Botany from Donald Heald Rare Books

London, 1738. Mezzotint printed in colours and finished by hand. Engraved by Elisha Kirkall. Very good condition. A fine plate from Martyn's 'Historia plantarum rariorum', the first botanical book to be illustrated with colour-printed plates. A professor of botany at Cambridge and one of the founders of the London Botanical Society, John Martyn is renowned for his great… Read more about this item

London: R. Havell, 1831. Aquatint engraving finished by hand in watercolour. Sheet size: 24 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches. Matted and accompanied by text leaf. Priscilla Bury's stunning depiction of the plant Amaryllis superba, expertly engraved by Robert Havell, showcases her botanical skill and the vibrant beauty of this striking plant. Priscilla Bury, a self-taught botanical artist, grew… Read more about this item

London: R. Havell, 1831. Aquatint engraving finished by hand in watercolour. Sheet size: 24 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches. Matted and accompanied by text leaf. Priscilla Bury's elegant illustration of Crinum pedunculato-zeylanicum, enhanced by Havell's masterful aquatinting, captures the delicate form of this tropical plant in exquisite detail. This intricate print of Crinum pedunculato-zeylanicum showcases Priscilla Bury's remarkable… Read more about this item

London: Published by Day & Son, 1884. Hand-coloured lithograph. In perfect condition. Sheet size: 22 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches. A very fine plate from Ravenscroft's 'The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees' Ravenscroft's work is the third (in order of publication) of the three great coniferous iconographies of the nineteenth century, following Bedford and… Read more about this item

Boston: printed and published for the author by Dutton & Wentworth, 1854. Folio. (26 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches). Letterpress title, 1p. dedication to Caleb Cope (verso blank), 12pp. text (numbered [5]-16); 1p. index, plate list, note and errata (verso blank). 6 chromolithographed plates by Sharp & Sons of Dorchester, Mass. (5 after William Sharp, 1 after Allen). Expertly… Read more about this item

Vienna: Mekhitarist Fathers and Johann Rauh, 1852. Oblong folio. (16 5/8 x 22 1/4 inches). [6] I-VI [1] 2-11 [12] 12 plates [2]. 12 hand-colored lithographic plates by Czerny after Antoine, printed by Johann Rauh, 11 of which are preceded by a prepared transparent guard leaf on which the name of the plant depicted in the following plate is… Read more about this item

London: Published by the Author, 5 York Buildings, New Road, Marylebone; and Sold by J. Harding, St. James's Street; J. and A. Arch, Cornhill; and Rodwell and Martin, Bond Street. Printed by James Moyes, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, 1818. Imperial quarto. (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 inches). First edition. Stated Volume I on title, but this was the only… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1820. 4to. (10 1/2 x 8 inches). 12 aquatint plates (10 hand coloured, 2 uncoloured). Publisher's half red morocco over tan paper boards, original letterpress label on the upper cover A rare American colour plate book and an important art instruction book containing engravings by John Hill. The work was published in four editions… Read more about this item

London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 32 Old Bond Street. Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street; Royal Horticultural Society. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited at the Chiswick Press. Color lithography by K. G. Lohse, Frankfurt am Main, 1962. 9 fascicles. Folio. (22 x 15 1/4 inches). First edition. 40 total colored plates over 9 parts,… Read more about this item

London, 1760. Folio. (21 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches). Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on thick laid paper with a fleur-de-lis and crown watermark. Captioned and signed, "G. D. Ehret. P." Verso blank. A superb prickly pear watercolor by the master botanical artist Georg Dionysius Ehret. Ehret was the dominant influence in botanical art during the middle of the… Read more about this item

The Hague: Pierre Husson, 1715. 2 volumes. 4to. (10 x 7 1/2 inches). "Nouvelle Edition Augmentée Considerablement." Vol. I: *-**4 A-Pp4. [i]-xvi [1]-293. 310 pp. Vol. II: 38 engraved plates, 33 are double-plates, 5 are folding. Woodcut head and tail-pieces, historiated initials, and illustrations in-text. Title printed red and black with woodcut printer's device, Dedication with engraved coat-of-arms, Avis,… Read more about this item

Frankfurt: A. Kempner [part 2, E. Kempner], 1612. 2 parts in one volume, folio. (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches). Engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait of the author, 110 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates, title heightened in gold. Title mounted. Copper engravings, with expert modern hand-colouring. Contemporary red morocco, the covers panelled in gilt with foliate center- and corner-pieces, spine… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill, 1616. Folio. (11 1/4 x 7 inches). First English edition. [x]4 A-Sss4. [18] 732 [18]. 768 pp. Title, The Contents, Dedication to Lord Robert, Dedication to Sir Peregrine Bartie, Surflet to the Courteous Reader, Seed Table, Books I-VII, Table of the Matters, Table of New Additions. Woodcut printer's ornaments, head and… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row, 1839. 8to. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). Third edition. [i]-xi 1-570 1-32. 614 pp. With six copper-plate engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Title, Preface, Contents, Books I-IV, Appendix, Explanation of the plates, Index, Bookseller's catalogue. Publisher's green cloth boards ruled in blind and pictorially blind-stamped on both… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row. Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square, 1832. 4to. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches). Volume I: Second edition with supplement. xxiv 1-742 1-16. 782 pp. Publisher's green cloth boards blind paneled and pictorially blind-stamped on front and back boards, title stamped gilt on spine, yellow endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown … Read more about this item

Antwerp: Joseph Jacops, 1682. 4to. (7 3/4 x 6 inches). pp. (xl), 1-74, (2), 75-296, (26). Engraved frontsipiece and coat of arms after prefatory text. 14 additional engraved plates, most are folding. Contemporary calf with raised bands in six compartments, gilt tooling, gilt title on second compartment. First edition of Sterbeeck's fascinating botanical treatise on citrus fruit, includes… Read more about this item

Paris: J. Rothschild, Libraire de la Société Botanique de France et des Sociétés Zoologique et Géologique de Londres, 14 Rue de Buci. Printed by E. Donnaud at 9 Rue Cassette, 1864. Folio. (23 x 15 1/2 inches). 40 chromolithographic plates. Unpaginated, 248 pp. Contemporary Morocco-backed mottled boards, spine with raised bands in six gilt-tooled compartments, marbled endpapers. A… Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Carnan, 1778. 12mo. (6 3/4 x 4 inches). (12), 336 pp. Contemporary calf, front and back covers ruled gilt, spine ruled gilt into 6 compartments, gilt lettering on second and third compartments. Provenance: J. Bryan (contemporary signature); Pamela Lister (bookplate) The second edition, corrected and enlarged, of Weston's classic treatise on landscape gardening. … Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Le Rouge, Rue des Grands Augustins, 1789. 21 cahiers in 4 vols. Folio. (11 x 8 inches). First edition. Complete. Volume I: Cahiers 1-5: "Traite des edifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensiles des Chinois, graves sur les originaux dessines a la Chine," 30 pp., 128 copper-plate engravings. Volume 2: Cahiers 6-10: 113 plates. Volume 3: Cahiers 11-15:… Read more about this item

Nuremberg: Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, 1800. 6 vols.; folio. (20 x 15 inches). Engraved hand-colored plan and 37 fine hand-colored aquatint plates. Publisher's neat blindstamp to a few plate margins. Original printed wrappers with marbled paper spines, labels on covers of all six volumes, within a cloth chemise and quarter green morocco clamshell box. [Together with:] HEIDELOFF, Victor (1757-1817). Merkwürdigste… Read more about this item