Search Results: Botanical Books (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Arpad Plesch Centre de Recherches Botaniques, Monte Carlo, first edition, 1954. Printed vellum over card wrappers, 8vo,. 257 pp. Approximately 650 entries. This, the first volume of a three volume catalogue of Arpad Plesch' collection at his house " La Leonina", deals with his unparalleled collection of botanical books (the later volumes being II General and III Curiosa). Each item is given a detailed description. Often with extensive notes, and there are references to some 15 leading bibliographies. Covers and top edge duststained, otherwise Good.

Arpad Plesch Centre de Recherches Botaniques, Monte Carlo, first edition, 1954. Printed vellum over card wrappers, 8vo,. 257 pp. Approximately 650 entries. This, the first volume of a three volume catalogue of Arpad Plesch' collection at his house " La Leonina", deals with his unparalleled collection of botanical books (the later volumes being II General and III Curiosa). Each item is given a detailed description. Often with extensive notes, and there are references to some 15 leading bibliographies. Very Good.

Sotheby's, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 20 June, 2003. Laminated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 92 pp, ills. 39 lots. Near Fine.

The Library, Edinburgh, first edition, 1964. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 25 cm,. 39, [1], pp, 12 pp of plates (one in colour).. 105 items. An exhibition held in connection with the 10th International Botanical Congress, Edinburgh, 1964. Catalogue No.4. Aims to show "something of the history of botanical illustration from the middle of the 17th century.

The Library, Edinburgh, first edition, 1964. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 25 cm,. 39, [1], pp, 12 pp of plates (one in colour).. 105 items. An exhibition held in connection with the 10th International Botanical Congress, Edinburgh, 1964. Catalogue No.4. Aims to show "something of the history of botanical illustration from the middle of the 17th century. Good.

Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, n.d. but 2001 reprint of 1911-1918 first edition. 5 vols, cloth, 8vo,. xiv.566 + viii.926 + xii.806 + xvi.589 + xxxii.1008 pp. Approximately 145,000 entries. A massive five-volume catalogue intended to cover all publications relating wholly or in part to woody plants, including books, pamphlets, and articles in periodicals and other serials in all languages published up to the end of 1900. Coverage includes all aspects of woody plants, including forestry, economic products and uses, arboriculture, including ornamental values and uses of trees and shrubs, and dendrology. Massively detailed and comprehensive. Serial publications are often fully analysed. Compiled at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Contents : Vols 1-2 : Dendrology, 1911-12, Vol 3 : Arboriculture. Economic properties of woody plants, 1915, Vol 4 : Forestry. 1914, Vol 5 : Additions and corrections to volumes 1-4, Index of authors and titles, Index of Greek authors and titles, Index of… Read More

Oxford University Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. 3 vols in slipcase, cloth, 4to, 27 cm,. xxvi, 290 + xvi, 748 + xvii, 142 pp, profusely illustrated, some plates in colour. Over 1,500 entries. From the blurb: "From the anonymous treatise on grafting published by Wynkyn de Wörde in about 1520, to the first of Humphry Repton's great works on landscape gardening, published in 1793, Henrey's monumental work offers a detailed history of English books and pamphlets on botany, gardening, horticulture and silviculture, together with a comprehensive bibliography giving their library locations in Britain and Ireland. Volume I deals with herbals, gardening books and early scientific and floristic works of the 16th and 17th centuries, and contains the bibliography for those centuries. Volume II is devoted to the 18th century and covers an increasingly wide field of interest, ranging from herbáis to books on plants of economic importance. Volume III contains the bibliography for the… Read More

Oxford University Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. 3 vols in slipcase, cloth, 4to, 27 cm,. xxvi, 290 + xvi, 748 + xvii, 142 pp, profusely illustrated, some plates in colour. Over 1,500 entries. From the blurb: "From the anonymous treatise on grafting published by Wynkyn de Wörde in about 1520, to the first of Humphry Repton's great works on landscape gardening, published in 1793, Henrey's monumental work offers a detailed history of English books and pamphlets on botany, gardening, horticulture and silviculture, together with a comprehensive bibliography giving their library locations in Britain and Ireland. Volume I deals with herbals, gardening books and early scientific and floristic works of the 16th and 17th centuries, and contains the bibliography for those centuries. Volume II is devoted to the 18th century and covers an increasingly wide field of interest, ranging from herbáis to books on plants of economic importance. Volume III contains the bibliography for the… Read More

Oxford University Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. 3 vols in slipcase, cloth, 4to, 27 cm,. xxvi, 290 + xvi, 748 + xvii, 142 pp, profusely illustrated, some plates in colour. Over 1,500 entries. From the blurb: "From the anonymous treatise on grafting published by Wynkyn de Wörde in about 1520, to the first of Humphry Repton's great works on landscape gardening, published in 1793, Henrey's monumental work offers a detailed history of English books and pamphlets on botany, gardening, horticulture and silviculture, together with a comprehensive bibliography giving their library locations in Britain and Ireland. Volume I deals with herbals, gardening books and early scientific and floristic works of the 16th and 17th centuries, and contains the bibliography for those centuries. Volume II is devoted to the 18th century and covers an increasingly wide field of interest, ranging from herbáis to books on plants of economic importance. Volume III contains the bibliography for the… Read More

Oxford University Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. 3 vols in slipcase, cloth, 4to, 27 cm,. xxvi, 290 + xvi, 748 + xvii, 142 pp, profusely illustrated, some plates in colour. Over 1,500 entries. From the blurb: "From the anonymous treatise on grafting published by Wynkyn de Wörde in about 1520, to the first of Humphry Repton's great works on landscape gardening, published in 1793, Henrey's monumental work offers a detailed history of English books and pamphlets on botany, gardening, horticulture and silviculture, together with a comprehensive bibliography giving their library locations in Britain and Ireland. Volume I deals with herbals, gardening books and early scientific and floristic works of the 16th and 17th centuries, and contains the bibliography for those centuries. Volume II is devoted to the 18th century and covers an increasingly wide field of interest, ranging from herbáis to books on plants of economic importance. Volume III contains the bibliography for the… Read More

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield Centre, undated (c1991) reprint of 1958 edition. Reprint limited to 150 sets. 2 vols, cloth, 8vo,. lxxxiv, 517 + ccxliv, ix, 655 pp. Vol I. Printed books 1477-1700, with several manuscripts of the 12th, 15th, 16th & 17th centuries. Vol. II. Pt. 1. Introduction to printed books 1701-1800. Vol II Pt. 2. Printed books 1701-1800. The introduction to Vol. I contains the following essays: Botany from 840-1700 (by H. W. Rickett); Medical aspects of early botanical books (by J. F. Fulton); The dawn-time of modern husbandry (by P. B. Sears); The illustration of early botanical works (by W. Blunt); Printing in the 15th and 16th centuries as represented in the Hunt Collection (by M. B. Stillwell). Then follows the chronological catalogue of 405 books printed between 1477 and 1700 and of mss., with extensive descriptions of the items included. Appendix dealing with facsimiles, transcripts and reprints. Vol. II, Part. 1 contains the following essays: 18th-century botanical prints… Read More

Hafner Publishing Company, New York, 1964 reprint of 1881 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, . xl, 626 pp. Approximately 9000 entries. From the publisher's description: "Jackson's work describes approximately 9,000 works in the form of a short-title catalog, classified by type of publication. In all, Jackson was able to catalogue approximately 6,000 items that Pritzel had missed. Jackson's work is thus a useful supplement to Pritzel's famous bibliography. Trifle rubbed at foot of spine, otherwise near Very Good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper.

Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, London, first edition, n.d. [1979]. Cloth, folio, 32 cm,. 191 pp, 159 ills (including 64 colour plates). From the blurb : "Wilfrid Blunt and Sandra Raphael begin with a wide-ranging study of the development of manuscript herbals, their decoration and their botanical and medicinal interest. They then discuss the evolution of the printed herbal, from the first woodcuts to the elegant metal-engravings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The book is illustrated throughout with sixty-four superb colour plates and some eighty black and white manuscript illustrations, woodcuts and engravings, all of which are accompanied by the authors' descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the manuscripts and books themselves." Includes index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, London, first edition, n.d. [1979]. Cloth, folio, 32 cm,. 191 pp, 159 ills (including 64 colour plates). From the blurb : "Wilfrid Blunt and Sandra Raphael begin with a wide-ranging study of the development of manuscript herbals, their decoration and their botanical and medicinal interest. They then discuss the evolution of the printed herbal, from the first woodcuts to the elegant metal-engravings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The book is illustrated throughout with sixty-four superb colour plates and some eighty black and white manuscript illustrations, woodcuts and engravings, all of which are accompanied by the authors' descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the manuscripts and books themselves." Includes index. One or two fore-edges a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper.

Sotheby, London, auction catalogue for the sales held on 27th - 28th April, 1987. Cloth with mounted colour illustration on front board (as issued), 4to,. 425 pp, profusely illustrated with colour plates,. 388 lots. The catalogue introduction claims this to be "the finest collection of botanical colour-plate books ever offered at auction". Robert de Belder, a diamond merchant, who bought and restored the Kalmthout Arboretum in Belgium in the 1950s, built up the greatest private collection of botanical books in the world, securing many of the very best copies from the Arpad Plesch collection, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library, virtually the entire rare book collection of the Horticultural Society of New York, as well as many other distinguished collections. His collection was initially offered for sale en bloc without success, before being acquired by Quaritch who finally consigned the colour-plate books to auction - in the process revolutionising price levels for this sort of… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, first edition, auction catalogue for sales held on 15th and 16th March, 1976. Printed boards, large 8vo,. Frontispiece, ( ills. throughout,. Lots A lavishly illustrated auction catalogue. Boards slightly fingersoiled, otherwise Very Good. List of prices realized and buyers' names laid in.

Sotheby, London, auction catalogue for the sales held on 27th - 28th April, 1987. Cloth with mounted colour illustration on front board (as issued), 4to,. 425 pp, profusely illustrated with colour plates,. 388 lots. The catalogue introduction claims this to be "the finest collection of botanical colour-plate books ever offered at auction". Robert de Belder, a diamond merchant, who bought and restored the Kalmthout Arboretum in Belgium in the 1950s, built up the greatest private collection of botanical books in the world, securing many of the very best copies from the Arpad Plesch collection, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library, virtually the entire rare book collection of the Horticultural Society of New York, as well as many other distinguished collections. His collection was initially offered for sale en bloc without success, before being acquired by Quaritch who finally consigned the colour-plate books to auction - in the process revolutionising price levels for this sort of… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, first editions, sale dates 16th and 17th June 1975, 17th and 18th November 1975, and 15th and 16th March, 1976. 3 vols, printed boards, large 8vo,. frontispiece, (x), 251 + frontispiece, (viii), 265 + frontispieces, (viii), 209 pp, ills. throughout,. 863 lots The lavishly illustrated auction catalogues for one of the great botanical library sales of the 20th century. The catalogue gives references to Nissen for illustrated works, Pritzel for unillustrated works, and generally adds the Stafleu and Henrey number. Additional references are given where a point is in dispute, or where they add special information. Collations are given in cases where Sotheby's could not find an easily accessible description of a particular book. Part III includes a full index of provenances, an addenda and a list of corrigenda. From the introduction: "..the collection of botanical books which [Arpad Plesch] built up for the Stiftung fur Botanik is particularly strong in books on… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, first editions, sale dates 16th and 17th June 1975, and 17th and 18th November 1975,. 2 vols, printed boards, large 8vo,. x, 251 + viii, 265 pp, colour ills. Lots 1-308 and 309-618. Tears to head of spine of Part 2, both volumes with covers a little marked, otherwise Good. Lists of prices realized and buyers' names laid in.

Sotheby, London, auction catalogue for the sales held on 27th - 28th April, 1987. Cloth with mounted colour illustration on front board (as issued), 4to,. 425 pp, profusely illustrated with colour plates,. 388 lots. The catalogue introduction claims this to be "the finest collection of botanical colour-plate books ever offered at auction". Robert de Belder, a diamond merchant, who bought and restored the Kalmthout Arboretum in Belgium in the 1950s, built up the greatest private collection of botanical books in the world, securing many of the very best copies from the Arpad Plesch collection, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library, virtually the entire rare book collection of the Horticultural Society of New York, as well as many other distinguished collections. His collection was initially offered for sale en bloc without success, before being acquired by Quaritch who finally consigned the colour-plate books to auction - in the process revolutionising price levels for this sort of… Read More