Rome: Pietro Antonio Facciotti, 1638. First edition in Italian, second issue. Quarto (8 11/16” x 6 7/16”, 220mm x 163mm): ✠–✠✠4 A-Xxx4 Yyy6, 2 binder’s blanks [$2 signed; –✠1, N2, Gg1, Ooo2; +Yyy3, Dd1 signed “D”, Dd2 signed “D2”]. 282 leaves, pp. [16] (engraved title, blank, 2pp. dedication to Anna.....
Linocier: Paris: Guillaume Macé, (1619-)1620.Robin: Paris: Guilllaume [sic] Macé, 1620. First edition. Sextodecimo in 8s (16mo; 4 5/16” x 2 ¾”, 110mm x 71mm): ã8 B-Y8 Z1 Z2 Z4 Z3 Z6 Z5 Z7 Z8 Aa-Xx8, 2ã8, Yy-Qqq8 Rrr4 [$4; -ã1, H4, O1, V4, Qq3, Yy1, Ppp4; ã3 signed “ã ij”, a4.....
Zurich: [Orphans of Zurich], 1774. First edition. Folio (14 15/16” x 9 ¼”, 380mm x 236mm): A2 B–Gg2 Hh2(–Hh2) Ii–Kk2 [$2 signed; –G1, Kk2]. 65 leaves, pp. 1–4 5–129 [1] (blank). With an engraved vignette, 2 hand-colored engraved plates of Linnean botany, and 100 hand-colored botanical woodblock prints after Fuchs.....
Paris: E. Panckoucke, [1833]. Quarto (12 2/8” x 9”, 311mm x 229mm): 2 binder’s blanks, π2 1–24 32(–23) [$1 signed; –11, –13]. 11 leaves, pp. [4] (title, imprint, 2pp. introduction) 1–3 4–17 [1] (blank). With 144 stipple-engraved plates color-printed à la poupée and finished by hand before numbers. Bound in.....
Two volumes in one. Leiden: Peter Vander, 1687. Second edition. Quarto (9” x 7 ½”, 228mm x 190mm): *4(–*1) **4 A–Aa4, 2A–Hhh4 [$3 signed; –2A1, –Ggg1; S2 signed “S”]. 319 leaves, pp. [14] (title, blank, 3pp. dedication, table of contents, 2pp. preface, section title, blank, 2pp. dedication to the Royal Society, preface, table of.....
THE FAIRHAVEN COPY Rome: Pietro Antonio Facciotti, 1638. First edition in Italian, second issue. Quarto (9 ¾” x 7 3/8”, 248mm x 187mm): ✠4(±✠1) ✠✠4 A-Xxx4 Yyy6(–Yyy6) [$2 signed; –✠1, N2, Ooo2; +Yy3]. 281 leaves, pp. [16] (engraved title, blank, 2pp. dedication to Anna Colonna Barberini, 4pp. to the.....
Four volumes. Augsburg: Johann Elias Haid, 1787. First revised edition. Folio (15 7/8” x 10 1/8”, 395mm x 258mm):Vol. I: With an engraved title-page heightened in red and gold and 275 hand-colored engraved plates, of which 1 is double-page.Vol. II: With an engraved title-page heightened in red and gold and.....
Amsterdam: 1737 [1738]. First edition. Folio (16 7/8” x 9 ¾”, 428mm x 248mm): binder’s blank, π4 (–π4)*–9*2 A–Mmm2 Gggg–Kkkkkk Lllll2 (–Llllll2) Mmmmmm–Pppppp2 [$2 signed; 9*2 signed 8*2 ; – Mmm2, Pppppp2] 246 leaves, pp. [32] (half-title, blank, title, blank, verses, blank, 6pp. dedication, to the reader, preface, 18pp. bibliography).....
London: for the author by J. Ridgway and Sons, 1843. First edition. Elephant folio (28 ¾” x 20 7/8” 728mm x 531mm): 52 leaves, pp. [8] (title, blank, dedication, blank, preface, engraved wreath, subscribers, index) 1–7 8–9 10–12 [4] (engraving of epiphyte-houses, list of “best” orchids cultivated in England, 2pp.....
EX-COLL. JOHN ROLAND ABBEY London: for the author by J. Ridgway and Sons, 1843. First edition. Elephant folio (29” x 20 ¾” 735mm x 530mm): 52 leaves, pp. [12] (title, blank, dedication, blank, subscribers, index, 2pp. synopsis, list of “best” orchids cultivated in England, engraving of epiphyte-houses, preface, engraved wreath).....
Two volumes. London: for the author (vol. I: and B. White), [1775–]1778–1798. First edition. Folio (18 1/8” x 11 5/6”, 460mm x 288mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, 225 leaves (6 leaves of initials, 1 text leaf per plate, 3 leaves of end-matter), binder’s blank. With 216 hand-colored engraved plates, heightened in.....
EX-COLL. HENRY ROGERS BROUGHTON, 2nd BARON FAIRHAVEN London: Robert Havell, 1831. First and only edition. Folio (24 9/16” x 18 ¾”, 624mm x 474mm): 55 leaves, [4] (preface, blank, subscriber list, blank) foll. 1–51 (51 specimen descriptions, each with a blank verso) [4] (index, blank, systematic index, blank). With an engraved title-page.....
EX-COLL. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE Three parts in two volumes. London: T. Bensley for the publisher (Thornton), 1799–1807[–1810]. First edition. Broadsheet folio (22 5/8” x 17 7/8”, 574mm x 455mm).Vol. I: binders blank, π-9π1 a-g1 *g-*h1 h-s χ-3χ1 2a-b1 4χ-5χ, binders blank [$1 signed]. 36 leaves, pp. [58].....
THE PERTH COPY [Nuremberg: 1750–1773]. 10 parts bound in 1. First edition. Folio (20 2/3” x 13 15/16”, 525mm x 355mm): )(2 A–O2 +χ1 [$2 signed]. 31 leaves, pp. 1–56 [2] (monitum, index). With 10 engraved title-pages heightened in red and gold, three mezzotint portraits of Trew, Ehret, and Haid.....
PONTEY’S TREES, UNIFORMLY BOUND FOR A HIGH SHERIFF OF LINCOLNSHIRE The forest pruner; or, timber owner’s assistant: a treatise on the training or management of British timber trees; whether intended for use, ornament, or shelter: including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means.....
London: J. M‘Creery for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Booth and J. Lepard, 1818. Pot folio (11 15/16” x 9 11/16”, 303mm x 245mm): A1 B-K2 [$1 signed]. 19 leaves, pp. [2] (title, blank) 1 2-36. With 24 plates: one engraving and 23 (of 24) stipple-engravings, of which.....
Three volumes. Serampore: W. Thacker and Co. and Parbury, Allen and Co., 1832. First complete edition. Octavo (voll. II-III in 4s) (8 1/8” x 5 1/16”, 206mm x 129mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π4 A-I8 J8 K-U8 V8 W8 X-Ii8 Jj8 Kk-Ss8 Tt-Uu4 Vv2(+χ1), binder’s blank [$4 signed; Ss3 as “Ss”].....
Two parts in one. Venice: Felice Valgrisi, 1570. Folio in 6s (12 ½” x 8 ¼”, 357mm x 210mm): *–**6 A–C6 D4 2A–Z6 AA–KKKK6 LLLL4 NNNN6 [$3 signed; –*1, NNNN1]. 518 leaves, pp. [68] (title, blank, 13pp. dedication to Ferdinand, 4pp. preface, papal copyright, imperial copyright, French copyright, Italian copyright.....
Six parts in three volumes. Nuremberg: Raspische Buchhandlung; 1789–1786, 1786–1787, 1787–1788. Octavo in 4s (8 1/8” x 4 7/8”, 207mm x 124mm).Vol. I (Erste Hundert, erste [–zwote] Hälfte): A-B4, C4 D2 [$3 signed; –A1, C1]. 14 leaves, pp. 1-3 (first part title, blank, preface) 4-15, 16-18 (blank, second part title.....
Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1560. Third edition in Latin. Folio in 6s (12 7/16” x 8 6/16”, 318mm x 213mm): α4 β6 a–f6 g4 2a–z6 A–Ss6 Tt4, 2A–D6 [$4 signed; –2A3; q2 signed “qa,” s2 signed “sa”]. 462 leaves, pp. [100] (title, blank, 11pp. dedication to Prince Ferdinand, 4pp. to the.....
A MEDICI PRESENTATION SET? Two volumes. Venice: Felice Valgrisi, 1585 [colophon: 1584 (p. 1527)]. Vol. I: folio in 6s: (13 7/8” x 9 1/8”, 352mm x 233mm): *8(–*3) **8 a–b6 c8 d–i6 k8 A–KKK6 [$4 signed; –*1 and H4; O2 signed “P2”, CCC1 signed “CC”]. 415 leaves, pp. [158].....
London: printed, for the publisher, by T. Bensley; 1807. First edition, early states. Broadsheet folio (22 5/16” x 17 ¾”, 566mm x 450mm): 3 binder’s blanks, π-9π1, a-g1 *g1 *h1 h-s1, χ-3χ1 2a-b1 4χ-21χ1 3a-f1 22χ-26χ1 A-C1 27χ-61χ1 D-F1 2A-C1 62χ-67χ1, 2 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 113 leaves (irregularly paginated).....
THE FIRST CANADIAN FLORA THE ESTERHÁZY-GALÁNTHA COPY Paris: Simon Le Moyne, 1635. First edition. Quarto (9 1/8” x 6 11/16”, 232mm x 169mm): ã4 ê4 A-Gg4 [$3 signed; –ã3, A2, A3, B1, C3, K3, M3, S3]. 128 leaves, pp. [16] (title, blank, 4pp. dedication, 4pp. to the reader, 4pp. contents.....
THE BOTFIELD SET of the FIRST GREAT FLORA OF THE WEST INDIES Four volumes in two. Paris: the author, (voll. I-IV), Schoell (vol. I) and d’Hautel (vol. II), 1808–1818–1824–1827 (1828). First edition. Folio (20 ¼” x 13 1/8”, 513mm x 333mm).Vol. I–II: binder’s blank, π-2π1 1-162 172(–172) 182 19-372.....
THE RICHARD HARRIS SET OF THE “NEW DUHAMEL” Five volumes. Paris: Etienne Michel et Arthus Bertrand, [1800–]1804–1806–1809–1812. First edition. Folio (20 7/16” x 13 ¼”, 518mm x 338mm).Vol. I: π-2π2 1-202 20bis2 20ter1 21-662 χ2 [$1 signed]. 141 leaves, pp. [4] (half title, explanation of the engraved title vignette.....