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DICTIONNAIRE ICONOGRAPHIQUE DES ORCHIDÉES
by COGNIAUX, Celestin Alfred and GOOSSENS, Alphonse
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- Used - Library labels on spines and penciled numbering on title leaves but no library marking to contents. Plates overall very good to
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- First Edition
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- 1897-1907
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$7,500.00
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Brussels: F. Havermans, 1897-1907. First Edition. Softcover. Library labels on spines and penciled numbering on title leaves but no library marking to contents. Plates overall very good to fine, a few of the folding plates splitting along the crease, some plates with small adhesion spots from opposing leaves. Very Good or better and quite scarce. Collection of original… Read more about this item Item Price
$7,500.00
THE SPECIMEN BOOK OF FRUITS, FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature, for the Use of Nurserymen
by DEWEY, D. M
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- Used - Some peripheral soiling of several plates, many showing only minimal staining. Eleven plates show some smearing of the color, se
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- First Edition
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- [1865]
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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Rochester, NY: D. M. Dewey, [1865]. First Edition. Hardcover. Some peripheral soiling of several plates, many showing only minimal staining. Eleven plates show some smearing of the color, several suggesting that the smearing might have occurred before the original paint had dried. Circular brown stain measuring 1" on front cover. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
FAVOURITE FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
by STEP, Edward
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- Used - Attractive bookplate on front pastedowns; interiors clean and colors bright; light foxing affecting endpapers and bulked text ed
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1896
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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London & New York: Frederick Warne, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Attractive bookplate on front pastedowns; interiors clean and colors bright; light foxing affecting endpapers and bulked text edges. Light soiling to boards with pink dye stains to upper board of fourth volume; spine labels chipped. Near Fine. Four 6-1/2" x 9-3/4" volumes bound in publisher's 3/4 vellum and… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
THE GENUS ROSA
by WILLMOTT, Ellen
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- Used - Plates strong and fresh; occasional paperclip impression at very top margin of some pages including plates; some pages loose or
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- First Edition
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- 1910-1914
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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London: John Murray, 1910-1914. First Edition. Softcover. Plates strong and fresh; occasional paperclip impression at very top margin of some pages including plates; some pages loose or detached; light wear to wrappers, somewhat heavier wear to slipcases. Near Fine and quite scarce in original wrappers. Alfred Parsons. Folio (11" x 15") in printed wrappers housed in two green… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
FORST-FLORA oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der Fur den Forstmann Wichtigen Wildwachsenden Baume und Straucher Sowie der Nutzlichen und Schadlichen Krauter
by DIETRICH, David
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- Used - Light, occasional foxing to the text, plates quite clean and bright; minor wear to covers. Near Fine
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- Third Edition
- Published
- 1860-1861
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,750.00
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Leipzig: Gebruder Baensch, 1860-1861. Third Edition. Hardcover. Light, occasional foxing to the text, plates quite clean and bright; minor wear to covers. Near Fine. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in publisher's cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Revised edition of this scarce treatise on plant specimens native to the German wilderness. Illustrated with 300 hand-colored engraved plates of local… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,750.00
LA BOTANIQUE, ou Histoire et Figure en Couleur des Fleurs et des Fruits de France ou Naturalisés sur le Sol Français
by JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE, [Jean-Henri]
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- Used - Scattered light to moderate foxing, affecting the text more than the plates; covers tight with the backstrip of the first volume
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1828-1833
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18,750.00
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Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1828-1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered light to moderate foxing, affecting the text more than the plates; covers tight with the backstrip of the first volume largely detached. Very Good. Jaume Saint-Hilaire. Six quarto (7" x 11") volumes bound in three in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with 544 plates printed in colors and finished by… Read more about this item Item Price
$18,750.00
LA BOTANIQUE
by ROUSSEAU, J[ean] J[acques]
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- Used - Foxing to text and plates, though less so to the latter; both covers detached. Good with attractive plates
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- Third Edition
- Published
- 1821-1822
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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Paris: Baudouin Freres, 1821-1822. Third Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to text and plates, though less so to the latter; both covers detached. Good with attractive plates. Pierre Joseph Redoute. Large quarto (10" x 13-1/2") bound in contemporary red leather-backed boards, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 64 (of 65) stipple-engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand, by Bouquet,… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
LES ORCHIDÉES. HISTOIRE ICONOGRAPHIQUE. Organographie Classification Géographie Collections Commerce Emploi -- Culture avec une Revue Descriptive des Espèces Cultivées en Europe
by DE PUYDT, E[mile]
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing, including to some plates; bookplate on front pastedown; light rubbing to joints. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1880
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,125.00
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Paris: J. Rothschild, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing, including to some plates; bookplate on front pastedown; light rubbing to joints. Very Good. Quarto (7" x 11") bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled boards with gilt rules and lettering, five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 50 fine chromolithographed plates, finished by hand, with tissue… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,125.00
![POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/257/1599257799.0.m.jpg)
POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...
by KNOOP, Johann Hermann
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- Used - Two ink stamps to front endpaper and one to title page, a few faint marginal stains; light wear to binding. Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- [1758]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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Leeuwarden: A Ferwerda and G. Tresling, [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two ink stamps to front endpaper and one to title page, a few faint marginal stains; light wear to binding. Near Fine. Folio (8-1/4" x 13") bound in contemporary half calf leather gilt, spine with raised bands with gilt borders and gilt decorations, red morocco spine label. With… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
CATALOGUE OF BOTANICAL BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF RACHEL McMASTERS MILLER HUNT
by QUINBY, Jane & STEVENSON, Allan
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- Used - Fine, issued without dustwrapper
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- Reprint
- Published
- [1991]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$106.30
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(New York): (Martino Publishing), [1991]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Two volumes in red cloth; lxxxiv, 517; ccxliv, ix, 655 pages. Reprint of the 1958 and 1961 editions. Illustrated with a few plates. Limited to 400 copies. A useful and authoritative bibliography of one of the greatest collections of botanical books and manuscripts covering the period of… Read more about this item Item Price
$106.30
MEDICAL FLORA; OR, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL BOTANY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. Containing a selection of above 100 figures and descriptions of medical plants, with their names, qualities, properties, history, &c.: And notes or remarks on nearly 500 equivalent substitutes
by RAFINESQUE, C(onstantine) S(amuel)
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- Used - Minor chip here and there; plate 26 with clean horizontal tear with no loss; contents generally clean and binding Fine. Overall
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1828 & 1830
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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Philadelphia: Atkinson & Alexander (first volume); Samuel C. Atkinson (second volume), 1828 & 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor chip here and there; plate 26 with clean horizontal tear with no loss; contents generally clean and binding Fine. Overall Near Fine. Two duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7-1/4") volumes bound in recent burgundy cloth-backed off-white boards with title information printed in… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
by LOUDON, Mrs. [Jane]
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- Used - Text, mostly unopened, is a little aged but except for some light spots of foxing here and there the plates are clean; contempor
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1859
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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London: James Nelson & Co., 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Text, mostly unopened, is a little aged but except for some light spots of foxing here and there the plates are clean; contemporary gift inscription on the half-title page. Near Fine in a handsome binding. Quarto (9" x 12") in 1/2 modern dark green morocco leather and older marbled… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
THE POMOLOGICAL MAGAZINE; OR, FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIETIES OF FRUIT CULTIVATED IN GREAT BRITAIN
by LINDLEY, John
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- Used - Occasional spot or stain but the color is quite bold and fresh. Many plates with a small sticker or faint pencil notation in the
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1828-39
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6,250.00
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London: James Ridgway, 1828-39. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional spot or stain but the color is quite bold and fresh. Many plates with a small sticker or faint pencil notation in the upper blank margin not affecting the image. Bindings mostly broken with many loose pages but all text and plates are present. Bindings fair, plates Near Fine. Volumes… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,250.00
![VICK'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Volume XIII, 1890, and [Volume XIV, 1891]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/544/604/996604544.0.m.jpg)
VICK'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Volume XIII, 1890, and [Volume XIV, 1891]
by [BOTANICAL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS]
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- Used - Slight fraying of outer edges of three plates in the second volume, which lacks its title page. Bright, clean copies inside and
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- First Edition
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- 1890 & [1891]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$437.50
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Rochester, NY: James Vick Seedsman, 1890 & [1891]. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight fraying of outer edges of three plates in the second volume, which lacks its title page. Bright, clean copies inside and out. Fine. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes bound in dark green publisher's blindstamped cloth. Illustrated with 22 bright chromolithographs of flowers. The 1891 volume… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
![[SOUKA ZUE: Illustrated Manuscript of Flower Arrangement]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/311/604/996604311.0.m.jpg)
[SOUKA ZUE: Illustrated Manuscript of Flower Arrangement]
by [BOTANICAL] [JAPAN]
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- Used - Wrappers with some soiling and slight loss. Contents Fine, bright and fresh
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- First Edition
- Published
- [1692 - 1779]
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,750.00
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[1692 - 1779]. First Edition. Wraps. Wrappers with some soiling and slight loss. Contents Fine, bright and fresh. A string-tied manuscript (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") of Japanese Flower Arrangements (Kadou), author unknown, from the middle of the Edo era (1692-1779) consisting of 32 leaves with no text and a total of 63 lovely hand-colored drawings, one per page, of… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,750.00
AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES
by BIGELOW, Jacob
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- Used - Scattered toning, some offsetting and mild foxing, wormhole to upper margin at the front few pages of the first volume; small li
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1817 - 1820
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5,000.00
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Boston: R. Bowyer, 1817 - 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered toning, some offsetting and mild foxing, wormhole to upper margin at the front few pages of the first volume; small library blind-stamps to titles and to all plates; mild rubbing and repairs to the binding. Very Good. Three octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") volumes bound in 19th century black… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,000.00
