren van verscheiden aard met malkanderen verzamelende, noodzakelijk moeten Schepsels voortbrengen, die noch na de Vader noch na de Moeder gelijken, enz. Vervat in twee Brieven?.
Leyden, C. Boutesteyn, 1697. 4to (200 x 155mm). pp. 77, with 1 folded engraved plates and 25 engravings in the text.
EUR 1,500
SOWERBY, G.B.
A Conchological Manual. Fourth edition, considerably enlarged and improved.
London, H.G. Bohn, 1852. 8vo (215 x 132mm). pp. vi, (2), 337, with 2 folded tables and 29 fine handcoloured engraved plates. Publisher's green clot...
EUR 500
TORRE, G.
Dryadum, Amadryadum, Cloridisque triumphus, ubi Plantaru Universa natura spectatur...
Padova, P.M. Frambotti, 1685. Folio (328 x 220mm). pp. (28), 709, (90), with one beautiful engravedemblematic title and an engraved portait of dall...
EUR 1,800