Arnold, Marion (author and editor)

South African Botanical Art: Peeling back the petals (Collector's edition of 100 numbered copies, this is copy no. 1 presented to 'The Publisher' by the author)

Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 2001. Limited edition. Pp. (1, limitation), (5), 6-216; color frontispiece of Cyrtanthus flammosus, 131 color plates of fine botanical art. One half dark green textured morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in one compartment and with a gilt leave in another, over gray cloth boards with central gilt flower, endpapers with central embossed leaf design, in gray cloth-covered slipcase bordered in dark green morocco at the head and foot of the slipcase, 4to (300 x 230mm). The limitations page reads: Collectors' Edition. A special edition limited to 100 copies. This volume is number 1 presented to Fernwood Press (Pty) Ltd signed by the author, Marion Arnold. She comments: 'Remarkable images of plants created by the most talented of botanical artists, are housed in store rooms of botanical institutes and museums. Yet the oil paintings, etchings and watercolors of 'fine' artists - depicting the same plants - are located in art galleries. Why are plant portraits classified differently, and kept apart? Is plant imagery to do with science, or with art? Do the two 'kinds' of art ever meet? This unique and ground-breaking book metaphorically 'peels back the petals' to explore southern African plant portraiture and discovers the meanings ascribed to the genres of 'botanical art' and 'flower painting'. Well known for their botanical and art history contributions, authors Marion Arnold, Peter Goldblatt, John Manning, John Rourke and Dee Snijman examine plant portraiture in southern Africa over several centuries. They provide engrossing and sometimes unique revelations on a broad spectrum of issues, including species 'discovery', insect pollination, biological classification, specimen collection, plant naming, portraiture, and the manner and style of artistic representation. The texts are liberally illustrated by works of some of the countless travelers, botanists an artists who have so passionately and meticulously recorded South Africa's rich floral heritage.' A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7938

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Benson, Lyman and Thornber, J. J.

The Cacti of Arizona

Tucson: University of Arizona, 1940. First edition. Pp. 134, 52 plates. Publisher’s printed brown wrappers, lettered in black on the cover, 8vo. From the series: University of Arizona Bulletin Biological Science Bulletin no. 5. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the titlepage. Light wear to wrappers, bump to lower corner, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9193

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Bisset, Peter

The Book of Water Gardening

New York: A.T. De La Mare, 1924. Second edition (revised). Pp. 205; 90 black and white photographs (two are double-page). Publisher's original textured dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, gilt motif of water lilies on the front cover, sm 4to. Peter Bisset (1869-1951) was an American horticulturist who specializes in water gardening among other areas of horticulture. Signature of Samuel Murray of Kansas City, MO, dated Sept. 26, 1925. Some light edge wear to cloth along the outer borders of the front and rear boards; overall a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7751

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Blake, S.F.

A Revision of the Genus Viguiera

Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1918. First edition Pp. 205, 3 full page plates. Publisher's green printed wrappers, 8vo. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium, no. 54. Crease to corner of front wrapper, a tight, near fine copy..

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Book number: 2563

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Boivin, Bernard

Énumération des Plantes du Canada, Provancheria no. 6

Montreal: Naturaliste Canadien, 1966-1967. First edition Pp. 254-274, 371-437, 583-646, 989-1063, 131-157, 471-528, 625-656, I1-I53. Publisher's printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. From Naturaliste Canadien, volume 93, number 3 to number 8. Presents an inventory of the indigenous plants of Canada. Rare work seldom offered. The text is in French and English. Slight marginal sunning to the wrappers, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 2971

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany plants Canada North America

Britton, Nathaniel Lord

Descriptions of Cuban Plants New to Science

New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1920. First edition. Pp. 57-118. Extract with rear tan wrapper present, 8vo. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volume 16, no. 2. No ownership marks. Rear wrapper chipped around edges, top outer corner of text is bumped, a very good copy..

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Book number: 8166

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Clute, Willard N.

American Plant Names.

Indianapolis: published privately by the author, 1940. Third edition. Pp. (7), 285. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, 8vo. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4837

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Conard, Henry Shoemaker

The Structure and Life-History of the Hay-Scented Fern

Washington, DC Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908. First edition. Pp. 56; 25 full page plates with a total of 270 figures. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication No. 94. Mildly ex-library with a bookplate of the Reading Public Museum, name stamp of Museum on title page and white call number on the spine, few signs of use. Light browning to the endpapers; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7310

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Coultas, Harland

The Principles of Botany, as Exemplified in the Phanerogamia.

Philadelphia: King and Baird, 1854. First edition. Pp. (2), 230; 113 text-figures. Publisher's original olive green cloth, elaborately blind-stamped with floral patterns on the front and rear covers, spine is lettered in gilt and with stamped gilt flowers, sm 8vo. Pritzel 1928. Jackson, Guide p. 42. An interesting early American botanical school text. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Few signs of use; a nice copy. A touch of foxing to the frontis matter; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4836

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Craib, Charles

Geophytic Pelargoniums: Field and Cultivation Studies of Pelargonium section Hoarea (the Collector’s edition of 25 numbered copies each signed by the author and artist)

Hatfield, South Africa: Umdaus Press, 2001. Limited edition. Pp. x, 126; 12 full page color plates from paintings by Gillian Craib, numerous black-and-white illustrations from ink drawings by Gillian Craib, black-and-white distribution maps of all species. One-quarter brown morocco leather over green patterned marbled boards, spine with four raised bands and with black leather title label lettered in gilt in one compartment, housed in a green cloth and marbled paper, leather-tipped slipcase as issued, sm 4to (10 1/2 x 8 inches). Loosely laid in at front is an original watercolor painting of a Pelargonium species, signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 23/34. This volume is no. 8 of 25 copies of the Collector’s edition signed by the author and artist on the limitation page. The name of the subscriber, R. J. Jeffery, is neatly printed on the limitation page by the author. Attractive bookplate of R. J. Jeffery is attached to the front endpaper. Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Pelargonium species are evergreen perennials indigenous to warm temperate and tropical regions of the world, with many species in southern Africa (from Wiki). Rare botanical monograph especially in this limited edition of 25 copies. A fine copy in a fine slipcase..

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Book number: 9751

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Craw, Robin C., Grehan, John R. and Heads, Michael J.

Panbiogeography: Tracking the History of Life

New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition. Pp. (viii), 229; numerous text-figures and maps. Green pictorial laminated boards, lettered in black and white on the spine and the front and rear covers, 8vo. Oxford Biogeography Series, no. 11. This volume develops a new synthesis of research on plant and animal distribution. The authors show how geographical patterns of plant and animal distribution contribute directly to understanding and interpreting of evolutionary history. They also make a case for reinstating geography as a critical element in evolutionary biology. Small signature of former owner on front endpaper. No signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 9540

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Dutrochet, M.

Observations sur les Variations Accidentelles du Mode survant lequel les Feuilles sont distribuées sur les Tiges des Végétaux

Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1834. First edition Pp. 35 + 4 fine lithograph plates. Extract with backstrip but without original wrappers, 4to. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, volume 3, pp. 161-200. Light marginal foxing to a few pages only; a clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 3093

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Fernandes, A. and Barros Neves, J. (editors)

Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, volumes 43, 44, 45 and 50 (2a Serie), in 4 volumes.

Coimbra: Instituto Botanico Da Universidade de Coimbra, 1969-1970, 1976. First edition. Pp. 1450+, numerous full page photo-plates and text-figures (line-drawings). Original printed cream-colored wrappers, 8vo. A science journal published in Coimbra, Portugal with many articles on botanical articles. The text is in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. Name stamp of Reading Public Museum on the front wrapper of one volume, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) set..

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Book number: 4756

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Gliessman, Stephen R.

Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture

Chelsea, MI: Ann Arbor Press, 1998. First edition. Pp. xxiii, 357, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s printed pictorial laminated boards, lg 8vo. This book develops a more ecological approach to food production. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9145

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Godwin, Harry

The History of the British Flora: A Factual Basis for Phytogeography.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Second edition. Pp. x, 541; 178 text-figures (maps, drawings, diagrams), 28 black-and-white plates (mostly photos), 48 tables. Publisher's original dark brown cloth, spine with red cloth title label lettered in gilt, gilt symbol of Cambridge Univ. Press on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This volume provides a summary of what is known about the history of vegetation during the Quaternary period of the British Isles. This is the second and final edition of this work. A fine copy in slightly worn but very good dust jacket..

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Book number: 5321

Catalogue: Botany and Floras