Collett sir henry (8 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. 652 Map (Folded).

Condizione: New. pp. 652, Map (Folded), Index.

Condizione: New. pp. 652.

Hardcover. pp.lxviii, 652 with 200 illustrations in the text and fold-out map. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to title page and bookplate to front pastedown. Pencil annotations to map. Light spotting to ends o/w. a fine hardback in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering.

Flora simlensis. A handbook of the flowering plants of Simla and the neighbourhood. With 200 illustrations drawn by Miss M. Smith, artist at the herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew, and a map. The introduction is by W. Botting Hemsley, Keeper of the Herbarium and Library at Kew. Second impression. Green original hardcover cloth, gilt title on spine. Except minor tiny nameplate on empty front page in clean fresh condition, no marks, no spots. In overall fine condition. Original, not a Reprint!! lxviii, 652 S. Contents, 1. In Memoriam; 2.Introduction; 3. Position, Area and Climate; 4. Description of The Map; 5. Collectors; 6. Vegetation; 7. Table of Genera And Species of Each Natural Order in The Flora of Simla, And The Number Common to Simla And The British Islands; 8. Natural Orders in Simla But Not in The British Islands; 9. Natural Orders in The British Islands But Not in Simla; 10. Natural Orders of Only One Genus And One Species in Simla; 11.Natural Orders of One Genus, But More Than One Species. 12. Natural Orders of Twenty Species And Upwards; 13. The Trees of Simla; 14.Climbing Shrubs; 15. The Herbaceous Element; 16. The Ferns; 17. Aspects of The Vegetation; 18. Concluding Remarks on The Flora; 19. Classification of The Natural Orders; 20. Glossary; 21.List of The Plants Figured; 22. Bibliography; 23. Descriptive Enumeration of The Plants; 24. General Index. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published posthumously in the year following his death. The work was at the proofs stage. Sir Henry Collett served in the Indian Army for many years. After being wounded early in his career, he sought less active interests, settling eventually on botany. He was one of the founders of the Simla Naturalists Society. With an In Memoriam by Sir W Thiselton-Dyer, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the introduction by W Botting Hemsley, Keeper of the Herbarium and Library at Kew. With 200 illustrations in text by Miss M Smith and a map. Bound in the original green cloth with titles and gilt illustration to the spine. A little wear to the spine ends and corners. A few marks to the boards. Inside, endpapers tanned with loss to the top corner of the ffep. More modern bookplate on the inside cover and a smaller one plus handwritten signature on ffep - all same person. Text clean. 8vo, lxviii + 652pp, 1.06kg. Illustrated (illustratore).…

Cloth. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 200 line drawings in the text by Miss M. Smith, thick octavo, pp lxviii, 652, the hinge following the half-title cracking but no weakness, the half-title and the last page rather age-toned, otherwise clean and firm internally, green cloth with gilt decorated spine, slightly worn and rubbed. [The first edition is scarce.].…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 1902, 1st thus. Octavo. lxviii, 652pp. Illustrated with line drawings and a folding map. Bound in a half leather, over green cloth boards. Some heavy rubbing, spine sunned. Former owner's signature and date to corner of half-title. Some foxing and spotting to first and final few leaves. Overall a 'Good' copy. Indian Botany. Miss M. Smith (illustratore).…