Floras
32 items found
Jordan, [C. T.] A.
Observations sur plusieurs plantes nouvelles rares ou critiques de la France. Premier fragment - Quatrième fragment.
Paris, Maison; Leipzig, T. O. Weigel, 1846. Four parts in one. Tall 8vo (25.7 x 16.0 cm). 375 pp.; 22 engraved plates of which several partly hand-coloured [1: 47 pp.; five plates (four larger, folded; one partly hand-coloured); 2: 39 pp.; two large, folding, partly hand-coloured plates); 3: half-title, title page, 254 pp.; 13 large, folded plates (numbered 1-12, 1bis) of which one partly coloured; 4: 37 pp.; two large, folded plates]. Contemporary dark green half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt floral ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreGray, A. and I. Sprague
Genera florae Americae Boreali-Orientalis illustrata. The genera of the plants of the United States, illustrated by figures and analyses from nature, by Isaac Sprague. Superintended, and with descriptions, &c. by Asa Gray. Vol. I. Plates 1-100, Vol. II. Plates 101-186. (Complete).
Boston, MA, James Munroe, New York, NY, George P. Putnam, 1848-1849. Two volumes in two. 8vo (23.5 x 15.1 cm). 460 (230; 230) pp.; 186 (100; 86) engraved plates. Original uniform black blind-stamped cloth. Gilt title on the spines. Yellow endpapers.
Read moreEttingshausen, C., von
Die Fossile Flora des Tertiär-Beckens von Bilin. I Theil. (Enthaltend die Thallophyten, Kryptogamischen Gefässpflanzen; Monokotyledonen, Coniferen, Julifloren und Oleraceen).
Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1867. 4to (29.6 x 23.1 cm). 95 pp.; 30 tinted lithographed plates. Later boards, printed label mounted on front board.
Read morePursh, F.
Journal of a Botanical Excursion in the Northeastern parts of the states of Pennsylvania and New York during the year 1807.
Philadelphia, PA, Brinckloe and Marot, [1807] 1869. 8vo (18.1 x 12.3 cm) 87 pp. Contemporary (original?) limp pebbled cloth. Spine with later, elongate morocco label with gilt title.
Read moreRothschild, J. (ed.)
Les plantes a feuillage coloré. histoire - description - culture - emploi des espèces les plus remarquables pour la décoration des parcs - jardins - serres - appartements. Deuxième édition ... Nouvelle série.
Paris, J. Rothschild, 1872. 4to (26.2 x 18.5 cm). viii, 124 pp.; 60 fine chromolithographed plates, 60 text engravings. Contemporary crimson quarter calf over red pebbled cloth (by J. Huss). Spine with five raised bands. Compartment rich gilt and with gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreClarke, C. B.
Commelynaceae et Cyrtandraceae Bengalenses (paucis aliis ex terris adjacentibus additis).
Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co., Publishers to the Calcutta University, 1874. Large folio (52.4 x 34.3 cm). Half title, title page, 133, ii (index) pp.; 95 lithographed plates (plate I-XCIII, LXXXVII bis, LXXXIX bis). Somewhat later green half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine.
Read moreCranwell, T.
New Zealand ferns. Prepared and mounted by T. Cranwell.
Auckland (Parnell), T. Cranwell, no date [before 1877]. Small folio (27.8 x 22.3 cm). 30 sheets with mounted ferns, each with a small, mounted label with the Latin name. Original green leather spine and carved rimu wood-panels. Marbled endpapers. Contained in recent clamshell box (30.6 x 24.7 x 4.9 cm) of black cloth with black morocco label with gilt ornamental bands and title on the 'spine'.
Read moreShivotovski, N. [Shivotovskii, Shivotovsky]
Botanicheskiy Atlasŭ [Botanicheskiy atlas; Russian botanical atlas]
St. Petersburg, Izdanie Kartograficheskago Zavedeniya A. Il'ina, 1883. Small folio (32.6 x 24.2 cm). 22 pp.; 20 chromolithographed plates. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands.
Read moreRohweder, J.
Blütendiagramme nebst Längsschnittbildern von ausgewählten einheimischen Blütenpflanzen, als Vertretern der Hauptabteilungen des natürlichen und des Linnéschen Pflanzensystems zur Einführung in das Verständnis des Blütenbaues und als Muster für das Diagramm-Zeichnen.
Gotha, E. F. Thienemann, 1893. Two parts in three. 4to (24.8 x 21.3 cm). Brochure of 16 pp.; second brochure, with 24 chromolithographed plates of flowers. Both contained in pictorial cloth portfolio. Inner boards and flaps with floral pattern.
Read moreRaunkiaer, C. [C.] and I. [M.] Raunkiaer
De Danske Blomsterplanters Naturhistorie. Første bind: Enkimbladede. Med 1089 figurer i 293 figurgrupper for størse delen.
Kjøbenhavn, Hos Gyldendal, 1895-1899. Thick 8vo (25.2 x 18.0 cm). lxix, 724 pp.; 1,089 text figures. Later green half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with green leather label with gilt title. Brown endpapers. Speckled edges. Original printed front wrapper bound in.
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