(Code No. 5101)

Anon.

The Cyclopædia of Botany, or a History and description of all Plants British or Foreign, forming a complete Book of Herbs and Family Herbal.

Date. [c.1853.].

London: W.M.Clark, 8vo, [5 1/2 x 8ins. Volume. 2. Pp. 349 to 733 + 52 hand-coloured botanical plates.1st published in parts. Original half calf, rubbed with slight surface loss. £55.00

(Code No. 5099)

Johnstone, Isobel .

Scenes of Industry displayed in the Bee-Hive and the Ant-Hill. By the author of “Wars of the Jews,” etc.

Date. [c.1829]

London, John Harris. 12mo,[ 4 1/2 x 7ins]. Pp. xii. 212 + 18 copper engraved plates on 6 pages, slight marks. Original quarter morocco gilt with printed boards, rubbing with some surface loss. Practical Directions for the management of Honey Bees. £75.00

(Code No. 5082)

Goldsmith, Oliver.

Volume 1 of 2.

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature with many numerous Notes, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British and Foreign Naturalists .

Date. 1868.

london, Blackie & Son. 8vo, [10 x 7ins]. Pp. lxxiii, 568 + Portrait frontis + Hand coloured engraved vignette title + 13 Hand-coloured engraved plates, a few slight marks and nicks to outer edges, one just affecting engraved surface + 12 Steel engraved plates + Map. Original half calf, rubbed and chipped. £35.00

(Code No. 5063)

Couch, Jonathan.

A History of the Fishes of the British Islands .

Volume 2 of 4.

Date. 1863.

London, Groombridge and Sons. 8vo,[6 1/2 x 10 1/4ins]. Pp. vi, 265 + Erratum + 63 Hand-tinted plates with tissue guards, some slight marks to outer margins well away from the coloured image. Original decorated cloth, marked with some loss. £150.00

(Code No. 5051)

Spencelayh, Agnes.

2 Botanical watercolours sketches.

Date. June 1865.

Britain. Page sizes (approx), [8 1/2 x 10 1/2ins]. 2 Oval watercolours sketches, Lilies, poppies and cornflowers, cropped top and bottom. £80.00

(Code No. 5048)

COOK, William.

Practical Poultry Breeder and Feeder: or, How to Make Poultry Pay.

Date. [c.1901]

[Bromley: E. Clarke & Son]; Published by the author, 8vo, [5 1/4 x 7 1/4ins]. . Pp. [19], 266, [28, adverts] + 57 Full page engraved plates of the various breeds of Poultry + Text illustrations throughout. Original cloth gilt, slight marks. £60.00

(Code No. 4976)

Chinese watercolour of Birds painted on pith paper also known as rice paper + Antique print of a Pelican..

Date. [c.1800] & watercolour [c.1870].

China & Paris. Page sizes 8 x 10 1/2ins & 7 x 5 1/2ins. Original hand coloured copper engraved print of a Pelican by P. Roux + Mounted original Chinese watercolour of Birds painted on pith paper, some splits, (as usual), to painted surface, no loss. £75.00

These most delicate and detailed Chinese pictures were painted on thin, brittle and almost translucent paper made from the fibrous pith of the Chinese tongcao plant (common name), native to south-west China.

(Code No. 4969)Smith and others.(47 Antique Prints.)Natural History Prints..Date. 1834-35.London. Orr & Smith. Page size [7 x 10ins.] 47 Loose original hand-coloured natural history engraved prints, heightened with gum arabic, very good. List - 14 Grazing animal prints, 3 Insects prints, 11 Birds prints, 11 Mammal prints, (Lions apes, etc), 4 Flower prints and Misc prints. No covers or text.

(Code No. 4960)Beeton, O. Samuel.The Book of Garden Management: comprising information on Laying-out and Planting Gardens. Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden Management. Building....Preface dated,1871.London, Ward, Lock & Tyler. 8vo, [5 1/2 x 7ins.] Pp. viii,760, 32 adverts + 12 Chromolithographic flower plates + Many single and double page plates, slight foxing. Original gilt decorated cloth, hinges rubbed.

(Code No. 4931)Clark,. J. H.Wild Flowers.Date. 1850.Halifax. Milner & Sowerby. 12mo, [3 1/2 x 5 1/2 ins] Pp 391, Hand coloured vignette title page. 5 Hand coloured flower plates, very good. Original gilt decorated cloth. Fine copy.

(Code No. 4928)

Burberry, H.A.

The Amateur Orchid Cultivator’s Guide Book.

Date. 1900.

Liverpool , Blake & MacKenzie. 8vo, [6 x 8 1/4ins.] Pp.xvi, 196 + 4 chromolithographic plates and many b/w. photographic plates, marginal pencil annotations throughout. Original decorated cloth gilt, corners bumped, slight marks. £30.00.

(Code No. 4927)

Schoedler, Friedrich. & Henry Medlock.

Elements of Mineralogy & Geology. Edited from the fifth German edition by H. Medlock.

Date. 1851.

London, J.J.Griffin. 8vo, [5 x 7 3/4ins.] Pp vi, 100. Illustrated throughout. Original blind stamped cloth with printed title label, slight loss. £85.00

(Code No. 4895)

Abercrombie, John.

The Gardener's Pocket Journal and Daily Assistant in the Modern Practice of English Gardening.....

Date. 1804.

London, B. Crosby & Co. 12mo, [4 x 5 1/2ins.] Pp .[5], 316. Original full calf with later spine, rubbed. This miniature work lists a complete register of the general practical garden work needed throughout the year with detailed instructions for kitchen and fruit gardens, flower gardens, greenhouses, hot beds, and forcing houses, etc. £55.00.

(Code No. 4845)

Behrens, C.

Bluethe und Frucht in dekorativer Anordnung. Nach der Natur aufgenommen.

(Fruit & Flowers in art ).

Date. [c.1900.]

Berlin. Bruno Hessling. Folio, [13 x 16ins.]Pp. {4} + 36 Loose, (as issued,) coloured decorative fruit and flower photographic prints, split to one plate, strengthened on the back & chipping to the outer edges of a few plates well away from images. Original printed portfolio, with ties. From the private library of Chief of Miraj, (India), with their stamps. The chiefs are Brahmans, of the Patwardhan family. £120.00

(Code No. 4829)

Thompson, Robert . Revised by William Watson.

The Gardener's Assistant . A Practical And Scientific Exposition of the Art of Gardening.

6 Volumes.

Date. 1900.

London. Gresham . 4to. [8 x 11ins.] Pp. 607, 656 + 18 Beautiful chromolithographic botanical plates, (as listed), very good, all with tissue guards. Showing tea roses, peaches, cherries and tomatoes etc + Many B/W illustrations. Original green embossed cloth in the Art Nouveau style, gilt, very slight rubbing. Heavy books. £120.00

A photolithographic process was used in the later editions to illustrate the colour plates.

(Code No. 4774)Stark, Robert. Mackenzie.A Popular History of British Mosses, Comprising a General Account of Their Structure, Fructification, Arrangement and General Distribution.Routledge, Warne & Routledge. 8vo, [5 1/2 x 7ins.] 1860. Pp. xx 348, slight foxing + 20 coloured botanical plates, slight foxing. Original gilt decorated cloth, very good. Stark includes information on native status, size, life form, life history, and habitat of British moss species. Much of the information was newly compiled.

(Code No. 4764)

Paxton, Joseph, Sir and John. Lindley.

Paxton's Flower Garden.

3 Volumes, (complete).

Date. 1882-84.

London. Cassell & Company, Ltd. Folio, [9 x 11 1/2ins.] Pp. 179, 8 adverts. 195, 8 adverts.183, 8 adverts + 108 Chromolithographic (printed colour), flower plates, each with a page of descriptive text. very good. Original gilt decorated cloth, slight rubbing and marks. £850.00

Sir Joseph Paxton ( 1803 - 1865) was an English gardener and architect, best known for designing the Crystal Palace. William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire offered the 20-year-old Paxton the position of Head Gardener at Chatsworth, which was considered one of the finest landscaped gardens of the time. Paxton also published a monthly magazine, The Horticultural Register. This was followed by the Magazine of Botany, the Pocket Botanical Dictionary and then 3 volume, The Flower Garden. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia.

(Code No. 4756)

Popular Flowers.

Date. 1844-47.

London, Tyas, Houlston & Stoneman. 12mo, [4 1/4 x 6 1/2ins.] Pp (approx)12 per volume. 12 parts bound up into one volume, each with a separate titlepage and a hand coloured engraved botanical frontis, slight marginal foxing. List of the 12 hand coloured engraved botanical prints :- The Rose, Fuchsia, Auricula, Chrysanthemum, Camellia, Cineraria, Cactus, the Pink, Calceolaria, Amaryllis, Balsam and Geranium, Original half calf, rubbed with some spine leather loss. £70.00

(Code No. 4748)Richardson, H. D.The Hive and the Honey Bee; with plain directions for obtaining a considerable income from this branch of rural economy. To which is added, an account of the diseases of bees, with their remedies.Date. 1847.Dublin, McGlashan. 8vo, [4 x 7ins.] Pp 107. Text illustrations throughout. Original decorated covers, frayed at edges and slight marks.

(Code No. 4745)Pratt, Ann.The Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain.Date. [c.1860.] London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 8vo, [6 x 9ins.] Pp.140 + 35 Chromolithographic plates, (printed colour), of Grasses, Sedges, vg + 41 Chromolithographic plates, (printed colour), of Ferns of Great Britain, some marginal foxing. Original gilt decorated cloth, very slight rubbing. All edges gilt. Anne Pratt (1806-1893) suffered from ill health as a child and was unable to engage in outdoor pursuits. A family friend, Dr Dods, taught her botany and one of her sisters collected plants for her, which she sketched. The drawings afterwards formed illustrations for her books.

(Code No. 4708)

WHITE. Gilbert, (Rev.).

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne with observations on various parts of nature, and The Naturalist's Calendar. New edition, edited by Sir William Jardine.

Date. 1853.

London, Nathaniel Cooke, 8vo, [5 1/2 x 7 1/2ins]. Pp. xviii, 342 + [2] adverts, slight foxing. + Illustrations throughout & map. Original blind stamped cloth gilt. £45.00

Gilbert White (English Clergyman) charming Natural History of Selborne was based on letters written over 20-years period to his friend Thomas Pennant.

(Code No. 4686)

Anderson, James. (Ed). Gold Medallist of the Royal Horticultural Society.

(11 Antique Flower Prints.).

Date. [c.1875.]

London. William Mackenzie. 8vo, 7 x 10 ins. 11 Loose hand-coloured and chromolithographic prints of flowers, some marks and foxing. No covers or titles. £75.00

(Code No. 4684)

Goldsmith. Oliver & Jardine W.

(14 Antique Bird & Butterfly Prints.)

Date. 1830-60.

Edinburgh. Blackie & London. Allen. Page sizes 6 1/2 x 10ins & 4 x 6ins. 14 Loose original steel engraved prints with original hand-colour, nick to one print, just affecting engraved area. No covers or titles. £70.00

(Code No. 4680)

Culpeper, Nicholas.

The English Physitian Enlarged: With Three Hundred, Sixty, and Nine Medicines made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until this; The Epistle will inform you how to know this impression from any other.....

Date. 1656.

London. Peter Cole. 8vo, [4 1/2 x 7ins.] Pp. Titles & Tables [22], Text pp. 398, Index pp. [14 of 16 ], pagination erratic, some soiling and stains spots, some margins trimmed into head-line or catch-marks. Original full calf gilt with later spine. £450.00

Culpeper's philosophy was to teach the common folk to minister to themselves by providing them with the tools and knowledge for self health.Culpeper died 1654 at the age of 38, shortly after completing The English Physitian.

(Code No. 4679)Blacklock, Ambrose.Treatise on Sheep. With the Best Means for Their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of Their Diseases. With a Chapter on Wool, and the Wool Trade; and an Additional Chapter on the Management of Sheep in Australia.Date. 1840.Glasgow: McPhun W.R. 12mo, [4 x 6ins.] Pp. xiii, 236, some pages unopened+ 8 Steel engraved plates, one coloured. Original gilt-decorated cloth, faded and slight split to hinges. Edges untrimmed. Sheep farming is man's oldest organized industry. Wool was the first commodity of sufficient value to warrant international trade. This work deals with the various sheep breeds, wool trade, improvement of the breeds, management, accidents and operations, diseases and treatment, etc.

(Code No. 4677)

Goldsmith. Oliver.

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.

2 Volumes.

Date. 1853.

Glasgow & Edinburgh. 8vo [7 x 10 ins]. Pp lxiii 564 + 663, (1) list of plates + 2 Frontis portraits + 2 Hand coloured engraved title pages + 35 of 36 HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES, (Lacking one plate, binding error), slight foxing mostly to blank margins + 35 Engraved plates, one plate loose. Original half morocco gilt, slight rubbing with some surface loss. Spine bands gilt. Splits to hinges. Holding firm. £110.00

(Code No. 4626.)

Mawe, Thomas, and John Abercrombie.

Every Man his Own Gardener; The Compete Gardener, being a Gardener's Calendar or Work to be done in the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower, Forcing Garden, &c. for Every Month in the Year.

Date. 1857.

London. William Tegg...8vo, 4 1/2 x 7 1/2ins. Pp 720, including engraved frontis, very good. Original cloth, lacks spine cloth. Holding firm. An important gardening handbook, covering, greenhouse, hot-house, fruit growing, flowers, kitchen garden, etc. £45.00

(Code No. 4618)Goldsmith, Oliver.A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.Date. 1866. London & Edinburgh , Fullarton & Co. 4to, 6 x 10ins . Volume 1 of 2. Pp 508, Welsh text + 24 hand coloured prints including 9 bird prints 14 animal prints and 1 insect print, some foxing. + 8 loose from the same series, including 2 shells and 6 birds. No Covers.

(Code No. 4493)White, Adam.The Instructive Picture Book, or a Few Attractive Lessons from the Natural History of Animals.Date. 1862,5th edn.

Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 4to, Pp 62, + 26 double page hand coloured plates, some loose, of 30 plates, spotting and some nicks to blank margins, lacks the Insects, fish and snakes section. Later cloth boards. Sold as a working copy only.

(Code No. 4477)

Mallary. Peter & Frances.

A Redoute Treasury: 468 Waterccolours from Les Liliacees of Pierre-Josph Redoute.

Date. 1986, reprint of the 1802, drawings.

Vendome Press . Folio,Pp 228 + 468 coloured plates taken from the original waterccolours by Pierre-Josph Redoute. each plate with accompanying text. Original cloth gilt, very good condition. Dust jacket, very good condition.  £33.00

The original drawings, together with a copy of the printed text were sold for $55million in 1985.

(Code No. 4476)Thorburn, Archibald. 2 Volumes.The Complete Illustrated Thorburn's Birds. (ISBN: 1853269220) and The Complete Illustrated Thorburn's Mammals (ISBN: 1872128025).Date. 1989-90. Reprint of the 1915-16 & 1920 edns. Select Editions, Devizes, & Westminster Editions, Folio, Pp 103, 83 (4). 105, 142, 71, 86 (10). + 82 & 50 Full-page coloured plates, each with accompanying text, very good condition. Original cloth gilt. Dust Jackets are in very good condition.     

(Code No. 4335)Anderson, James. (Ed).Gold Medallist of the Royal Horticultural Society.THE NEW PRACTICAL GARDENER And Modern Horticulturist.No Date, ca1875.London. William Mackenzie. 8vo, [7 x 10 ins.] Pp 988 + 2 Chromolithographic frontis? (Fruit & Flower) + 26 Chromolithographic plates, including 14 Fruit and Vegetables + 12 Flowers and orchids, very good condition + 12 b/w plates. Full calf gilt and raised spine bands with gilt-decorated panels, rubbed and split hinges to front cover. Holding firm.

(Code No. 4300)

Cornell, Henrik.

Carl Milles and the Milles Gardens.

Sweden. Albert Bonnier. Folio, [9 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins.] 1957. Pp 50, + 79 photographs by Sune Sundahl and others. Half morocco gilt. Raised spine bands with gilt-decorated panels. Fine copy. £60.00

Carl Milles was born Wilhelm Carl Emil Andersson on June 23, 1875, in Lagga, Sweden. He was one of the foremost Scandinavian artists of the 20th century. He met the renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin at the close of the 19th century and became his assistant .

(Code No. 4267)

Yarrell, William.

A History of British Birds.

Volumes I & 3 of 3.

London: John Van Voorst. 1856. 8vo, [6 x 8 1/2 ins.]. Pp 702. 679 + 53 (Supplement ), 4 (adverts) , very good condition. Original cloth gilt, Very marked & hinge split ,(1ins). £60.00

(Code No. 4255)

Darwin, Charles.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.

2 volumes.

Date, 1905.

London. John Murray, Albemarle St.8vo, [6 x 8 ins.] Pp xv 566, (2) adverts. xii, 605, (6), ink mark to one blank margin + Illustrated throughout. Decorated publisher's cloth, slight rubbing and slight spine nick to bottom of vol 2. £75.00

(Code No. 4254)

Anon.

Sketches in Natural History.

History of the Mammalia.

6 Volumes in 2.

Date, 1849.

London, C.Cox. 12mo, [4 x 6 ins.] pp 220, 212, 208, 220 & 416, one page split, no loss. Illustrated throughout, very good condition. Original half calf. raised spine bands gilt, slight rubbing. £85.00

(Code No. 4238)

Blakston. W. A.

The illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign.

9 Parts only of ?.

London. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. ca1880. 4to, [9 x 11 ins.] Parts :- 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 18 and one part lacking title + Text, some pages unopened + 24 Full-page chromolithographs, ( colour printed), by Day & Son, some slight foxing. Original printed paper covers, nicks and marks . £90.00

(Code No. 4236)BURGESS, Henry W.Studies of Trees.[Twelve plates.]Date, 1837.London. J. Dickinson; the Artist: . Oblong Folio, [15 x 11 ins.] 12 Lithographic engraved plates by J. Dickinson, foxing to the outer margins. Original cloth with the original printed title label, very good condition. Rare copy.

(Code No. 4226)

Harding, James. Duffield.

ELEMENTARY ART. Or, the use of the Chalk and Lead Pencil advocated and explained.

No Date, ca1860.

London. Folio, [11 x 15 ins.] 10 of 28 Loose lithographic plates of trees, marks to blank margins of some plates. The plates show trees set in a beautiful landscape. Original gilt decorated cloth, marked. £75.00

(Code No. 4207)Loudon, Jane.The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals...London. William Smith. 1840. 4to, [11 x 9 ins.] Pp. xvi vii 272 + 48 Hand-coloured lithographic plates, slight foxing to a few plates, (as usual), one plate with a split to blank margin, not affecting coloured image. Original gilt-decorated cloth. Repaired hinges retaining the original gilt-decorated spine cloth, slight marks and rubbing to edges. Jane Webb was born at Ritwell House near Birmingham, England, in 1807. She married John Loudon, a well-respected landscape gardener and writer. Jane was a dutiful wife to her husband, who was quite famous at the time for his books and journals on gardening. She knew little about the subject, but she learned quickly. The couple spent many hours together in the garden, growing roses and peonies in great abundance. Jane decided that a gardening book that could be easily understood by the general public was needed, and so she wrote "Instructions in Gardening for Ladies" in simple, clear language and later the beautiful "Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennoals", "British Wild Flowers","Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants",etc. They helped popularize the idea of garden tours around the country. Their many friends included Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray.

(Code No. 4189)Gosse, (Philip. Henry), 1810-88.Popular British Ornithology, containing a familiar and Technical Description of the Birds of the British Isles.London. Reeve, Benham. 1849, 1st edn. 8vo, [5 1/2 x 6 3/4 ins.] Pp iv 320, 8 (adverts) + 20 hand-coloured plates of British birds + 2 hand-coloured plates of British field botany + 2 hand-coloured plates of British entomology + 2 hand-coloured plates of British algology. Original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed and faded.

(Code No. 4183)Goldsmith, Oliver.A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.4 Volumes.No Date, [c.1835].London. Fisher,Son,& Co at the Caxton Press. 8vo, [5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins.] Pp 426, per volume, (approx), one leaf of text torn + 37 hand coloured engraved plates, engraved area very good condition + 2 uncoloured engraved plates, foxing. Original half calf, poor.Oliver Goldsmith, the son of an Irish clergyman, he was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1749. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leiden, but his career as a physician was quite unsuccessful. Around 1767 Oliver Goldsmith laboured at the "History of the Earth and Animated Nature" in addition to writings on a series of whimsical and satirical essays,etc. He had the friendship of many of the literary and artistic great of his day, the most notable being that of Samuel Johnson. Ref :- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.

(Code No. 4171)

Flora Alpina and Flowers from Yellowstone Park.

Dated, 1901.

Oblong 4to, [12 1/2 x 9 ins]. 100, (approx) Dried Alpine wild flowers on 20 leaves, titled in ink with their Latin name below. Including the Ranunculaceae family, ( Buttercups & crowfoots species) and Ranunculus glacialis, a flowering plant that has been recorded above 4,000 metres + A booklet with 10 dried flowers from Yellowstone Park, dated 1901, not titled. Original gilt decorated cloth, slight rubbing. £120.00

(Code No. 4153)

TSCHICHOLD, JAN.

CHINESE COLOR-PRINTS FROM THE PAINTING MANUAL OF THE MUSTARD SEED.

London. George Allen. 1952. Folio. [13 x 11 ins.] Pp 17 + 16 Single page coloured plates, very good. Original boards, slight marks. Lacks slip-case. £60.00

(Code No. 4132)

Anon.

Botanical Watercolour.

Date, Nov 8th 1831.

Page size 9 x 8 ins. A beautiful original hand drawn sketch in watercolour of roses, bluebells, etc by an unknown artist. £60.00

(Code No. 4077)Thompson, R. & Revised by William Watson.The Gardener's Assistant: A Practical and Scientific Exposition of the Art of Gardening in All Its Branches.6 Volumes.London. Gresham Publishing Company . ca1902. 4to, [11 x 8 ins.] Pp, approx 210 per volume. 16 of 18 Beautiful chromolithograph flower and fruit plates, ( missing plates, canna koenigin & plums.) Included tea roses, peaches, cherries and tomatoes etc. as listed. Many B/W illustrations. Original green embossed cloth in the Art Nouveau style, gilt lettering on spine, faded. Slight rubbing and one volume with minor splits to top and bottom of spine.

Japanese Woodblock Album of Bird Prints. Japan. ca1890. 8vo, [9 x 6 ins].

Japan. ca1890. 8vo, [9 x 6 ins]. Pp (5) + 60 colour woodblock prints on hand-made paper, (many images over 2 pages), waterstain to bottom margins. Japanese card binding some rubbing.

(Code No. 4046)Pratt, Anne.(1806-1893)THE FLOWERING PLANTS,Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies The Club Mosses, Horsetails, &c. New edition, revised by Edward Step.Volumes 1 & 2 in one volume.London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1899. 8vo, [7 x 9 1/2 ins.] Pp xiv, 269. xii, 279 + 133 Coloured plates. Volume 1, 59 of 74 plates, publishing error, ( no plates or text cut out , lacks the buttercup, crowfoot, families, etc),. Volume 2, complete. Shows - Roses, honeysuckle, bell flowers families, etc. All plates, very good condition, no foxing. Original half morocco gilt, rubbed and slight split to hinge.Anne Pratt suffered from ill health as a child and was unable to engage in outdoor pursuits. A family friend, Dr Dods, taught her botany and one of her sisters collected plants for her, which she sketched. The drawings afterwards formed illustrations for her books.

(Code No. 4041)Harding, J.D. (1797-1863).LESSONS ON TREES.London. David Bogue. 1852. Folio, [11 x 15 ins]. Title (as above) + pp. (6) + 30 Lithograph plates, water staining throughout. Original cloth gilt, splits to top and bottom of spine. Holding firm.James Duffield Harding, Author, landscape painter and lithographer. The present drawing book is a study of trees, and the lessons are progressively arranged, firstly the stems and large branches to the trees set in a beautiful landscape.

(Code No. 4022)

Lardner, Dionysius.

The Microscope.

London. Walton & Maberly. 1856. 8vo, [4 1/2 x 7 1/4 ins.] Pp 112 , [4] author's publications, vg. 147 Full page and text illustrations. Original cloth gilt, lacks spine cloth and a detached front cover. £70.00

(Code No. 4011)No date, ca1900. 4to, [9 x 11 1/2 ins.] Examples of various kinds of pure wools, Cheviot/Leicester hog or teg, Oxford lambs, Norfolk hog, Ripon Yorkshire hog, etc. Examples of various cottons, Californian, Memphis, Texas high and low grade, Sea Island, etc. Examples of various flax and jute, Ordinary yossa, line yarn, etc. Examples of various Silks, Italian, Japanese, British Celanese, etc. Examples of various Woollen and Worsted yarns Examples of various Fancy Yarns and Examples of various animal hair, Alpaca, Cashmere and Mohair, etc. Some examples list fibre fineness, length, scale structure, colour, etc. Original cloth.

(Code No. 4002)Richardson. (John) and others.THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY; being a Popular account of the structure, Habits, and Classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom: Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects.4 Volumes.London & Glasgow. William Mackenzie. ca1860. 4to, [8 x 11 ins.] Pp vii 278, 446, 174, 405 vi + 135 Full page plates that includes 78 original hand coloured plates, slight marginal foxing. Original blind stamped and gilt decorated cloth. Fine set.

(Code No. 3991)

PARLEY, Peter.

Tales of Animals. Comprising Quadrapeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects.

London. Thomas Tegg & Son. 1833, 2nd edn. 8vo, [5 x 7 1/4 ins.] Pp vii, 334 (1)advert ). Text illustrations throughout. Original cloth gilt, split to front hinge, repaired. Original spine title label, some loss. £35.00

(Code No. 3994)Lloyd, L.The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and

Norway.London. Frederick Warne. 1867. 4to, [7 x 10 1/2 ins.] Pp, i - v, missing. vi - xviii + 1- 599 Text + 47 of 48 chromolithographic plates, slight marginal foxing and one plate with nicks to blank margins. Lacks map, Original gilt decorated cloth, splits to cloth and faded. Holding firm.

(Code No. 3975)London: John Nimmo, 1895. 4to [8 x 11 ins]. The plates were printed from wood-blocks engraved by B. Fawcett, and hand coloured. This volume is part of the 6 volume 4to set, not the smaller 8 volume, Groombridge, 8vo, Cabinet Edition. Original gilt decorated cloth, slight marks.

(Code No. 3953)

Percivall, William.

Hippopathology. Lameness of the Horse Illustrative of the Different Species of Lameness.

Vol. IV, Part II.

Longman Brown Green & Longmans .1852. 8vo. Pp vi, 273 - 514 (2) advert + 3 Hand coloured lithographs, slight nicks to blank margins. Published in 4 volumes from 1834 to 1852 each volume is advertised as complete in them selves. Original trade boards with printed title label, some loss. £45.00

(Code No. 3951)Rhind, William.History of the Vegetable Kingdom.London. Blackie.1862. 8vo [250 x 165mm.] Pp xii, 720 + Engraved frontis, waterstaining + Engraved vignette title, waterstaining + Additional title page + 19 Steel engravings, some foxing to margins + 22 Hand coloured plates, (as listed). Original half calf gilt with raised spine bands gilt, slight rubbing , Marbled boards and edges, slight rubbing.

(Code No. 3967)Ennion, Eric.The House on the Shore. The Story of Monk's House Bird Observatory,Northumberland.London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1959 1st edn. 8vo. Pp xv 200, vg. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth gilt, vg. D/j, slight nicks and marks. Not price clipped.

(Code No. 3950)MORRIS, F.O.A History of British Butterflies.London. Nimmo. 1891, 6th edn. 8vo, [7 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins]. Pp viii, 184, some pages still unopened + 72 Hand coloured engraved plates + 2 engraved plates, (as listed), A few interesting marginal 19th century annotations listing location, type and date of the rarer butterfly sightings, with associate press cuttings on the free end papers. Original gilt decorated cloth, chipping to top and bottom of spine. edges untrimmed. F.O Morris was Rector of Nunburnholme, near Market Weighton in East Yorkshire, where his reputation as a popular writer on natural history began. His first great success was "A History of British Birds" issued in monthly parts and subsequently bound up into 6 volumes, quickly followed by "A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds" and then the "A History of British Butterflies", followed later by the 4 volumes of "A History of British Moths". From the library of Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache, Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, with his bookplate.

(Code No. 3949)MORRIS, F.O.A History of British Butterflies.London. Groombridge and Son. 1865. 8vo, [7 x 10 ins]. Pp viii, 168, 29 + 71 Hand coloured engraved plates, heightened with gum arabic. + 2 engraved plates, (as listed). Original gilt decorated cloth, chipping to top and bottom of spine.

F.O Morris was Rector of Nunburnholme, near Market Weighton in East Yorkshire, where his reputation as a popular writer on natural history began. His first great success was "A History of British Birds" issued in monthly parts and subsequently bound up into 6 volumes, quickly followed by "A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds" and then the "A History of British Butterflies", followed later by the 4 volumes of "A History of British Moths". From the library of Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache, Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, with his signature. August 1881.

(Code No.3873)Crane, Walter.6 Volumes.The Nature Book: A Popular Description by Pen and Camera of the Delights and Beauties of the Open Air.Cassell. London. nd, 1910. 4to, [ Pp IV 1128,vg. 6 Dissectional folding over leaves of various animals, vg. ( the frog diagram has 12 fold over flaps), 36 tipped in coloured plates by Helen Allingham, Copley Fielding, W,L Wyllie etc. Original embossed patterned cloth covers with elaborate gilt Art Nouveau design on the spine, Marbled end papers.This edition specially prepared for Subscribers only.

(Code No. 3892.Wright William, (1735-1819)Memoir of the late William Wright.Edinburgh. William Blackwood. 1828. 8vo, [6 x 9 ins.] Pp ii 456. Engraved portrait frontis. Original trade boards, hinges split and chipping. Untrimmed edges.Dr William Wright a Scottish doctor, established himself in practice in Jamaica and devoted much effort to studying the local plants. His herbarium collection of 600 Jamaican plants is fully annotated with personal observations. He corresponded with Banks and others, discovering especially a native species of cinchona in Jamaica and several species not previously known from the island, including Rorippa mexicana and Ipomoea repanda.

(Code No. DP3852).WRIGHT, John.THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE, With Illustrations by Miss May Rivers.Division 1 only.London. Virtue & Co. ca1891. 4to, [9 x 11 ins]. Pp 176. + many text illustrations + Coloured title page + 4 coloured (chromolithographs) fruit plates, Pine apple, pears and apples. Embossed pictorial cloth gilt ,slight rubbing.

(Code No. 3851.)WRIGHT, John.THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE, With Illustrations by Miss May Rivers.Division 3 only.London. Virtue & Co. 1891. 4to, [9 x 11 ins]. Pp 167. + many text illustrations + 6 coloured (chromolithographs) fruit plates, pears, grapes and peaches, one plate with nick into blank margin . Embossed pictorial cloth gilt ,slight rubbing.

(Code No. 3850).Japanese Woodblock Flower Prints.Date.[c.1920].8vo, [10 x 6 1/2 ins]. 50 colour woodblock prints on hand-made paper, (many images over 2 pages), Japanese card binding . Fine Copy.

(Code No. 3836).MAVOR, William Fordyce.The Elements of Natural History, Chiefly Intended for the Use of Schools.London. Richards Phillips. 1807,5th edn. 8vo, [4 1/2 x 7 ins]. Engraved frontis + Title (as above) + pp. ii-iv Dedication + pp. v-x Preface + pp. xi-xvi Contents + pp. 1-329 Text + Plate List + pp. (14) Adverts. 49 of 51 Copper engraved plates (no sign of missing plates ever being present, possibly a publishing error). Original full tree calf gilt, Slight loss with split to hinges, still holding firm.

(Code No. 3779)Nicholson, George.The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening a Practical and Scientific Encyclopedis of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists.8 Volumes.London. Upcott Gill. ca1880. 4to. [10 1/2 x 8 ins]. Pp, (approx) 250 per division + Supplement + 24 CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ( Printed colour ) FLOWER PLATES, slight foxing. Original pictorial cloth gilt, slight marks. All edges gilt. 

(Code No. 3807)

McAlpine, D. THE BOTANICAL ATLAS. A Guide to the Practical Study of Plants Containing Representatives of the Leading Forms of Plant Life.

Volume 1.

Phanerogams (seed plants)

Edinburgh. W. & A. K. Johnston. 1883, Folio, [11 x 14 ins]. Coloured frontis + Title + Dedication (v blank) + Preface (v blank) + Contents (v blank) + 26 Chromolithographic ( colour printed) botanical plates with a separate index accompanying each plate, (as listed), printing error, 4 slight printing marks to the plate surfaces + Classified Arrangements + (3) Index + Appendix. No covers. Phanerogams, (plants that reproduces by means of seeds not spores ). £55.00

(Code No. 3832) Natural History.Printed for J. and A. Arch; Longman, and others. 1832. 8vo, [5 1/2 x 9 ins]. Engraved vignette title (v Blank) + pp. v-vii Advertisement + pp. ix-x Biographical Record + pp. xi-xii Preface + pp. 1- 562 Text with Calendar & Index + Text illustrations throughout. Original half calf, rubbed. Raised spine bands with gilt-tooled panels, rubbed with some surface loss.

(Code No. 3809)London. Reeve, Benham. 1849, 2nd edn. 8vo. Pp iii [1] xxxii, 384, 8 adverts + 20 Hand coloured plates, very good condition. Original decorated blind stamped cloth with gilt decorated title, lacks spine.

(Code No. 3721).Jones, Thomas Rymer.Cassell's Book of Birds . 3 Volumes of 4.London. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 4to, [7 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins.] Pp viii, 312, (Vol. 1). viii, 312. (vol 2.) viii, 312, (Vol 4). + 30 Chromolithographic, (colour printed) plates, some slight spotings in blank margins + Many woodcut text and full page illustrations. Original half morocco gilt, some splits to hinges. Raised spine bands with gilt-tooled panels, marks with some slight surface loss to cloth covers.

(Code No. 3720.)JAPANESE NATURAL HISTORY WOODBLOCK PRINT BOOK.

Japan. ca1900. 8vo, [4 1/2 x 7 ins]. Pp 2 + 36 Printed colour woodblock natural history plates on hand-made paper, (many images over 2 pages). Japanese card binding with ties, some spotting and splits to ties. Showing, dogs, cats, birds, insects, reptiles and deer etc.

(Code No. 3719).

Nicholson. George.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. A Practical Encyclopaedia of Horticulture.

London. Upcott Gill. nd ca1880. 4to. [8 x 10 1/2 ins]. Pp 500 per volume divided into 24 parts, 3 parts missing (10,11, and 18 + one title page.) + 21 of 24 Chromolithographic, (colour printed), plates, some foxing and marks to blank margins + Full page and text illustrations throughout. Printed paper covers. £60.00

(Code No. 3717).Pratt Anne.The Ferns Of Great Britain and their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails.London, Warne. ca1860. 8vo [ 9.6 x 6.6 ins ]. Half title + Coloured Frontis (Fern) + Title page (v blank) +pp. v-iv List of Ferns + pp. 1-174 Text . 41 Chromolithographic ( colour printed ), plates, slight foxing spots. All plates with tissue guards, Original gilt decorated cloth boards and spine, vg. Gilt edges.This edition is complete in itself, having it's own 10 page index. (Not the fern volume taken from Pratt's Flowering Plants set of 6 volumes),

(Code No. 3703)GIRAUD, I. E.Flowers of Shakespeare.London. Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen. 1845. Folio, [ 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins.] Hand coloured lithographic title (v. blank) + Dedication (v. blank) + 27 of 29 hand coloured lithographic plates, slight foxing to outer edge of blank margins. All plates with tissue guards. Original cloth gilt, rubbed and marked. New spine. All edges gilt. 

(Code No. 3679).London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1959 1st edn. 8vo. Pp xv 200, vg. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth gilt, vg. D/j, slight nicks. Not price clipped. Owner's name to front past down.

(Code No. 3672.)

Anon.

41 Water Colour Paintings of Wild Flowers and Herbs.

Gremany. ca1930. 8vo, [17.5 x 24cm or 7 x 9 1/2 ins.] 41 Original hand coloured water colours with tissue guards, of wild flowers and herbs, below images their Latin and German scientific names. Original Art Deco style printed boards with string tie, slight rubbing. £155.00

(Code No. 3587)

India Sporting Review.

Volume III, March -June, 1846.

Calcutta. Star Press, 1846, 8vo [6 x 9 ins.] 1846. Pp 371+ 53 (Racing calendar for 1845-46)+ viii + 4 (India racing calendar) + iv + 6 Engraved plates including 3 Hand coloured. Original half morocco gilt, rubbed. Marbled paper covers missing. £55.00

(Code No. 3580)

Withering, William.

A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants; With an Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany. Illustrated by Copper Plates.

London. Cadell and Davies and others. 1801, 4th edn. 8vo [5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins]. 4 Volumes. Pp xiv 402, 409, 444, 445 to 900 + 31 COPPER ENGRAVED BOTANICAL PLATES, (As Listed), slight foxing, including one hand coloured plate, vg. Original full tree calf, slight rubbing, some splits to hinges. Gilt tooled spine panels, slight rubbing. All bindings still holding and firm. The author describes in great detail each plant and where in Britain the plant can be precisely located. £160.00

(Code No. 3577)London: The Authors, SOCIETY OF GENTLEMEN. 1767, 2nd edn. Folio [355 x 230 mm] Text in alphabetical order, [not paginated], approx [724] pages, + Engraved frontis + Title + To the public, some creasing and marginal nicks + 26 of 27 copper engraved full- page plates, some slight offsetting [as usual with copper engravings.] End papers, no covers. The plates show Fodder Cutting Machine, Cultivators, Draining machine, Spiky rollers, Threshing boxes, Ploughs, Drills, Fallow cleaning machine, Mowers machine etc. The complete D-I-Y for the 18th century farmer.

(Code No. 3576)Boston, U.S.A, Estes & Lauriat. 4to, [ 10 x 12 ins ]. 1888. Title + Preface + Contents + 39 Chromolithographic (colour printed) plates, with a separate index accompanying each plate, foxing to some of the blank margins. Original decorated cloth gilt, slight rubbing and split to front hinge.

(Code No. 3544)

DEMOCRITUS, pseud. [i.e. George Ferdinand Springmuhl von Weissenfeld.]

"Darwin on Trial at the Old Bailey".

Including "Judicial Scandals and Errors. By G. Astor Singer".

London. University Press. 4to, [6 1/2 x 10 ins]. ca1900. Pp. 107 [5] adverts, very good, pencil annotations in the margins, Original cloth gilt, rubbed and crease to front cover. This very rare and humorous work records a mock trial at the Old Bailey. The accused, a bookseller is charged with obscene libel for the sale of a book that advocates the Darwinian hypothesis of Sexual Selection and Human Marriage. The inspiration for the mock trial was taken from the George Bedborough trial for the sale of Havelock Ellis' "Sexual Inversion" in 1898. £150.00.

(Code No.3488) Tokyo. Kin'eido & Kyoto. Okura Magohei. 8vo, [10 x 6 1/2 ins]. ca1880. Lacks some pages of text. colour woodblock prints on hand-made paper, (many images over 2 pages), pages split at outer fold (not affecting images), slight spotting. Japanese card binding, lacks title label, some spotting and splits to stitching.

(Code No. 3487)Tokyo. Kin'eido & Kyoto. Okura Magohei. 8vo, [10 x 6 1/2 ins]. ca1880. colour woodblock prints on hand-made paper, (many images over 2 pages), slight spotting and 5 plates with slight water staining. Japanese card binding, some spotting and splits to stitching.

(Code No. 3455.Various Bird Prints, Engraved by Smit, Lange, S. Stone, J C. Book and others. Page size approx 9 x 7 ins. Dates 1790 to 1850s. 80 Hand coloured copper and lithographic engraved full page plates, a few marks and nicks to blank margins. Pencil annotations in a neat hand below images and continued at the back, listing habitat - Europe, Australia, Asia, South America and West Indies. Species includes 20 full-page plates of Hawks/Eagles. No Covers or text.   

(Code No. 3404)London: John Nimmo, 4to [8 x 11 ins]. 1897, 4th edn. Pp iv 281 + 63 Hand coloured plates with tissue guards, vg. The plates being printed from wood-blocks engraved by B. Fawcett, and hand coloured. This volume is part of the 6 volume 4to set, not the smaller 8 volume, Groombridge, 8vo, Cabinet Edition. Original gilt decorated cloth, slight marks.

(Code No. 3403)London: John Nimmo, 4to [8 x 11 ins]. 1897, 4th edn. Pp iv 232 + 68 Hand coloured plates with tissue guards, vg. The plates being printed from wood-blocks engraved by B. Fawcett, and hand coloured. This volume is part of the 6 volume 4to set, not the smaller 8 volume, Groombridge, 8vo, Cabinet Edition. Original gilt decorated cloth, vg.

(Code No. 3932)Goldsmith. Oliver.A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.Volume, 1 only.Glasgow & Edinburgh. Blackie. 1855. 8vo, [7 x 10 ins]. Pp lxiii 564 + Frontis portraits, waterstained + Hand coloured engraved vignette title page, waterstained + 13 HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES, (animals) + 13 Engraved plates, some waterstaining, Original half morocco, slight rubbing. Raised spine bands gilt.

(Code No. 2425)Goldsmith. Oliver:A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.2 Volumes.Glasgow & Edinburgh. Blackie. 1853. 8vo [7 x 10 ins]. Pp lxiii 563 + 663, list of plates 1p + 2 Frontis portraits + 2 Hand coloured engraved title pages + 35 HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES, slight foxing mostly to blank margins throughout + 35 Engraved plates, (as listed), slight foxing. Original half morocco gilt, slight rubbing. Raised spine bands gilt.

(Code No. 3226DP)

LOUDON, JANE: The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants.

(Code No. 3453)

Loudon, J C

"Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards and Farmers".

London. Longman and others. 8vo. 1847, 2nd edn. Pp li 244, 24 adverts + Portrait frontis, water staining + plans, diagrams, tables etc, vg. Original blind stamped cloth gilt, slight marks.. £125.00

Moggridge J.T.

Contributions to the Flora of Mentone and to a Winter Flora of the Riviera, Including the Coast From Marseilles to Genoa,

London. L. Reeve & Co. 1871. 8vo, Size 255 x 170mm. 99 Hand-coloured lithographic engraved botanical plates, heightened with gum arabic, each with a leaf of descriptive text, slight foxing on some plates. Half morocco gilt. Marbled covers and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Raised spine bands gilt with elaborate gilt-tooled panels in floral designs, minor scuffing. Tight copy. These beautiful hand-coloured botanical plates are designed to instruct the tourist when on their Riviera tour. £900.00

(Code No. 2976)

Bullough. W.S.:

PRACTICAL ZOOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. INVERTEBRATES.

London. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. Oct 1947. Folio, [15 x 10 ins.] 31 of 32 Practical Zoological illustrations in slipcase with over flap, rubbed and some splits, still holding. £22.00

Code No. 2846)London. Routledge, Warne & Routledge. 1859, 3rd edn. 8vo. Pp. xvi + 394 + 8 adverts. 22 Hand-coloured plates of ferns, slight foxing to outer edge of some blank margins. Gilt and blind stamped cloth ,vg.

(Code No. 3421Gooders. John:The Orbis Encyclopaedia of the Birds ofBritain and Europe.5 Volumes.London. Orbis Publishing Ltd. Folio. 1978-79. Pp. 264 for each volume, vg. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth gilt, vg. Dust wrapper of one volume price clipped and slightly chipped to top of spine, vg. Vol.1, Birds of Ocean and Estuary. Vol.2, Birds of Mountain and Moorland. Vol.3, Birds of Marsh and Shore. Vol. 4, Birds of Heath and Woodland. Vol.5, Birds of Hedgerow and Garden.

(Code No. 3171)White. James:A Compendium of The Veterinary Art.

London. Longman, Green. 1861 9th edn. 8vo, [ 6 x 9 ins ]. Pp xxxii 583, unopened + Coloured frontis. Text illustrations throughout. Original embossed cloth gilt, faded spine and chipping to top and bottom of spine, some loss.

(Code No. 3176)Newcastle: Edward Walker, Longman. 1816,4th edn. 8vo, [6 x 8 1/2 ins]. Pp xxii, 19 to 361, (1) advert ,slight foxing. Engraved woodcuts plates throughout by T. Bewick . Modern half calf. New end papers. Bewick composed the text of the water-birds himself. The old and neglected art of wood-engraving was revived by Thomas Bewick. His technical mastery of a difficult art has never been equalled before or since.

(Code No. 3178)London. Macmillan and Co. 1876. 4 to, [12 x 9 1/2 ins]. Pp xxix. 308. vii 283. Photographs and engravings with tissue guards, from Drawings by P.H. Delamotte. Decorated cloth gilt, some rubbing. Modern embossed calf gilt spine. Gilbert White (English Clergyman) charming Natural History of Selborne was based on letters written over a 20 year period.