Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. Oblong folio, 36 x 44 cm. One of a special edition for Time-Life subscribers signed by Ansel Adams. Foreword by Wallace Stegner, who quotes Adams, "A photograph is made, not taken." Illustrated with full page duotune reproductions... More
London: John Tilly for R. Montagu, 1736. First edition. leather_bound. 76 pages. 28.5 x 21.8 cm. Hand colored engraved frontispiece depicting Albin on a horse surrounded by insects and arachnids. 53 hand colored plates by Smith, Basire and others. The hand colored plates are stunning, particularly that of the Flea... More
Paris: J. Rothschild, 1900. Third edition. Boards. 364 pages. 30 x 23 cm. 510 black and white illustrations. Index. Extensive price guide for labor, materials and equipment -- ie...head gardener @75 francs per hour, and a horse hire @70 francs per hour. Foxing to first few and last leaves of... More
Dundonald: Blackstaff Press, 1983. Parker, Richard Dunscombe. First edition. Hardcover. 113 pages. 43 x 60 cm. Limited edition 166 of 250, signed by Editor and Designer. 40 mounted color plates reproducing the original watercolour paintings originally discovered in 1976 by the Editor in the recesses of the Ulster Museum, Belfast... More
Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. Pope, William. First edition. Hardcover. 175 pp. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in PortRyerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections fromPope's very literate... More
Rome: Nella Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel, 1768. First edition. Boards. 283 pp. 4to, 29 cm, four copper engraved plates; large fold-outs, plus title vignette, head and tail pieces and initials. Index and errata page. A discussion of the magical mineral waters and baths of Porreta Terme near Bologna at the... More
Oxford: J.H. Parker, 1834-1843. Second edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22 x 14 cm. 2nd edition, 509 hand-colored engraved plates colored by the author's daughter and daughter-in-law -- with detailed botanical descriptions for each. Index for each volume. Spines decorated and lettered in gilt, rubbing to backstrip extremities and spines. BLUNT [GREAT... More
Paris: J.-B.Bailliere et Fils, 1901. 1st French edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. 4to, fifty full-page chromolithograph plates with multiple images per page. French edition by Joseph de Joannis, originally published in German. Index of Butterflies. Index of Authors. Comprehensive survey with a plethora of color examples. Minor rubbing backstrip extremities. More
Newcastle: E. Walker, for T. Bewick & Son, 1818. Bewick, Thomas. First edition. leather_bound. 376 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. 324 woodcuts, Variant A, With the suppressed wood cut of "Auld Clouty," and with an unfinished receipt bearing Bewick's (mark) thumb print. ROSCOE 45c. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Gordon N. Ray... More
Newcastle: Sol, Hodgson, For Beilby & Bewick, 1797, 1805. Bewick, Thomas. First & Second editions. Leather Bound. 335, 400 pages. 24 x 14.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with wood-engravings. The first volume of this work was published in 1797 for which Beilby furnished the written descriptions with Bewick providing the text... More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1929. Blossfeldt, Karl. Second edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. 30 x 25 cm. 120 photographic plates of forms from nature. Introduction by Karl Nierendorf. KARPEL 796. Distinguished plate book by a botanist and photographer, elegant botanical portraiture, with infinite descriptive detail. Text in German, interior contents fresh and... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1899-1902-1903-1900. First edition. Hardcover. Respectively, as per above titles: 81 (2) pages, 17 pages, 100 pages, 170 pages. A plethora of black and white plates most with multiple images, illustrations in the text, maps and two color lithographs. With Index of Vol. I, 1899-1903 containing a List... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. Hardcover. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 1391 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. More
London: C. Clement, 1821. Stereotype edition. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 19 x 12 cm. Four copperplate engravings. The author, also known under the pen name of Peter Porcupine, (as a controversial political pamphleteer) lived in the United States at the end of the 18th century before returning to England. Index. SABIN 13871... More
London: Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al, 1724. Third Edition Corrected. leather-bound. 273 [3] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Copper engraved frontispiece, four copper engraved folding plates at rear -- illustrations for avenues, walks and lawns. First published 1676. the author was gardener to the Earl of Essex... More
London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1737. Ninth edition. leather_bound. 444 pages, Index (10). 20 x 13 cm. Fold-out plate following text, plus two page publisher adverts. First published 1713, this work and "Astro-Theology, 1714, were teleological arguments for the being and attributes of God, and were used by Paley... More
London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al, 1762. Second edition, corrected and improved. leather_bound. 489 pages [*4,B4-Rrr4], 25 1/2 x 21 cm. 4to, six copperplate engravings (4 folding), and one folding table. A French botanist and engineer, Duhamel was probably the first to distinguish clearly between alkalis, potash and... More
Washington, DC: Published by the Author, 1938. First edition. Cloth. 175 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Limited edition, one of 2500 designed and printed by the Lakeside Press. Approximately 80 plates, most are in color; Chronological List. Index. Front cover green leather inset printed and decorated in gilt, armorial bookplate. More
NY: C.M. Saxton, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Ten black and white lithographic plates including title page. The Appendix lists prices realized for bushels of cranberries sold from 1850-1855. Interior contents clean and bright, bookplate, modest extremity wear. More
London: James Ridgeway And Sons, 1838-1842. New Series. Hardcover. 26 x 17 cm. Total of 688 hand-colored engraved botanical plates with tissue guards, lacking 26 plates. The young Edwards made some drawings from the plates in the "Flora londinensis" which eventually caught the eye of Curtis who was sufficiently impressed... More
Albany: D. & S. Whiting, 1803. leather_bound. 280 pages. 21.5 x 13 cm. 13 fold-out plates. First published, 1802. An introduction and notes by William Cobbett for the climates and season of the USA. SABIN 25155. Scattered toning throughout, owner notes on endapers. More
London: Adam Islip Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633. Second edition. leather_bound. 1630 (24) pages. 36 X 24 cm. Approximately 2821 wood-cuts. Indices. The title page by John Pyne, and engraver chiefly of portraits and frontispieces. Johnson produced this edition noteworthy for its many corrections, improvements, and additions, and remained... More
Paris: Gabriel De Gonet, 1847. Grandville, Jean Ignace Isadore. First edition. leather_bound. 262,263-364 (IV)132 pages. 26.5 x 18.5 cm, Hand-colored wood engraved title, 50 hand-colored engraved plates by Geoffroy after Grandville, two unsigned engraved botanical plates. Introduction by Alphonse Karr, text by Taxile Delord. GORDON N. RAY 198. "Fleurs animees"... More
Paris: A. Vincent, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio, approx. 18 x 14", total of 124 black and white plates, twenty plans, and 160 views of villas from various regions of Spain. 20 pages of introductory text and explanatory notes. Vol.I presents the Arab gardens at Alcazar, Alhambra, etc. Vol.II... More
Paris: A. Vincent, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio, approx. 18 x 14", total of 148 black and white plates, twenty five plans, and 170 views of villas from various Italian regions. Introductory text and explanatory notes. Presents representative data for a host of prominent Italian gardens during the period... More