Botany
261 items found
Braun, A.
Über die Parthenogenesis der Pflanzen [AND] Über Polyembryonie und Keimung von Caelebogyne. Ein Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über Parthenogenesis bei Pflanzen. [Complete].
Berlin, F. Dümmler [Akademie der Königliche Wissenschaften], 1857-1860. 4to (25.9 x 20.8 cm). Two title pages; 220 pp. [65; 155]; seven [1; 6] lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines and title.
Read moreHumbert, [J.] H.
La destruction d'une flore insulaire par le feu. Principaux aspects de la végétation à Madagascar. Documents photographiques et notices.
Tananarive, Académie Malgache, 1927. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). 80 pp.; 41 plates, of which 40 with fine photographs by the author. Original printed portfolio.
Read moreKrauss, J. C.
Colutea arborescens (Bladder-senna) [from: Afbeeldingen der fraaiste, meest uitheemsche boomen en heesters die tot versiering van Engelse bosschen en tuinen, op onzen grond kunnen geplant en gekweekt worden].
Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802. Folio (visible surface 28.2 x 22.0 cm). Mounted in a fine, elegant, early 20th-century gilt-ornamented frame (57.1 x 49.7 cm).
Read morePlinius Secundus, C. [P. C. B. Guéroult, ed.]
Morceaux extraits de l'Histoire Naturelle de Pline.
Paris, Michel Lambert, 1785. 8vo (19.5 x 13.0 cm). 554 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine with gilt lines, floral vignettes and brown morocco label with gilt title. Gilt-lined board edges. Marbled endpapers. All edges red.
Read moreCui, R. (ed.)
Tibetan Forest.
Beijing, Science Publishing (Chinese Academy of Sciences), 1985. Large 8vo (26.0 x 18.6 cm). ix, 375 pp.; 38 plates showing trees, scenery, wood samples, and tree pests, including fungi and beetles. Large, full-colour map in rear pocket. Original green quarter buckram over pictorial boards. Spine with gilt title.
Read moreGard, M.
Atlas d'hybrides artificiels de Cistes ( Cistus T.) obtenus par E. Bornet à la Villa Thuret à Antibes. Compenant 41 planches, dont 5 en couleurs horse texte, d'après les photographies de E. Bornet et les aquarelles de Riocreux, précédées de la description de ces hybrides.
Paris, G. Dion, 1933. Large 4to (36.1 x 25.2 cm). 99 pp.; 41 plates of which five in full colour. Original printed wrappers. In a marbled slipcase (37.0 x 26.6 x 2.6 cm).
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