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AGARDH, C.A.
Essai de réduire la physiologie végétale à des principes fondamentaux.
Lund, Gleerup, (1828). 8vo (165 x 100mm). pp.(4), 56. Contemporary marbled paper. (Together with:) AGARDH, C.A. Essai sur le développement intéri...
EUR 500
The first great bird book
BELON, P.
L'Histoire de la nature des Oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, & naïfs portraicts retirez du naturel: escrite en sept livres.
Paris, Guillaume Cavellat, 1555. Folio (328 x 220 mm). pp. (28), 381, (1), with woodcut portrait ofthe author and 160 woodcuts of birds, text with ...
EUR 18,000
deals with the application of the electricity to the growth of plants
BERTHOLON, P.
De l'électricité des végétaux.
Ouvrage dans lequel on traite de l'électricité de l'atmosphère sur les plantes, de ses effects sur l'économie des végétaux, de leurs vertus m...
EUR 850
Blair expounded the then new view as to the sexual characters of plants
BLAIR, P.
Botanick Essays. In two parts. The first containing, The Structure of the Flowers, and the Fructification of Plants, with their various Distributions into Method: And the second, The Generation of Plants, with their Sexes and manner of impregnating the Seed: Also concerning the Animalcula in Semine Masculino. Together with: The Nourishment of Plants, and Circulation of the Sap in all Seasons, analogous to that of the Blood in Animals. With many curious remarks, and several discoveries and improvements.
London, William and John Innys, printers to the Royal Society, 1720. 8vo (193 x 120mm). pp. (36), 414, (2, advertisements), with 5 (3 folded) engra...
EUR 1,500
one of the fathers of modern biology
BONNET, C.
Considérations sur les Corps organisés, Où l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, & c.
& où l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet. Amsterdam, chez Mar...
EUR 950
Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology
BONNET, C.
Contemplation de la Nature.
Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1764. 2 volumes (bound in one). 8vo (197 x 125mm). pp. (4), lxxxiv, 298; pp. vi, 260, with engraved title-vignette on ...
EUR 500
by the 'Raphael of the Succulents' Pierre Joseph Redouté
CANDOLLE, A. P. DE & REDOUTÉ, P.J.
Plantarum Historia Succulentarum. Histoire des Plantes Grasses.
Paris, A.J. Dugour et Durand, An VII (1799-1805). 2 volumes. Folio (505 x 328mm). With 169 stipple-engraved plates by Redouté, printed in colour a...
EUR 48,000
"Catesby's 'Natural History' is the most famous colorplate book of American plants and animal life" (Hunt 486).
CATESBY, M.
Piscium Serpentum Insectorum aliorumque nonnullorum animalium nec non plantarum quarundam imagines quas Marcus Catesby in posteriore parte splendidi illius operis quo Carolinae Floridae et Bahamensium insularum tradidit historiam naturalem? Die Abbildungen verschiedener Fische, Schlangen, Insecten, einiger andern Thiere, und Pflanzen, welche Herr Marcus Catesby im zweyten Theil und im Anhang seines vortreflichen Werks der natürlichen Historie von Carolina, Florida und den Bahamischen Inseln beschrieben in ihren natürlichen Farben vorgestellet herausgegeben von Nicolaus Friedich Eisenberger und Georg Lichtensteger und fortgesetzt von Georg Wolfgang Knorr seel. Erben.
Nürnberg, gedruckt bey Paul Jonathan Felssecker, 1777. Folio (475 x 320mm). pp. (4), 100, 10, (8), with 109 (1 folded) splendidly hand-coloured en...
EUR 95,000
early work on endosmose, the movement of the sap in the stem
COTTA, H.
Naturbeobachtungen über die Bewegung und Funktion des Saftes in den Gewächsen, mit vorzüglicher Hinsicht auf Holzpflanzen.
Weimar, in der Hoffmannischen Buchhandlung, 1806. 4to (265 x 215mm). pp. (2), xiv, (2), 96, (1), with engraved title vignette and 7 hand-coloured e...
EUR 1,000
interesting collection of articles by Charles Darwin and his son Francis Darwin
DARWIN, C.
On the Two Forms, or Dimorphic Condition, in the Species of Primula, and on their remarkable Sexual Relations. (Read Nov. 21, 1861). 8vo. (210 x 135mm), pp. 77-96, with 2 illustrations.
(Together with:) DARWIN, C. On the existence of two forms, and on their reciprocal sexual relation,in several species of the genus Linum. (Read Feb...
EUR 6,500
First edition, first issue
DARWIN, C.
On the various contrivances by which British and foreign Orchids are fertilised by insects.
London, John Murray, 1862. 8vo (196 x 125 mm). pp. vi, 365, 32 (inserted advertisement dated December 1861), with one folding plate and 33 text wo...
EUR 2,200
First edition
DARWIN, C.
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.
London, John Murray, 1876. 8vo (190 x 125mm). pp. viii, 482, 1 diagram and 109 tables. Publishers green cloth, gilt lettered spine (very slightly r...
EUR 1,500
DARWIN, C.
The movements and habits of climbing plants. Second thousand.
London, John Murray, 1876. 8vo (190 x 130mm). pp. viii, 208, with 13 text-woodcuts. Publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped green full cloth.
EUR 500
First edition. A rare unopenend copy
DARWIN, C.
The power of movement in plants. Assisted by Francis Darwin.
London, John Murray, 1880. 8vo (188 x 125mm). pp. x, 592, 32 (inserted advertisement dated May 1878), with 196 text woodcuts. Publisher's gilt-and ...
EUR 1,500
the first edition, first issue
DARWIN, C.
The variation of animals and plants under domestication.
London, J. Murray, 1868. 2 volumes. Royal-8vo (222 x 140mm). (I:) pp. viii, 411, (1), 32 (advertisments dated April 1867), with 43 wood-engravings ...
EUR 3,500
The fine allegorical frontispiece shows the gardens of Schönbrunn
(DENIS, M. & SCHIFFSMÜLLER, I.)
Systematisches Verzeichniss der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k.k.
Theresianum. Wien, A. Bernardi, 1776. Large-4to (277 x 210mm). pp. (2), 322, (2), with 1 engraved title-page, 1 engraved vignette, 1 handcoloured e...
EUR 2,500
DODART, D.
Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des plantes. Seconde édition...
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1679. 8vo (160 x 90mm). pp. (8), 329, with engraved title-vignette and 2 other engraved vignettes in the text. Contempora...
EUR 500
pioneering work on forestry
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, (H.L.).
La Physique des Arbres; où il est traité de l'anatomie des Plantes et de l'économie végétale: Pour servir d'Introduction au Traité complet des Bois & des Forests ... pour l'exploitation des Bois & des Forêts.
Paris, Guerin & Delatour, 1758. 2 volumes. 4to (250 x 195mm). pp. (6), lxviii, 307; iv, 432, with 50 folded engraved plates. Contemporary half calf...
EUR 1,800
A large uncut copy of the first edition
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, H.L.
Des Semis et Plantations des Arbres, et de leur Culture; ou Méthodes pour multiplier et élever les Arbres, les planter en Massifs & en Avenues; former les Fôrets & les Bois; les entretenir, & rétablir ceux qui sont dégradés: faisant partie du Traité complet des Bois & des Forêts.
Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1760. 4to (270 x 210mm). pp. (4), lxxx, 383, (1), 27 (1), 10, with 17 folded engraved plates. Contemporary half...
EUR 1,000
great French classic on trees and shrubs with the famous Matthiolus woodcuts
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, H.L.
Traité des Arbres et Arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre.
Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. 2 volumes. 4to (270 x 210mm). pp. (4), lxii, 368; (2), 387, with 4 (3 folded) engraved plates, 250 full-p...
EUR 3,500
ELLIS, D.
An inquiry into the changes induced on Atmospheric air, by the germination of seeds, the vegetation of plants, and the respiration of animals.
Edinburgh, W. Creech, 1807. 8vo (210 x 130mm). pp. xiii, (1), 246. (Together with:). ELLIS, D. Farther inquiries into the changes induced on Atmosp...
EUR 450
With Esper a real scholar arrives on the scene
ESPER, E.J.C.
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen.
Erlangen, W. Walther, 1777-1794 (-1830). 5 parts and supplements (bound in 10 volumes, including the 'Ausländische Schmetterlinge). 4to. (280 x 21...
EUR 5,500
illustrated with chromolithographs, designed, printed and sometimes "rebouché au pinceau" in the large printing office situated in the middle of van Houtte's gardens
FLORE DES SERRES ET DES JARDINS DE L'EUROPE,
ou descriptions des plantes les plus rares et les plus méritantes ... Rédigé par C. Lemaire, Scheidweiler & Van Houtte e.a.
Gand, van Houtte, 1845-1880. 23 volumes. Royal-8vo (252 x 180mm). With over 2500, nearly all coloured plates. Contemporary brown half calf, spines ...
EUR 15,000
FRENZEL, F.J.
Physiologische Beobachtungen über den Umlauf des Safts in den Pflanzen und Bäumen, und der Entstehung der Erdschwämme. Zum Nutzen der Botaniker, Forstmänner, Oekonomen und Gartenfreunde. Eine von der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Naturforscher gekrönte Schrift.
Weimar, Gädicke, 1840. 8vo (162 x 100mm). pp. (4), 433, (4, advertisements). Contemporary half calf.
EUR 500
GESSNER, C.
Historiae Animalium Liber III que est de Avium Natura Nunc denuo recognitus?..
Frankfurt, Johan Wechel for Robert Cambieri, 1585. Folio (367 x 243mm). pp. (12), 806, (26, index).Woodcut on title, woodcut initials, head- and ta...
EUR 48,000
Goethe's pioneering essay on the metamorphosis of plants
GOETHE, J.W. VON.
Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären.
Gotha, Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, 1790. 8vo (228 x 145mm). pp. (6), 86. Contemporary boards, preserved in an attractive half red morocco box, with gilt...
EUR 3,000
First to observe sex in plants - the birth of microscopic anatomy of plants
GREW, N.
The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And several other lectures read before the Royal Society.
London, W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682. Folio (320 x 195mm). pp. (16), (6), 24, (10), 1-212 & (217)-304, 19 index, 1 blank and 83 (5 double-page)...
EUR 4,500
The first complete account of the physiology of plants, including the reaction with air and movement of the sap
HALES, S.
[A] Vegetable staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables: being an Essay towards a natural history of vegetation: Also, a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chemio-statical experiments, which were read at several meetings before the Royal Society.
London, W. and J. Innys, 1727. 8vo (195 x 122mm). pp.(7), vii, (2), 376, with 19 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked with red gilt lettere...
EUR 4,800
Hill's 'Sleep of plants?' is generally considered his most important contribution in the field of vegetable physiology
HILL, J.
The Sleep of Plants, and cause of motion in the sensitive plant. In a letter to C. Linnaeus.
London, R. Baldwin, 1757. 8vo (150 x 95mm). pp. (10), 57, (3). Recent half calf, gilt lettered spine, marbled sides. (Together with:) HILL, J. Abha...
EUR 2,500
HUBER, F. & SENEBIER, J.
Mémoires sur l'influence de l'air et de diverses substances gazeuses dans la germination de differentes graines.
Genève, J.J. Paschoud, IX (1801). 8vo (197 x 125mm). pp. xiii, (1), 230, (2). Contemporary calf, richly gilt spine and gilt sides.
EUR 1,500
HÜBNER, J.
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge (Lepidoptera Exotica). New English fac-simile edition. Edited by P. Wystsman and with additional text by W.F. Kirby.
Brussels, V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1894-1897. 3 volumes. Large-4to (282 x 222mm). pp.(10), (8), (10),172, with 491hand-coloured lithographed plat...
EUR 16,000
the first to observe and elucidate the process of photosynthesis
INGENHOUSZ, J.
Experiments upon Vegetables, discovering their great Power of purifying the Common Air in the Sun-shine, and of injuring it in the Shade and at Night. To which is joined, a new Method of examining the accurate Degree of Salubrity of the Atmosphere.
London, P. Elmsly and H. Payne, 1779. 8vo (202 x 135mm) pp. lxviii, 302, (18), with 1 folded engraved plate. Contemporary half calf, richly gilt or...
EUR 3,000
The first full-length exposition of Lamarck's evolutionary theory
LAMARCK, J.B.
Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans, et particulièrement sur son origine, sur la cause de ses développemens et des progrès de sa composition, et sur celle qui, tendant continuellement à la détruire dans chaque individu, amène nécessairement sa mort; Précédé du Discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, l'an X de la République.
Paris, chez l'Auteur/ Maillard, Libraire, (1802). 8vo (196 x 122mm). pp. viii, 216, 1 fold. table. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt ornamented spine...
EUR 3,500
scarce work portraying the flora of Greenland
LANGE, J
Icones florae Groenlandicae, Tabulae ex opere 'Icones florae Danicae' inscripto selectae.
Copenhagen, Bianco Luno, 1883. 3 atlas volumes and 1 index volume. Folio (392 x 255mm). pp. 11, with 336 beautifully hand-coloured engraved plates....
EUR 12,000
the first to see and describe Bacteria, Red Blood Corpuscles, Spermatozoa
LEEUWENHOEK, A. VAN.
Send-Brieven, zoo aan de hoog-edele Heeren van de Koninklyke Societeit te Londen, Als aan andere aansienelyke en geleerde lieden, over verscheyde Verborgentheden der Natuure,Namentlyk over het Wonderlyk Gestel van de Veselen der Spieren in veelderley Gedierte; De Pesen en derselver Werking; Verscheyde Zaden; 't Oog van een Walvis; 't Hair; De Dierkens aan het Eende-Kroost; ... &c.
Delft, Adriaan Beman, 1718. Small-4to (203 x 155mm). pp. (14), 460, (28), with 1 engraved frontispiece and 31 (12 folded) engraved plates. Contempo...
EUR 5,500
First edition of the foundation of plant anatomy
MALPIGHI, M.
Anatome Plantarum. Cui subjungitur appendix, iteratas & auctas eiusdem Authoris de Ovo Incubato observationes continens...
Londini, J. Martyn, 1675-79. 2 volumes in one. Folio (357 x 230mm). pp. (iv, including frontispiece), 15, (5), 82, (ii), 20; (viii, including front...
EUR 4,500
MARIOTTE, E.
Oeuvres de Mr. Mariotte, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences; divisées en deux tomes, comprenant tous les Traitez de cet Auteur, tant ceux qui avoient déja paru séparément, queceux qui n'avoient pas encore été publiez; Imprimées sur les Exemplaires les plus exacts & les plus complets. Revuës & corrigées de nouveau.
Leide, Pierre Van Der Aa, 1717. 2 volumes (bound in one). 4to (240 x 190mm). pp. (12), 1-320; (4), 321-701, (35), with 2 engraved title vignettes a...
EUR 1,500
MARTINET, J.F.
Katechismus der natuur.
Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1782-1791. Royal-8vo (215 x 120mm). 4 volumes & 4 supplements (bound in6). With 4 engraved frontispieces and 31 (5 hand...
EUR 750
MEDICUS, F.C.
Beyträge zur Pflanzen-Anatomie, Pflanzen-Physiologie und einer neuen Charakteristik der Bäume und Sträucher.
Leipzig, H. Gräff, 1799-1801. 7 parts, bound in one. 8vo (172 x105mm). pp. 521, (3). Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt lettered label and gi...
EUR 500
MERIAN, MARIA SYBILLA.
Histoire générale des Insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe. Contenant leurs descriptions, leurs figures, leurs differentes metamorphoses. Tome Second: DES PLANTES DE L'EUROPE (second title:) HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES PLANTES ET INSECTES DE L'EUROPE.
Paris, chez L.C. Desnos, 1771. Folio (520 x 340mm). pp. (4), 72, with 184 splendidly hand-coloured plates printed on 47 leaves. Contemporary red ha...
EUR 25,000
NEES VON ESENBECK, C.G., BISCHOF, C.G. & ROTHE. H. A.
Die Entwicklung der Pflanzensubstanz physiologisch, chemisch und mathematisch dargestellt mit combinatorischen Tafeln der möglichen Pflanzenstoffe und den Gesetzen ihrer stöchiometrischen Zusammensetzung.
Erlangen, J,J. Palm & E. Enkem 1819. 4to. pp. (6), 232, with numerous tabs in the text. Contemporary malbled boards.
EUR 1,500
NOLLET, J.A.
Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénoménes électriques, et sur les effets nuisibles ou avantageux qu'on peut en attendre.
Paris, Frères Guerin, 1749. 8vo (162 x 95mm). pp. xxxvi, 444, with 8 folded engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine with 5 r...
EUR 550
one of the most attractive natural history encyclopaedias of the 19th century
ORBIGNY, C. d'.
Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle... dirigé par M. Charles d'Orbigny, et enrichi d'un magnifique Atlas de planches gravées sur acier.
Paris, au Bureau Principal des Éditeurs..., Langlois et Leclercq, Victor Masson, 1849. 16 volumes (13 text- & 3 atlas-volumes). Royal-8vo (240 x 1...
EUR 3,800
the most beautiful miniature entomological work ever published
PANZER, G.W.
Faunae Insectorum Germanicae Initia oder Deutschlands Insecten.
Nürnberg, in der Felseckerschen Buchhandlung, 1793-1799. parts 1-67 (of 100), bound in 17 volumes. Oblong small-8vo (120 x 95mm). With 1 allegoric...
EUR 6,000
both Napoleon III and Queen Victoria subscribed to its first edition
RAVENSCROFT, E. J.
The Pinetum Britannicum. A descriptive account of Hardy Coniferous Trees, cultivated in Great Britain.
Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood & Son, (1863)-1884. 3 volumes. Folio (555 x 417mm). pp. (6), errata leaf, 1-110; (2), 111-216; (2), 217-330 with...
EUR 15,000
SACHS, J.
Geschichte der Botanik vom 16. Jahrhundert bis 1860.
München, R. Oldenbourg, 1875. 8vo (210 x 130mm). pp. xii, 612. Recent blue cloth.
EUR 500
SEITZ, A.
Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt.
Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1909-1954. 20 volumes (bound in 32). 4to (315 x 250mm). Text and 1458 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's uniform half...
EUR 19,000
The fine plates are made by process of 10-14 colour lithography, and its excellent quality has remained unsurpassed
SEITZ, A.
The Macrolepidoptera of the world.
Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1909-1954. 20 volumes (bound in 29). 4to. With 1458 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's half calf, gilt and unbound in...
EUR 12,000
The first and most important of four works by Senebier specifically on photosynthesis
SENEBIER, J.
Mémoires Physico-Chymiques, sur l'influence de la lumière solaire pour modifier les êtres des trois règnes de la Nature, & sur-tout ceux du règne végétal.
Genève, Barthelemi Chirol, 1782. 3 volumes. 8vo (215 x 145mm). pp. xvi, 408; viii, 411; viii, 412, with 2 folded engraved plates. Contemporary mar...
EUR 1,000
One of the finest works on butterflies ever published
SEPP, J.C.
Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen.
Of Nederlandsche Insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelijke huishouding, verwonderlijke gedaante-wisseling en andere wetenswaardige bijzonderheden ... Amst...
EUR 25,000
One of the finest works on butterflies ever published
SEPP, J.C.
Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen. Of Nederlandsche Insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelijke huishouding, verwonderlijke gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige bijzonderheden ...
Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1762-1860. 8 volumes. 4to (250 x 190mm). With 8 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 400 hand-coloured engraved plates. C...
EUR 12,500
THORNTON, R.J.
Botanical Extracts: or Philosophy of botany, being botanical and philosophical Extracts.
London, White, Johnson?., 1810. 2 volumes. Folio (460 x 320mm). pp. 1-308; (2), 309-574, with 2 engraved title-vignettes and 14 (some double-page) ...
EUR 2,900
VAILLANT, S.
Discours sur la structure des fleurs, leurs differences et l'usage de leurs parties. Prononcé à l'ouverture du Jardin Royal de Paris, le Xe. Jour du mois de Juin 1717. Et l'établissement de trois nouveaux genres de Plantes, l'Araliastrum, la Sherardia, la Boerhaavia. Avec la description de deux nouvelles Plantes rapportées au dernier genre.
Leide, Pierre van der Aa, 1718. 4to (260 x 205mm). pp. (4), 55, (1), with 2 engraved title vignettes. Contemporary boards (spine worn).
EUR 2,500
There were 18 new Australian plants, with 24 figured
VENTENAT, E.P. & REDOUTÉ, P.J.
Jardin de Malmaison.
Paris, Crapelet, An XI (1803-1804) (-1805). 2 volumes. Folio (543 x 360mm). With 120 stipple-engraved plates by Redouté, printed in colours and fi...
EUR 85,000
very rare thesis of this famous Dutch scientist
VRIES, H. DE.
De invloed der temperatuur op de levensverschijnselen der planten. Academisch proefschrift, ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor in de wis- en natuurkunde, aan de hoogeschool te Leiden op gezag van den rector magnificus Mr. J.E. Goudsmit...
's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1870. 8vo (222 x 145mm). pp. (8), 112, vi. Contemporary red cloth,spine with gilt lines, richly gilt decorated sid...
EUR 1,500
VRIES, H. DE.
Die Mutationstheorie.
Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Entstehung von Arten im Pfanzenreich. Leipzig, Veith & Comp., 1901-1903. 2 volumes. Royal-8vo (335 x 165mm). p...
EUR 800
WOLFFEN, C.
Entdeckung der wahren Ursache von der wunderbahren Vermehrung des Getreides, dadurch zugleich der Wachsthum der Bäume und Pflanzen überhaupt erläutert wird, als die erste Probe der Untersuchungen von dem Wachsthume der Pflanzen herausgegeben.
Halle, in der Rengerischen Buchhandlung, 1725. 4to. (208 x 165mm). pp. (10), 140, with an engraved frontispiece (together with:) WOLFFEN, C. Erläu...
EUR 750