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| ABBOT (CHARLES) Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of Bedford, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, with Occasional Remarks. Printed by W. Smith, Bedford. 1798. First Edition, xii,351,[9]pp., presentation inscription from the author, 6 cont. hand-coloured engraved plates, cont. half, 2 contrasting gilt lettered morocco labels, paper shelf label to spine, a nice copy. “A work described by one authority as ‘almost a model as a county flora’... Abbot’s carefully prepared Flora bedfordiensis is written entirely in English, except for the first two words of the title and the Linnaean botanical names of the plants. It lists 1325 flowering plants and cryptogams. A brief description of each species is followed by the general place of growth, and in the case of some rare plants, the precise locality.”—Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature. II, p. 73. GBP 950.00 [Appr.: EURO 1064.25 US$ 1582.7 | JP 140788] Book number: 26829 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CLARK (RONALD W.) The Survival of Charles Darwin. A Biography of a Man and an Idea. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1985. First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP 2964] Book number: 17062 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| DONN (JAMES) Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or, an Accented Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Exotic, Cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. Improved and Augmented, with Reference to Figures of Plants, by Frederick Pursh. Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown... 1819. Ninth Edition, [iv],355 + 5pp., of adverts, ownership signature of ‘Mary Ann Severn a gift of JCS Decr 4th 1820’, orig. boards, printed paper label to spine, hinges slight split, unopened, uncut, a very nice copy as this has been persevered in a thin layer of contemporary cloth which has been used as a dust wrapper. Tipped-in is a 4-page catalogue of ‘Valuable Works Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London, Oct. 1820’. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 108.29 | JP 9633] Book number: 26671 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| GOES (WILLEM) EDITOR. Rei Agrariae. Auctores legesque variae. Quaedam nun primum, caetera emendatiora prodeunt cura Wilelmi Goesii, cuius accedunt Indices, Antiquitates agrariae & Notae: una cum Nicolai Rigaltii Notis & Observationibus, nec non Glossario ejusdem. Joannem Janssonium, Amsterdam. 1674. First Edition, 4to, 2 parts in one, [xx],328,360,[60]pp., (page 31/32 of the first part is misbound after page 38), a very fresh wide margined copy printed on fine, thick quality paper, engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates (2 folding), with numerous woodcuts and engravings throughout the text, recent half calf. Goes’ collection of classical works on agriculture, gardening, rural economy, etc. Brunet, IV, 1194-1195; Graesse, VI, 70; Goldsmiths’-Kress no. 02068. GBP 545.00 [Appr.: EURO 610.5 US$ 907.97 | JP 80768] Book number: 26782 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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