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Autrecht: Etienne Neaulme, 1735. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, 17 charming engraved plates, a vignette title page printed in red and black, 12mo, pp xviii, 214, a littl;e age-toned and a few blemished internall;y, but otherwise in good condition, contemporary panelled sprinkled calf, sympathetically re-backed with a recent spine. [A multi-volume work, of which this is devoted to various garden… Read more about this item

London: R. Francklin, C. Davis, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, J. Hodges, J. & J. Rivington, J. Ward & W. Johnston, 1750. Seventh edition, revised and corrected. With an engraved frontispiece, 29 folding engraved plates some of which are loose but otherwise in very good condition, 12mo, pp viii, 312, untrimmed, some pages loose, boards worn, a… Read more about this item

Paris: Matthaei Migneret, 1806. Volume 1 only. 12mo, pp viii, 336, contemporary paper and boards, author and title written in ink on the upper cover, a little soiled and rubbed, bookplate of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen, early signatures on the front endpaper and the bottom of the title page. . Boards. Good.

Oxford: Fletcher et Hanwell et J. Cooke, 1794. First edition. Octavo, pp xxiv, 422, [14], a little age-toning thoughout and the occasional blemish, the top margin of pages 19 - 39 slightly bruised with slight tearing, lacking the half-title, otherwies very good internally, probably contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, rather rubbed and a little worn, the spine head a… Read more about this item

Tournay: J. Casterman, 1823. Illustrated with 16 lithograph plates, small octavo, pp 153,(i), partly untrimmed, the errata leaf pasted to the rear endpaper, the occasional blemish, lacking the front endpaper, but overall rather good internally, original boards, slightly chipped printed paper title label on the spine. From the library of the Kew grass botanist C.E. Hubbard, with both his stamp… Read more about this item

Dublin: John Exshaw, 1778. Illustrated with three folding engraved maps and ten engraved plates (some folding), octavo, pp xvi, 118; 128; 132; 95; [13], a few folded corners, a little used and age-toned internally with a few paper imperfections and marks, the front endpaper slightly marked and lacking a corner, contemporary calf sound but rather worn at the edges, lacking… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: John Anderson & Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1813. Second edition. Two volumes, pp vi, 496; vi, 496, some age-toning and slight blemishes, a few lightly turned cornes, but overall good, sound and tight internally, contemporary full calf, a bit worn and bumped, the boards showing though at the corners, a tear to the upper… Read more about this item

London: Darton, Harvey & Darton; Scratcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; W. Walker; J. Harris; and Law & Whittaker, 1817. Seventh edition. An engraved frontispiece, 12mo, pp (ii), 269, age-toning and slight wear internally, contemporary tree calf very rubbed, worn at the edges, lacking small parts of the spine at head and tail, the covers nearly… Read more about this item

Fleet Street, London: White, Cochrane & co., 1814. Two volumes, 1814 [1813]. Octavo, illustrated with 24 plain stipple-engraved plates, pp xxxvi, 751, (i),(vi), untrimmed, age-toned and with foxing heavy on some pages and plates but almost , or entirely, lacking on the larger parts of the volumes, one page more heavily browned from the insertion of a paper at… Read more about this item

Berolini [Berlin]: Ex officina Rungiana, 1682. Engraved allegorical title page age-toned and frayed at margins with neat fore-margin repair, printed title in red and black, pp (14),(i), 331,(i),(20) + 11 engraved plates, the last plate frayed and mounted along the fore-edge, all the pages are aged and age-toned, the plates are browned and foxed and have been simply numbered in… Read more about this item

London: Rob. Scot, Ri. Chiswell, Tho. Chapman & Geo. Sawbridge, 1702. Second edition, corrected. Large octavo, two folding plates, a frontispiece of the Royal Society Arms with licence leaf printed in the reverse, pp (12), 438, a little general age-toning and marking, double offsetting between title and frontispiece, but overall good and tight internally, orignal full panelled calf, at… Read more about this item

London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1827. Second edition, with some account of the history of the science, and adapted to the use of students. Illustrated with a charming hand-coloured frontispiece, eight hand-coloured plates, small 12mo (measures 108mm x 173mm), extremely clean internally, contemporary boards with maroon calf spine, a little worn and scuffed and with a small piece missing from… Read more about this item

St James's Street, Fleet Street & Poultry, London: J. Harding; J. White & J. Mawman, 1808. Second edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of the Woburn Beech, seven other plates (of which three are tinted and folding), octavo, pp 4, 6-277, + an advertisement page, extremely clean internally, recently bound in green quarter morocco and marbled boards. A very… Read more about this item

THOMAS BARNES. A New Method of Propagating Fruit-trees and Flowering Shrubs: whereby the common kinds may be raised more expeditiously; and several curious exotics increased, which will not take root from cuttings or layers, confirmed by repeated and successful expeience. First edition, 1759. With two engraved folding plates (a bit foxed and slightly worn), octavo, pp 42, scattered… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1834. First edition. Eight volumes, each volume with a steel engraved frontispiece and an extra steel engraved vignette title page, [a little browning and offsetting to these pages], otherwise the contents are just slightly age-toned but in very good order, all edges gilt, full grained leather bindings with gilt decorated spines, gilt-lined, inner dentelles gilt, lacking some… Read more about this item

The Bible & Crown, St Paul's Churchyard: John & James Rivington for the author, 1752. Sixth edition, carefully revised and adapted to the present day. Folio, an engraved allegorical frontispiece and nine engraved plates, a light marginal staining at the bottom inner corner of the first ten pages (repeated a couple of times later), a tear to the last page… Read more about this item

187 Piccadilly, London: Privately printed for Arthur L. Humphreys, 1897. Octavo, pp xvi, 123, top edge gilt, the other edges uncut, decorative endpapers, original decorated cloth, faded but sound, the corners slightly worn, the spine darkened, the fore-edge very slightly bruised. SCARCE. [Originally published in 1829. I know nothing of the compiler, who doesn't even get a… Read more about this item

Ripon, London & York: W. Farrer; Longman & Co; Wilson & Spence, 1806. Illustrated with two aquatint plates. a coat of arms, and 16 woodcut tail-pieces, 12mo, pp 314, edges untrimmed (and a couple opened a little carelessly), otherwise just lightly age-toned with the occasional mark, with wide margins, a later simple quarter calf and marbled boards, slightly tightly bound,… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, London & Dublin: Fraser & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; W. Curry, Jun. & Co., 1834. Two volumes bound in one. Illustrated with 20 engraved plates including a map, small thick octavo, pp viii, 368; 344, very slight age-toning and foxing of the text, the plates are a little more marked, recently bound in a simple green quarter calf… Read more about this item

The Botanic Garden, Lambeth-Marsh: Published by the author, 1788. Octavo, pp 33,(i) + eight hand coloured engraved plates with slight age-toning, the last twoplates with slight foxing also, each plate has a descriptive explantikon page opposite, twentieth century boards with cloth spine, the upper cover a little faded but otherwise very good. RARE. [Designed to illustrat a series of public… Read more about this item