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PLANAS, EUSEBIO. Historia de una Mujer. Barcelona: Trilla
y Serra, n.d. [circa 1885?]. Second edition, stated. Original
red cloth. [2] pp., with 50 chromolithographic plates
including colored title. Generally a sound, clean copy.
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$400-600
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WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities
of Selborne. London: Printed for J. and A. Arch;
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, et al, [1833 date to half-title].
An extra-illustrated copy with numerous inserted handcolored
plates and portraits. Later three-quarters burgundy
morocco gilt, the spine stamped with animal motifs, t.e.g.
8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (21 x 14 cm); 562 pp., half-title,
extra-illustrations including approximately 15 hand-colored
plates after Edwards dated between 1796 and 1803, a
double-page map of Hampshire, numerous portraits and
views. Joints, lettering label and foot of spine chipped;
Together with MORRIS, FRANCIS ORPEN. A History of
British Butterflies. London: Bell and Daldy, 1870. Third
edition. Half-green morocco gilt, butterfly motif to spine.
72 hand-colored plates; LOWE, E. J. Beautiful Leaved
Plants. London: 1868. Half-blue morocco gilt. 60 colored
plates; And HARRIS, THADDEUS WILLIAM. A Treatise on
Insects Injurious to Vegetation. Boston: 1862. 3rd Edition.
8 hand-colored plates. Original cloth.
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$1,500-2,000
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MICHAUX, F. ANDREW and NUTTALL, THOMAS. The
North American Sylva. Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co.,
1865. Five volumes, including Nuttall’s supplement. Original
half morocco gilt. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (26.5 x 17.5 cm);
Frontispiece portrait, 277 hand-colored plates. Early
booklabels, some occasional spotting but plates very
clean overall, a few nicks to bindings.
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$3,000-5,000
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A group of five titles. Comprising WOODVILLE, WILLIAM.
Medical Botany. London: for the author by James Phillips,
1790-1793. Three volumes (of four, without the 1794
appendix volume). Diced russia, rebacked. Approximately
200 fine hand-colored plates. Some wear to binding, tear
to one text leaf, several plates lacking; MACDONALD,
ALEXANDER [PSEUD. OF DICKSON, R.W.]. A Complete
Dictionary of Practical Gardening. London: Kearsley, 1807.
Two volumes. Modern calf to period style, a.e.g. 13 plain
and 49 (of 63) colored plates. Slight marginal damp stain
affecting first few leaves in the first and most of the second
volume; MAUND, B. The Botanic Garden. London: Baldwin,
circa 1830. Five volumes. Early full calf gilt. Numerous
hand-colored plates. Wear to bindings, spotting, clean
overall; The Moral of Flowers. London: Longman, 1833.
Early half morocco, rebacked. Color plates; Paxton’s
Magazine of Botany. London: Orr and Smith, 1834.
One volume only. Early half morocco, rebacked. Numerous
color plates. These works sold as collections of plates,
not subject to return.
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$800-1,200
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HEDRICK, U.P. Group of six titles. Comprising
The Cherries of New York (2 copies, 1 in box), The
Grapes of New York, The Apples of New York (new
in box), The Plums of New York, and Sturtevant’s
Notes on Edible Plants. Each Albany: 1908-1919.
Original green cloth gilt. Some minor wear and
foxing, volumes not collated, sold as is.
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$400-600
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MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. Leningrad Watercolours.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1924].
One of 1750 copies, this number 744. Two volumes
in clamshell cases, housed in a slipcase, as issued.
18 1/2 x 14 inches (37 x 36 cm); text volume with
146 color illustrations, all with descriptions, plate
volume with 50 facsimile reproductions in color,
loose as issued, with descriptions in English, French,
German and Russian. Some wear to slipcase.
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$400-600
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STEARN, WILLIAM T. The Australian Flower
Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer. London: Basilisk
Press, 1976. First edition, copy 287 of 515. Original
morocco-backed boards. 25 x 18 inches (63 x 45
cm); 30 pp., folding map, and 25 mounted plates
with accompanying text. Fine copy.
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$600-800
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THOUIN, GABRIEL. Plans Raisonées de Toutes les
Espèces de Jardins. Paris: LeBegue, 1823. Stated
second edition. Modern half calf with paper label
to spine. 17 x 11 1/2 inches (42 x 29 cm); half-title,
56 pp., errata leaf, 57 lithographed plates, many
hand-colored. Some spotting to first leaves and
intermittent throughout, tape repair to one plate,
still a pleasing copy.
A fine work on a variety of garden designs including
those for vegetables, fruit trees, pharmaceutical,
public and private pleasure gardens.
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$2,000-3,000
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Historischer Zug. Festalbum der Feier des
Eintritts Berns. [Bern: Stampflische Buchdruckerei,
1855]. First edition. Loose text and plates,
apparently never bound. 13 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches
(35 x 50 cm); Hand-colored lithographed title and
59 hand-colored lithographed plates by Heinrich
Jenny, with half-title, 5 pp., text and list of
subscribers. Title and some plates with dust soiling
and edgewear, occasional spotting, text with
dampstain and foxing.
An attractive fete book on Swiss military costume
celebrating Bern’s fifth centenary of its entry into
the Swiss Federation. Scarce at auction, with
ABPC reporting only one copy sold.
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$1,000-1,500
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