Santamarta: Jose A. Barros & Ca. 1857. Hardcover. Decorative blue cloth cover with gilt shows moderate wear and edgewear, rubbing and loss. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown, lacking the front free endpaper. Minor writing in the prelims and back of the book. Pages are foxed throughout with..... More
Anderson & Archer, 1866-01-01. Hardcover. Bound in full green leather with decoration in gilt, raised bands on the spine, gilt dentelle turn-ins. Cover shows minor wear and tear, edgewear and cracked joints, discoloration. All edges gilt. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean. More
Arch, Hatchard, Rodwell, Martin, 1819. Hardcover. Foolscap quarto, bound in full leather, rebound with original decorative leather affixed, minor wear and rubbing to the edges and corners, cracking on the spine. Marbled edges faded, marbled endpapers slightly rubbed. Volume 4 only, hand-colored plates 301 to 400. Pages lightly tanned with..... More
John Murray, 1862-01-01. Hardcover. First edition, with the publisher's advertisments at the back of the book dated April, 1868. Ex-library copy with usual markings, in a library binding. Red buckram cover shows minor wear. Minor scattered foxing to pages. 12mo, with 1 folding plate and many text illustrations... More
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1856. Hardcover. 8-volume set, complete. First edition, volume 1 published in 1856, volume 8 in 1860. A set in near fine condition. Half-leather with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration on the spines, covers in green, with very minor rubbing to the edges, corners, and spine-ends..... More
Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1772. Hardcover. 10 volume set, complete. Full leather covers, red title labels and black volume labels on the spines with gilt lettering and decoration, covers show minor wear and rubbing, edgewear and cracked joints. Marbled endpapers. Pages are mostly clean. More
Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1885. Hardcover. Cover shows minor wear and ter, edgewear and rubbing, tape on the spine. Color plates (plate 16 torn and cut on the edges). Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered soiling. More
Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1833. Hardcover. Scarce. 8vo. Rebound in blue cloth, red morocco label with title in gilt, new endpapers. 73 half-page hand-colored plates. Very light scattered foxing throughout. A beautiful copy of an early American botanical book. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1860. Hardcover. Half-leather cover with marbled boards shows minor wear and rubbing, edgewear. Marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Stamp on the title page. Pages are clean. More
London: John Churchill, 1834. Hardcover. 3-volume set. Extremely clean set with excellent hand-coloring, 186 colored plates (two plates numbered 75, plates 104 & 109 in volume 2 are folding pull-out plates). Uniformly bound in half-leather with raised bands, marbled boards, and gilt lettering. Covers show minor wear and rubbing to..... More
London: Whittaker & Co., 1833. Hardcover. All issues from volumes 1 & 2, bound together in one book, second edition. Includes 25 hand-colored plates. Half-leather cover in green with embossed cloth boards, gilt decoration, minor wear and rubbing to the edges, slight loss at the corners and spine ends. Marbled..... More
Country Life, 1905-01-01. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration, covers show minor wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing. Pages are clean, profusely illustrated. More
Chez Pierre J. Duplain, 1787. Hardcover. 3 volumes. Original leather binding with elaborate gilt details, raised bands, and Morrocan leather labels on spines. General wear due to age. All volumes are totally intact and readable and in great condition for being 231 years old! Some rubbing at edges, bumping at..... More
J. Grayson, 1824-01-01. Hardcover. Bound in full polished calf which shows minor wearw, rubbing, and edgewear. Writing and some scribbles on the endpapers, contemporary name of former owner in the prelims. Pages are tanned and foxed. Scarce work on agriculture, dying, preparing and mixing colors, staining wood, varnishes, metals, bronzing..... More
London: W. Mears, 1724. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound together, both 4th editions, 1724, by Bradley, printed by Mears. Rebacked spine with raised bands, gilt ruling, title label in red, contemporary speckled calf in compartments with decorative tooling. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, bumped corners. Red and black titles, engraved head-..... More
London: Bensley for Longman, Hur, 1816. Hardcover. 250 finely colored plates. 3 volume set. Royal octavo, full contemporary maroon English straight-grained morocco, gold tooled, gilt edges. Minor rubbing to the extremities. Light scattered foxing, name of former owner in the prelims. A set in fine condition... More