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Grew, Nehemjah.
The Anatomy of Plants with an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants, and Several other Lectures Read before the Royal Society. Sources of Science no. 11
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965. xviii, facsimile. 28cm. Green cloth back and green paper boards. Review copy stamped in two places. Corners bumped, prior owner's address label on the front free endpaper; jacket faded at edges, short tears. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica, Jerry Stannard, in very good condition.
Item #14088
Price: $175.00
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Loudon, J.C.
Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, the trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world.
London: Longman, Ore, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838. 8 volumes. Vol I:ccxxx,494pp; Vol II: x,495-1256pp; Vol III: vi, 1257-2030pp; Vol IV: viii, 2031-2694pp; Vol V-VIII plates. 23cm. First edition. Three quarter calf and cloth; raised bands in gilt, titling in gilt on the spines; top edge gilt. From the King's Inn Library Dublin with their stamp; edges rubbed; few corners skinned; occasional toning of plates; one plate pulled beyond fore edge; still this is an attractive set in very good condition.
Item #4630
Price: $750.00
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Marshall, Humphrey.
Arbustum Americanum: The American Grove and Catalogue Alphabetique des Arbres et Arbrisseaux par M. Lezermes. Introduction by Joseph Ewan.
New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1967. xii, facsimile [174p], facsimile [278p, 4p]. 23cm. Green cloth; dust jacket. A presentation copy signed by Joseph Ewan. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica, Jerry Stannard. One corner lightly bumped; jacket with minor wear. A near fine, unread copy.
Item #9060
Price: $150.00
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Braithwaite, M.D.
British Moss-Flora. In 10 parts [missing part nine]
London: By the author, [1880]-1887. Nine of ten parts. Part 1: Andreaeaceae, vi, [2],12p; part 2: Buxbauiaceae and Georgiaceae, p[17]-32, 2 plates; Part 3: Polytrichaceae, [33]-61, 4 plates [missing plate 8]; Part 4: Fissidentaceae, xii-x, [63]-81, 3 plates; Part 5: Leucobryaceae and Dicranaceae, [83]-114, 4 plates; Part 6: Dicranaceae II, 115-146, 4 plates; Part 7: Dicranaceae III, 147-180, 6 plates; Part 8: Tortulaceae, 181-212, 6 plates; Part 10: Tortulaceae III and Weberaceae, 245-301, addenda. Each 28 cm in wrappers. A few with wrappers detached; fore edge spotting of covers; slight stain along top edge; still, in very good condition and sold as is.
Item #8775
Price: $100.00
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Thomas, William S.
Field Book of Common Gilled Mushrooms.
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1928. Frontis, xv, illustrations. 18cm. Blue cloth with titling and an illustration of mushrooms in gilt on the front cover. Corners bumped; short tears at spine ends, minor edge wear; pages slightly toned; still, in very good condition.
Item #5199
Price: $20.00
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Rafinesque, C.S.
Florula Ludoviciana; or, a Flora of the State of Louisiana. Introduction by Joseph Ewan. Classica botanica Americana, v.5
New York: Hafner, 1967. xl, [2], [facsimile of the 1817 edition]. 24cm. Green cloth; dust jacket. A fine, unread copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Item #9058
Price: $75.00
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Gray, Asa.
Gray's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Illustrated by Over 360 Wood Engravings, from Original Drawings by Isaac Sprague.
Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. 1868. xii, 236p, illustrated. 22cm. Revised edition. Black leather back and green cloth over boards, titling in gilt on the spine; marbled edges. Wear at head of spine, minor wear at edges of spine, unobtrusive stain on front cover, corners lightly bumped. Isaac Sprague (1811ñ1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served as one of the assistants to John James Audubon on an ornithological expedition up the Missouri River (1843), taking measurements and making sketches. His diary of this expedition is in the Boston Athenaeum. He met Asa Gray in 1844 and illustrated several of his works as well as the works of others over a long career. His work has been exhibited at the Houghton Library and Hunt Institute. Emanuel D. Rudolphís "Isaac Sprague, ëDelineator and Naturalistí" in the Journal of the History of Biology (1990, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 91ñ126) contains a bibliography of works illustrated by Sprague. In very good condition.
Item #1964
Price: $45.00
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Gray, Asa.
Gray's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology. Illustrated by over 360 wood engravings, from original drawings, by Isaac Sprague. To which is added a copious glossary, or dictionary of botanical terms. [Bound with] Manual of the Botany of the Nor
New York: Iveson, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. 1873. [1], xii, 236p, illustrations; 703p, 20 plates, indexed. 22cm. Black leather back and green cloth over boards; titling in gilt on the spine; marbled edges. Prior owner's name boldly on front free endpaper, and verso; occasional spotting; several plates foxed; corners rubbed, wear to head and tail of spine; still, in very good condition. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica Jerry Stannard.
Item #9035
Price: $40.00
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Lanjouw, J. and F.A. Stafleau.
Index Herbariorum: Part 1, The Herbaria of the World.
Utrecht, Netherlands: International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. 249p, indexed. 25cm. Fourth edition. Wrappers. Prior owner's name on the half title page; bookseller's catalog description pasted to inside front cover. In very good condition. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica Jerry Stannard.
Item #3787
Price: $15.00
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Lee, James.
An Introduction to Botany containing An Explanation of the Theory of that Science; extracted from the Works of Dr. Linnaeus.
London: J.F. Rivington, 1776. xxiv, 432p, 12 plates, appendix, glossary. 21cm. Leather boards; red morocco spine label in gilt; raised bands. Light stain on front cover; head cap pulled; all edges rubbed; spine ends worn; front cover starting. An internally very good copy.
Item #6334
Price: $125.00
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Stebler, Dr. F. G.
Les Meilleures Plantes Fourrageres: Descriptions et Figures. 2 volumes.
Berne: K.J. Wyss, 1883, 1884. In 2 volumes: 116p, 15 chromolithograph plates; 83p, 15 chromolithograph plates. 31cm. Cloth back and paper boards. Prior owner's address label on the front cover paste downs; cloth fraying; edges darkened; corners bumped; occasional foxing. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica, Jerry Stannard, and for this publication in very good condition.
Item #7061
Price: $200.00
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Darlington, William.
Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall. Facsimile of the 1849 edition. Introduction by Joseph Ewan. Three indices of persons, ship captains and plant names appended. Classica Botanica Americana. Supplement I.
New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1967. lii, [1], facsimile. 24cm. Green cloth; dust jacket. Prior owner's small address stamp on the front cover paste down. In fine condition. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica Jerry Stannard.
Item #3716
Price: $150.00
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