Primae lineae historiae naturalis in usum gymnasiorum by Ludovico Mitterpacher - 1821

London: George Bell & Sons Four volumes, a few text illustrations throughout, small 8vo, pp xii, 432; viii, 460; viii, 512; viii, 522, decorated cloth, gilt, rubbed and slightly worn, corners slightly bumped, spine heads a little pulled, one internal hinge a little weak in volume one. Originally from the library of Sir Frederick Keeble, with his signature in all volumes; then to the library of the RHS Laboratory, Wisley with their neat label on front endpapers, and a tiny paper circle on the spine, but no other markings.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Kota Kinabalu, 2011. Very well illustrated, large thick octavo, pp xviii, 697, a very good new copy in a dustwrapper which is very slightly bumped on the corners. Please note that this book weighs 2.5 kilos, so extra shipping costs will be needed. [The cultivation and medicinal use of orchids are Chinese traditions that date back millennia, but scientific documentation of southeast China’s native orchids commenced with the establishment of European trade bases at Macau in the 16th Century and at Guangzhou in the 18th Century. João de Loureiro, a Portuguese missionary, collected Pecteilis susannae and Spiranthes sinensis during his visit to these enclaves from 1779-1782 and John Damper Parks, a collector for the Horticultural Society of London, sent back specimens of Coelogyne fimbriata and Robiquetia succisa from the region in the 1820s. The earliest survey of orchids on Hong Kong Island is attributed to Dr. Clarke Abel, naturalist aboard HMS Alceste during Lord Amherst’s ill-fated… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1992. A few illustrations, large octavo, pp xvi, 424, very clean internally, paperback, the covers very bright, an extremely good clean copy. Extremely scarce.. Paperback. Very Good.

Instituto de Botanica, Saõ Paolo, 1947; First Edition; Quarto, 113 pages. Detailed monograph of the family Onagraceae covering the genera Jussiaea, Oocarpon, Epilobium, Oenothera, and Fuchsia. Vol. XLI, I of the prodigious series edited by Frederico Carlos Hoehne, director of the Instituto de Botanica at Saõ Paolo, Brazil from 1940 to 1959. Authored by distinguished American botanist/taxonomist Philip A Munz. Sixty-two pages of text in Portuguese accompanied by 51 finely detailed full-page illustration plates, forty-nine in b&w and two in color, covering 5 genera and 45 species of Onagraceae. Very Good, in printed stiff wraps. A few small closed splits in the paper covering of the spine panel. Custom engraved bookplate of Pasadena, California horticulturist Charlotte Hoak on the verso of the front wrap.

A very nice volume of an extensive 19th century popular science partwork - The Museum of Science and Art - from the age of optimism."The 'Museum of Science and Art' is the most valuable contribution that has ever been made to Scientific Instruction of every class of society" - Sir David Brewster.....( Brewster of the Brewster Angle?)One hundred and Forty-Seven engravings. Front cover partly detached as shown - otherwise the binding is tight. Pages unmarked throughout. Some foxing on endpapers, otherwise very good.First owners bookplate inside front cover "Godding MBS".Includes fascinating ads at the back.

London: George Bell & Sons Four volumes, a few text illustrations throughout, small 8vo, pp xii, 432; viii, 460; viii, 512; viii, 522, decorated cloth, gilt, rubbed and slightly worn, corners slightly bumped, spine heads a little pulled, one internal hinge a little weak in volume one. Originally from the library of Sir Frederick Keeble, with his signature in all volumes; then to the library of the RHS Laboratory, Wisley with their neat label on front endpapers, and a tiny paper circle on the spine, but no other markings.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Kota Kinabalu, 2011. Very well illustrated, large thick octavo, pp xviii, 697, a very good new copy in a dustwrapper which is very slightly bumped on the corners. Please note that this book weighs 2.5 kilos, so extra shipping costs will be needed. [The cultivation and medicinal use of orchids are Chinese traditions that date back millennia, but scientific documentation of southeast China’s native orchids commenced with the establishment of European trade bases at Macau in the 16th Century and at Guangzhou in the 18th Century. João de Loureiro, a Portuguese missionary, collected Pecteilis susannae and Spiranthes sinensis during his visit to these enclaves from 1779-1782 and John Damper Parks, a collector for the Horticultural Society of London, sent back specimens of Coelogyne fimbriata and Robiquetia succisa from the region in the 1820s. The earliest survey of orchids on Hong Kong Island is attributed to Dr. Clarke Abel, naturalist aboard HMS Alceste during Lord Amherst’s ill-fated… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1992. A few illustrations, large octavo, pp xvi, 424, very clean internally, paperback, the covers very bright, an extremely good clean copy. Extremely scarce.. Paperback. Very Good.

Instituto de Botanica, Saõ Paolo, 1947; First Edition; Quarto, 113 pages. Detailed monograph of the family Onagraceae covering the genera Jussiaea, Oocarpon, Epilobium, Oenothera, and Fuchsia. Vol. XLI, I of the prodigious series edited by Frederico Carlos Hoehne, director of the Instituto de Botanica at Saõ Paolo, Brazil from 1940 to 1959. Authored by distinguished American botanist/taxonomist Philip A Munz. Sixty-two pages of text in Portuguese accompanied by 51 finely detailed full-page illustration plates, forty-nine in b&w and two in color, covering 5 genera and 45 species of Onagraceae. Very Good, in printed stiff wraps. A few small closed splits in the paper covering of the spine panel. Custom engraved bookplate of Pasadena, California horticulturist Charlotte Hoak on the verso of the front wrap.

A very nice volume of an extensive 19th century popular science partwork - The Museum of Science and Art - from the age of optimism."The 'Museum of Science and Art' is the most valuable contribution that has ever been made to Scientific Instruction of every class of society" - Sir David Brewster.....( Brewster of the Brewster Angle?)One hundred and Forty-Seven engravings. Front cover partly detached as shown - otherwise the binding is tight. Pages unmarked throughout. Some foxing on endpapers, otherwise very good.First owners bookplate inside front cover "Godding MBS".Includes fascinating ads at the back.