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First edition of this spectacular celebration of the flowering of the giant tropical water-lily, Victoria amazonica

HOOKER, W.J. and FITCH, W.H. Victoria Regia, or illustrations of the Royal Water-Lily, in a series of figures chiefly made from specimens flowering at Syon and at Kew.

London, Reeve and Benham, 1851. Broadsheet folio (747 x 545 mm). Complete with 4 very fine hand-coloured lithograph; 11 letterpress leaves, 4 blank...

EUR 30,000

In comparison with contemporary scientific thought,Vallisnieri's work has a very modern character

VALLISNIERI, A. Opere fisico-mediche stampate e manoscritte... raccolte da Antonio suo Figliuolo, corredate d'una Prefazione...

Venezia, S. Coleti, 1733. 3 volumes. Folio (355 x 225mm). pp. (2), lxxxii, 469; (4), 551; (4), 676,with 92 engraved plates, 3 engraved title-vignet...

EUR 2,500