Botany
229 items found
Teijsmann, J. E. and S. Binnendijk
Catalogus plantarum quae in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi coluntur. Catalogus van 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg.
Batavia, Ter Lands-Drukkerij, 1866. 8vo (21.7 x 13.0 cm). vii, 398 pp. Slightly later half calf with marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine.
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Tempère, J. (ed.)
Le Diatomiste. Journal spécial s'occupant exclusivement des Diatomées et de tout ce qui s'y rattache. Volumes 1 - 2. [All Published].
Paris, J. Tempère, 1890-1896. [Reprint Lochum, Antiquariaat Junk, 1974]. Two volumes in two. Large 4to. 481 pp. [180, vi, 35; 260]; numerous plates and text illustrations. Republisher's uniform printed wrappers.
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Thaer, A. [D.] (ed.)
Annalen des Ackerbaues herausgegeben von Albrecht Thaer. [AND] Annalen der Fortschritte der Landwirthschaft in Theorie und Praxis herausgegeben von Albrecht Thaer. [Together in 16 volumes].
Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung [and Rücker und Reimer], 1805-1812. 16 volumes in 16. Small 8vo (16.7 x 10.2 cm). 12,573 pp.; 29 folding tables, ten folding plates, six folding maps. Original uniform half calf over tree-calf resembling paper boards. Spines with gilt ornamental bands, red morocco label with gilt title and green oval morocco label with gilt ornamental border and gilt volume number. All edges red.
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[Theophrastus] Stackhouse, J.
Illustrationes Theophrasti in usum botanicorum praecipue perigrinantium.
Oxonii (Oxford), Clarendon, 1811. 8vo (21.7 x 13.8 cm). viii, 92 pp.; mezzotint portrait, one engraved plate. 19th-century ruled half linen over marbled boards. Printed label on the spine.
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Thunberg, C. P.
Horti Upsaliensis plantae cultae ab initio saeculi. Quarum partem tertiam venia exp. Facult. Med. Upsal. praeside C. P. Thunberg. [AND] d.d. Examen classis polygamiae cujus partem priorem. Venia exp. Facult. Med. Upsal. praeside C. P. Thunberg.
Upsala, Palmblad, 1826. Two papers in two. 4to (20.8 x 16.8 cm; 24.6 x 19.8 cm). Title page, dedication page, pp. 17-24, [i]; Title page, dedication on verso, 8 pp.
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Tizard, T. H. et al. (eds.) [Thomson, C. W. and J. Murray (general editors)]
Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and the late captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Volumes I - II. Narrative of the Cruise. [The complete narrative].
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1882-1885. Two volumes in three. 4to (29.2 x 24.6 cm). Volume I (in two parts) (1885): liv, 1111 pp.; two elongate photographic frontispieces; 340 numbered (groups of) woodcuts and many unnumbered, often acting as head- or tailpieces; 75 charts; 35 numbered photographic plates; 15 chromolithographed plates (numbered A-I, K-P), and a very large map (in two parts) of both hemispheres, with the complete itinerary, in a rear pocket in Part I; a second, very long, full-colour map on the salinity of the oceans in Part 2. Volume II (1882): viii, 744, 42, 29 pp.; several text engravings and two plates, of which one in chromolithography, and a tipped-in note on the reason for publishing Volume II ahead of Volume I. Original, uniform, dark-green blind-stamped pebbled cloth. Boards with bevelled edges. Gilt title on the spines. Brown endpapers.
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Toni, J. de [= G. de Toni]
Diagnoses algarum novarum. Post sylloges editionem descriptarum. I (Centuriae I-XI) [AND] II (Centuria I). [All published].
Brixia [Brescia], privately published by the author (and heirs?), 1937-1955. 12 parts in 12 (17.7 x 13.6 cm). 1200 pages. (Near) contemporary uniform brown cloth with gilt title on the spines.
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Trattinnick, L.
Fungi austriaci delectu singulari iconibus XL observationibusque illustrati. Editio nova. Oesterreichs Schwämme in einer Auswahl durch vierzig Abbildungen und Beobachtungen beleuchtet. Neue Ausgabe.
Wien, Carl Gerold, 1830. 4to (24.9 x 20.8 cm). Title page, dedication leaf, 210 pp.; 20 engraved plates, containing 40 illustrations in fine, original hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers.
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Treub, M.
's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg: 18 mei 1817 - 18 mei 1892.
Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1892. Large 8vo (25.9 x 17.8 cm). 518 pp.; one map of the botanical gardens at Bogor (Indonesia), five tissue-guarded portraits, two maps. Original half cloth over printed boards. Printed label on the spine.
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Trog, J. G.
Die essbaren, verdächtigen & giftigen Schwaemme der Schweiz.
Bern, [privately published], [1843-1850 or 1866]. Folio (38.3 x 28.5 cm). Title (mounted), 46, [ii] pp.; 36 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates. Contemporary dark green grained paper boards. Gilt lines on the spine.
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Unger, F.
Ueber den Einfluss des Bodens auf die Vertheilung der Gewächse nachgewissen in der Vegetation des nordöstlichen Tirols.
Wien, Rohrmann und Schweigerd, 1836. 8vo (21.4 x 13.5 cm). xxiv, 367 pp.; one hand-coloured engraved plate of Kitzbühl, one large, folded, hand-coloured geological-geographical map, one large, folded hand-coloured sheet with geological profile, five folded charts with meteorological observations (four) and botanical observations (one), many tables in the text. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines, vignettes, and title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges.
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[Various geologists and palaeontologists]
Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Volumes I-V. [IINCLUDING Société Linnéenne de Calvados].
Caen, Société Linnéenne de Normandie, 1824-1835. Five volumes in six. 8vo (volumes I-IV, 21.0 x 13.2 cm), 4to (volume V, 27.6 x 22.0 cm), and oblong folio (atlas to volumes II-IV, 22.5 x 31.0 cm). Title pages; 15 lithographed (partly folded) plates in volume I, one hand-coloured geological map, 39 lithographed plates in the atlas volume, mainly depicting lichens by Delise, and geological maps (11 hand-coloured). Uniform later half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt title.
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Velenoský, J. (ed.)
Mykologia. Organ Ceskoslovenského Klubu Mikologockého. Bulletin du Club Mycologique Tchécoslovaque à Prague. Volumes 1 - 8. [All published].
Prague, Ceskoslovenského Klubu Mikologockého, 1924-1931. 8vo (27.5 x 19.5 cm). Numerous pages and illustrations, including several in full colour. Original printed wrappers.
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Vincent, H. A.
Collection de 24 bouquets de fleurs.
Paris, Lambert, 1835. Small folio (27.0 x 20.7 cm). Hand-coloured engraved title; 24 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colour and finished by hand. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt floral ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers.
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Vuijk, J.
[Original orchid drawings and descriptions]
Amsterdam, [unpublished], ca. 1950-1975. A huge collection of more than a thousand sketches, drawings (b/w line drawings in pencil or ink, and in [full] colour) of wild orchids, with additional annotations - in Dutch, with Latin names. On 376 leaves, including 41 partially or (near) completely in original watercolours. Preserved in contemporary folders, titled by the author.
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Wahlenberg, G.
De vegetatione et climate in Helvetia Septentrionali inter flumina Rhenum et Arolam observatis et cum summi septentrionis comparatis tentamen.
Turici Helvetorum (Zürich), Fuessli, 1813. 8vo (20.5 x 12.1 cm). xcviii, 200 pp.; one folding table, three folded engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornaments at head and food; red morocco label with gilt title. All edges red.
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Wahlenberg, G.
Flora Svecica enumerans plantas Sveciae indigenas, cum synopsi classicum ordinumque characteribus generum ... post Linnaeum edita. Pars prior. pars Pars posterior.
Upsaliae, Palmblad, 1831-1833. Two volumes in two. 8vo (20.0 x 13.0 cm). xcvii, 1134 pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt floral ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers. Green speckled edges.
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Weihe, [C. E.] A. and C. G. [D.] Nees von Esenbeck
Die Deutschen Brombeersträuche. Rubi Germanici, descripti et figuris illustrati.
Elberfeld, Schön, [1821]-1822-1827. Folio (39.1 x 24.9 cm). Two half-titles, two title pages (Latin and German), [vi] (dedication leaf; list of subscribers, preface), 116, [iv], 130, [iv] (index) pp.; 53 engraved and partially hand-coloured plates [numbered I-XLIX, III.B, XLV.B, XLVI.B, XLVI.C]. Original printed boards.
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Wilde, [W.] O.
Die Pflanzen und Raupen Deutschlands. Versuch einer lepidopterologischen Botanik. Erster Theil. Systematische Beschreibung der Pflanzen, unter Angabe der an denselben lebenden Raupen. Mit einem Vorworte von A. Speyer. Zweiter Theil. Systematische Beschreibung der Raupen unter Angabe ihrer Lebensweise und Entwicklungszeiten.
Berlin, E. S. Mittler und Sohn, 1860-1861. Two volumes in one. 8vo (19.2 x 12.4 cm). xiii, 223; vii, 494 pp.; ten engraved plates. Contemporary half vellum over paper covered boards, spine with red morocco label with gilt title.
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Wildeman, É. [A. J.] De
Etudes sur la flore du Katanga. [Complete in four parts].
Bruxelles, Musée du Congo, 1902-1913. Four parts in four. Folio (35.1 x 26.6 cm). 437 pp. [xii, 241; 180, (iv)]; 65 [46; 19] fine lithographed or phototype plates, of which several double-sized, folded. Original, near uniform printed portfolios.
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Zeyher, [J. M.] and J. G. Rieger
Schwezingen und seine Garten-Anlagen.
Mannheim, Schwan-Götzschen, [1820]. 8vo (18.2 x 11.9 cm). Title and half-title with woodcut vignette; viii, 182 pp.; one large, folded engraved map of this famous botanical garden in southern Germany; one attractive, engraved frontispiece showing the ancient mosque, and seven engravings of garden architecture. Original blue ruled boards with gilt floral borders, and spine with gilt title and vignettes.
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