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
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: 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
Frankfurt: Der Goldene Brunnen, 1961. Hardcover. 33 pages. 27 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 82 of 150 signed by Kredel & Salter. Hand-colored engraved illustrations. Text in German. The title translates roughly as "By the Side of the Road." The subtitle reads: "Blossoms and leaves, both fresh and wilted..... More
Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter, 1871. leather_bound. 184, 180, 180, 207, 215. 27 x 19 cm. 277 colored plates -- 156 hand-colored plates (MIchaux) and 121 lithographic plates with hand-coloring (Nuttall), plus engraved frontispiece of Michaux. The Michaux plates were drawn by the Redoute brothers, and Pancrace Bessa. Originally published 1810-1813, translated..... More
London: John and Francis Rivington, 1748. Eighth edition. leather_bound. 343 & [9 page index]. 20 x 13 cm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by John Pine, an accomplished engraver and friend of Hogarth. First published, 1731. The author was Gardener of the Chelsea physic garden of the Society of Apothecaries, and this..... More
London: Sotheby's, 1975-1976. First edition. Boards. 251, 265 and 209 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Color frontispieces, profusely illustrated with numerous reproductions, with printed lists of prices and buyers -- a total of 862 lots. This sumptuous catalogue also contains a complete index of provenance. Small nick toward head of..... More
London: Scolar Press, 1975. Reprint. Cloth. Unpaginated. 30 1/2 x 22 cm. Orig. published ca. 1660. Thirty-one plates as per the original from a copy in the Lindley Library at the Royal Horticultural Society. Limited edition, copy 128 of 500 printed on hand-made paper by F. Amatruda, Amalfi. Full-page color..... More
London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J. B. Lippincott Co, 1911. Robinson, Charles. leather_bound. 128 pages. 27 x 20.5 cm. Deluxe issue, 18 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Robinson, tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers, wide text margins, plethora of line drawings, printed on heavy stock. Spine slightly darkened, some age spotting back..... More
Edinburgh: John Murray, 1828. Second edition. Greatly improved and enlarged. leather_bound. 527 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Six engraved plates. Errata slip, advert dated 5th Nov. 1828 noting that unless the author has provided persons instructed by him with a hand written certificate; all others are impostors. Two bookplates, small..... More
Paris: E Typograpia Regia, 1719. Third edition. leather_bound. 25 x 19 cm. Vol.1 text. [A3, *-***4, E4, I4, A-Ssss4, A4, A-G4, H2.] Engraved title and 252 plates; Engraved title and 237 plates. Illustrated with 3 copper-engraved titles, copper-engraved title-page emblem, copper-engraved initials and headpieces, woodcut tailpieces, and 489 full-page copper-engraved..... More