Search Results: Botany from Veery Books

1 leaf, verso blank. Sydm. Edwards fecit Pub. June 1 1791 by W. Curtis. No 159. A hand-colored engraving of Aurinia saxatilis, commonly known as Gold dust, Golden Alison (alyssum saxatile).

1 leaf, verso blank. Publish'd. by W. Curtis, Botanic Garden, Lambeth Marsh. No 42. A hand-colored engraving of Calceolaria pinnata L., known as Feather Calceolaria in English.

New York: Christie's, 2002. 224 pp. 132 items. A ding to the bottom fore edge corner, lightly visible as a shallow bend on pp. 1-40. A small bump to top fore edge corner, else fine. Lushly illustrated, every item illustrated, many with full-page color, plus extra illustrations inside and outside front and back covers. . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

xxviii, 470 pp. Large 8°, [9¼ x 6½], Quarter leather with gilt stamped spine and alligator skin–like paper-covered boards. Nice indigo speckling on textblock edges. Light wear with some sunning at top of boards and a bit of wear on corners. Interior clean, little if any foxing, and a few marginalia in pencil. Plates are present ("Avec 5 planches dont 4 en Chromo et 80 Figures dans le Texte."), but plates don't appear to be bound in the correct places. Also, margins on plates appear tight. Still very good with a nice look. The author claims that the league of enemies of grape production herein is not exhaustive, "la liste des parasites, animaux ou végétaux, qui s'attaquent ànos récoltes augmente d'année en année, but the orders of Hémiptères, Lépidoptères, Névroptères, Orthoptères, Coléoptères, Hyménoptères inclusive of 90 species are described here. It is a wonder that there are any grapes left for wine.

1 leaf, verso blank. Sydm. Edwards del.; Pub. S. Curtis Walworth, July 1, 1801, Vol. 15. F. Sansom Sc. No 1472. A hand-colored engraving of Micranthus tubulosus (Burm.f.) N.E. Br., a member of the Iris family.

1 leaf, verso blank. Sydm. Edwards del.; Pub. S. Curtis Walworth, July 1, 1801, Vol. 15. F. Sansom Sc. No 1472. A hand-colored engraving of Sagittaria rigida Pursh, commonly known Canadian Arrowhead.

1 leaf, verso blank. Pub. by W. Curtis St. Geo. Crescent. Mar. 1, 1792. No 186. A hand-colored engraving of Selago ovata as described by Aiton, W., Hortus Kewensis, vol. 2 (1789).

1 leaf, verso blank. Sydm. Edward del. Pub. by S. Curtis Walworth. Dec. 1, 1814. No 1688. F. Sansom Sculpsit. A hand-colored engraving of Sesamum indicum, Sesame plant

1 leaf, verso blank. Pubd. as the Act directs, Novr. 2, 1789, W. Curtis, Botanic Garden, Lambeth Marsh. No 101. A hand-colored engraving of Lobularia maritima, commonly known as Sweet Alison, sweet alyssum

1 leaf, verso blank. Sydm. Edwards del.; Pub. S. Curtis Walworth, July 1, 1812. F. Sansom Sc. No 1472. A hand-colored engraving of the herb Syringa inodora, or Philadelphus inodora, in the Hydrangea family.

1 leaf, verso blank. Sydm. Edwards del. Pub. June 1 1791 by W. Curtis. No 159. A hand-colored engraving of Uvularia grandiflora, family: Liliaceae; subfamily: Colchicoideae