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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book details 100 species of British Rush species in meticulous detail, grouped according to the genus they belong to. The author explores the evolution of the Rush species and how they have adapted to live in different ecosystems, showcasing their importance to local faunas and their role as indicators of particular soil conditions. The in-depth analysis is coupled with visually stunning illustrations to aid recognition in the field, along with distribution maps for each species, ensuring that readers become familiar with their local varieties of Rush. By understanding these plants, we can better appreciate the delicate balance of nature and the role each organism plays in the wider ecosystem. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Third edition; volume V only. Bound in full crushed morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, with gilt bands and titles to the spine. All edges gilt, gilt dentelles. The spine is rubbed at the ends and a little scratched and marked; it is a little discoloured. The extremities are rubbed and bumped, with occasional minor marks to the boards. 20th century gift inscriptions to the front endpaper. Hinges reinforced, the binding otherwise firm. There are occasional spots and some light toning to plates, which are generally bright. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty-three hand coloured plates; collated and complete. A lovely single volume containing Sowerby's hand coloured botanical plates. J. Sowerby et al. (illustratore).…

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Vols 1-11. Contemporary blue quarter leather binding with gilt spine titles, blind tooling and 5 bands; red marbled boards, endpapers and page edges. Boards and leather gently rubbed. Moderately sunned spines. All joints sound. Most hinges sound, with the occasional minor splits that are still holding firm, with the exception of vol. 1, the rear hinge of which has gone, though the rear board is still firmly held by it's [external] joint. Internally very crisp and clean with minimal foxing. Overall Very Good. Pencil note of vol. 1 FEP says " The supplementary plates are not bound in." Enhanced by a delightful, poetic and beautifully inked contemporary inscription: "Adeline Francesca Wright. August 1879. In memory of happy rambles with her father, through the ferny lanes and limestone dales of Derbyshire, up and down the pine woods on the Esterelles, after anemones, narcissus & tulips under the olives of the Riviera, on the sunny alps of Como & Lugano, and after crocus and gentians along the snow drifts of the Splugen; and in the bright hope that through the love of the Father who made all these we may rove, with those we love, the happy fields above, and ever praise his grace who giveth all." Please contact us for postage costs as this is a 25kg set. Photos available on request. 1872-3. Sowerby, J., Sowerby, J de C., Salter, J. W. (illustratore).…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. Special reissue of the third edition ( 1872-1893)by the proprietors of "Nature"1899 in later green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine, new endpapers and reinforced hinges. ex reference library copy. Half title and title pages followed by 216 pages of text, plus one page errata then the plates numbered from 1686 to 1824, all coloured illustrations. 7.75 X 10 inches. Very good copy in a sturdy reference library binding, library book plate on the front pastedown, small library stamp to each of the first three pages and final page, and then each plate has a small round library stamp in the top corner away from the illustrations itself.…

Robert Hardwicke. London. 1865. Third edition. Volume IV only. Thick 4to. Half green morocco gilt, worn and rubbed. 188 glorious hand-coloured plates. Front hinge is split and title page is loose. Slight browning and spotting to contents but generally clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. 3rd Edition. Volume Eight of the Third Edition of Sowerby's English Botany. 296pp, plus 206 hand-coloured copper-engraved lithographs (plates mclxxviii to mccclxxxiv). 4to. . Half-bound in leather over silk moire with gilt rules and lettering (boards strong and robust but worn along edges and spine joints, rubbed through on corners). The first 16 leaves are detached, as are pages 285-288, and binding fragile. Some minor indentations on page edges, else internally clean and bright. The botanical prints in particular remain fresh and bright. A good candidate for some restoration. English Botany was a major publication of British plants comprising a 36 volume set, issued in 267 monthly parts over 23 years from 1790 to 1814. The work was conceived, illustrated, edited and published by the botanical illustrator and natural historian, James Sowerby. The complete First Edition (1790-1814) comprises 2,592 hand-coloured, finely detailed, copper-plate engravings and is now rare. The third edition, with some additional plates, saw the introduction of a 'popular section' but the plates were taken from the same copper plates used for the first edition which, had by this time, deteriorated. . Reasonable offers welcome. Sowerby, J; Sowerby, J de C; Salter, J W (illustratore).…