Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum britanniae lusitanorum botanicorum in usum, Celsissimi ac Potentissimi Lusitaniae Principis Regentis Domini Nostri, et Jussu, et Auspiciis denuo typis mandatus, curante Fr. Josepho Mariano Veloso. by DICKSON, James - 1800

Utrecht: Chez Sorli, MDCCLI [1751]. Hard Cover. 130 p.; 17 cm. Attributed to Frederick II --NUC pre-1956. Title continues: A laquelle on a joint l'Examen de l'Usure suivant les Principes du Droit Naturel. Kress 5457; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 08645.0-A; Cioranescu 29591; 29182. The Formey text on usury is at pages 86-130. With this is bound Epistola ad Godofredum Guilielmum Leibnitium, qua characterem plantarum naturalem non a partibus earum peti posse ostendit by Johann Heinrich Burckhard, published Helmstadii, 1750. a reprint of his 1702 publication where Burckhard and Leibniz had developed some ideas, well before Linnaeus, regarding the sexual organs of plants. This edition contains a 98-page introduction by Laurentius Heister before the reprint (pp. [101]-159) with a 15-page index. The two folded hand-colored plates are here but 1/3 of the first is torn off. Pritzel (2nd ed.) 1378. Two significant books of the mid-18th Centiry Enlightenment bound together in contemporary 3/4 calf. Bookplate of Royal… Read More

Albany: J. B. Lyon, 1911. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon, 1911, first printing. Large, thick 4to. 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", b/w frontis+xii+616pp., illustrated with 97 full page color plates. (the October plate p.298 was never inserted in any publiction of the volume). A historical account of cultivated plums, and extensive survey of varieties grown in New York. Minor scuff to rear cover, else fine, clean, bright, binding strong. Name stamp of Matilda R. Dodge on pastedown, along with stamp "Compliments of Patrick E. McCabe, clerk of the senate, Albany, NY." . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Good copy of Volume 2 (of 2) only of this popular 19th century German herbalThe attractive hand-coloured engravings by F. Kirchner. The subjects in this volume are fruits, spices, herbs, hallucinogenics, poisons, cereals, bulbs, ferns, mushrooms, etc. Plant names in German and Latin in the plate.Artus's handbook of general medicinal-pharmaceutical plants was published in two volumes from 1846 to 1885. With title page to the 5th edition of 1876, 395 pages of text (p.363 to p.758) and 110 hand-coloured botanical engravings.Willibald Artus (1809-1880) was a pharmacist in Weimar, before moving to Jena in 1840 to become professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the university.Brown half leather binding with crack at front hinge, gilt title on spine, marble boards scuffed and worn, text pages starting to brown as usual, hand-coloured plates with some toning and occasional foxing. A few pages starting to come loose from the binding, some chipped at the edges.

Hampton Wick, Middlesex (UK): A. W. Darnell, 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quartos. 252, [3]; 252 pages. Indexed at the end of the first volume. Large format books, the bindings measure 11 /14 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in early 3/4 green calf with green cloth-covered boards. Bindings signed (in type) in the verso of the front flyleaves, "Bound by Bayntun (Riviere) Bath, England." Raised bands on the spines, which have 6 compartments each. Dual leather labels per spine. The compartments are nicely stamped in decorative gilt with floral designs. Some rubbing to the bindings and spotting on the cloth. Faux marbled endpapers. Prior owner's signature of "William Lanier Hunt" on the second front flyleaves. Text is foxed, especially at the front and rear. Nicely illustrated throughout. Collates complete with 24 color plates (12 per volume) and numerous black and white… Read More

Longman, Rees, Cadell and Davies. London. 1803. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.5 inches). iii-xxvii, 523pp. Bound without half title but otherwise complete, with 13 engraved plates, all but two folding. A clean copy finely bound in recent half burgundy morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments decorated, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. A very good copy of this popular work.

Utrecht: Chez Sorli, MDCCLI [1751]. Hard Cover. 130 p.; 17 cm. Attributed to Frederick II --NUC pre-1956. Title continues: A laquelle on a joint l'Examen de l'Usure suivant les Principes du Droit Naturel. Kress 5457; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 08645.0-A; Cioranescu 29591; 29182. The Formey text on usury is at pages 86-130. With this is bound Epistola ad Godofredum Guilielmum Leibnitium, qua characterem plantarum naturalem non a partibus earum peti posse ostendit by Johann Heinrich Burckhard, published Helmstadii, 1750. a reprint of his 1702 publication where Burckhard and Leibniz had developed some ideas, well before Linnaeus, regarding the sexual organs of plants. This edition contains a 98-page introduction by Laurentius Heister before the reprint (pp. [101]-159) with a 15-page index. The two folded hand-colored plates are here but 1/3 of the first is torn off. Pritzel (2nd ed.) 1378. Two significant books of the mid-18th Centiry Enlightenment bound together in contemporary 3/4 calf. Bookplate of Royal… Read More

Albany: J. B. Lyon, 1911. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon, 1911, first printing. Large, thick 4to. 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", b/w frontis+xii+616pp., illustrated with 97 full page color plates. (the October plate p.298 was never inserted in any publiction of the volume). A historical account of cultivated plums, and extensive survey of varieties grown in New York. Minor scuff to rear cover, else fine, clean, bright, binding strong. Name stamp of Matilda R. Dodge on pastedown, along with stamp "Compliments of Patrick E. McCabe, clerk of the senate, Albany, NY." . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Good copy of Volume 2 (of 2) only of this popular 19th century German herbalThe attractive hand-coloured engravings by F. Kirchner. The subjects in this volume are fruits, spices, herbs, hallucinogenics, poisons, cereals, bulbs, ferns, mushrooms, etc. Plant names in German and Latin in the plate.Artus's handbook of general medicinal-pharmaceutical plants was published in two volumes from 1846 to 1885. With title page to the 5th edition of 1876, 395 pages of text (p.363 to p.758) and 110 hand-coloured botanical engravings.Willibald Artus (1809-1880) was a pharmacist in Weimar, before moving to Jena in 1840 to become professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the university.Brown half leather binding with crack at front hinge, gilt title on spine, marble boards scuffed and worn, text pages starting to brown as usual, hand-coloured plates with some toning and occasional foxing. A few pages starting to come loose from the binding, some chipped at the edges.

Hampton Wick, Middlesex (UK): A. W. Darnell, 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quartos. 252, [3]; 252 pages. Indexed at the end of the first volume. Large format books, the bindings measure 11 /14 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in early 3/4 green calf with green cloth-covered boards. Bindings signed (in type) in the verso of the front flyleaves, "Bound by Bayntun (Riviere) Bath, England." Raised bands on the spines, which have 6 compartments each. Dual leather labels per spine. The compartments are nicely stamped in decorative gilt with floral designs. Some rubbing to the bindings and spotting on the cloth. Faux marbled endpapers. Prior owner's signature of "William Lanier Hunt" on the second front flyleaves. Text is foxed, especially at the front and rear. Nicely illustrated throughout. Collates complete with 24 color plates (12 per volume) and numerous black and white… Read More

Longman, Rees, Cadell and Davies. London. 1803. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.5 inches). iii-xxvii, 523pp. Bound without half title but otherwise complete, with 13 engraved plates, all but two folding. A clean copy finely bound in recent half burgundy morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments decorated, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. A very good copy of this popular work.