Green cloth covered boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine. Illustrated. Contains a preface by the author, explaining that this book is written from his long experience in the South farming vegetable crops for sale in Northern markets. No previous owners' names or other markings. A very nice, clean copy with firm hinges and gutters. 5.3 x 7.5 inches. View More...
Full flame calf with gilt rule to board edges and gilt dentelles to sides; gilt particulars and red label to spine. Marbled endpapers. Hors texte plates at back. Evidence of previous lacquering to spine (see image). Front board detached. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise no other markings or names. xxxi, 391 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. View More...
Two volumes in unmatched bindings. Vol I is full calf while Vol II is half calf over marbled boards re-cassed using the original spine. Occasional foxing. Vol I has previous owner's plate to front pastedown and a previous owner's signature to front endpaper. Vol II has a neat previous owner's name to title page. The re-casing has resulted in meagre margins (see image 6). Staining to page 879 on Vol II. Vol. I Pp. [xxviii] 554 and Vol. II Pp. 625-1120 then continues with 1-142. View More...
Full dark brown morocco with embossed decoration to boards, 5 raised bands with debossed decoration and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt. Stated in the preface to this edition: "The whole of the sheets of the last imprint were destroyed by a fire at the bindery, wither they had been sent for collation; but fortunately the French copper-plates were in another building. This has enabled the new publishers to issue the work in a much improved style, and has allowed for opportunity for additional notes and remarks." Michaux's volumes contain 156 hand colored plates, all protected with tis... View More...
Original hand colored engraving from "The botanist's repository, for new and rare plants..." Matted in off-white/beige with beveled window and black accent matt. From page proceeding the plate: "White Paeony. Class XIII. Order II. Polyandria Digynia. Many Chives. Two Pointals... References to the plate: 1: The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals. 2: A thread and its tip (magnified). 3: The seed-vessels. 4: A seed... This new species of Paeony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts adjacent; of course is sufficiently hardy to endure our severest winters. It has been described by Gmelin, in h... View More...
Handbook on Fruit Tree Cultivation and Teaching. Previous owners inscription to front fly; lacking two thirds of second plate but otherwise in very good condition. XXXVI pp. 914 pp. [8] pp. Three copper plates and 1 table. View More...
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