[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOTANY]. A group of 17 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, some illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOTANY]. A group of 17 works, including:
MERRILL, E.D. and, Egbert H. WALKER. A Bibliography of Eastern Asiatic Botany. Jamaica Plain, MA, 1938. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MERRILL AND WALKER. -- DESMOND, Ray. Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists. London, 1977. -- WITHERING, William. An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medicinal Uses. [Birmingham, 1979]. LIMITED EDITION, number 4519 of unknown number. -- Les Botanistes Français en Amerique du Nord Avant 1850. Paris, 1962. -- FREEMAN, R.B. British Natural History Books 1495-1900 A Handlist. [Kent, England et al], 1980. -- BRITTEN, J. and G.S. BOULGER. A Biographical Index of Deceased British and Irish Botanists. London, 1931. Second edition. -- MIREK, Zbigniew et al, editors. Studies in Renaissance Botany. Kraków, 1998. -- VON SACHS, Julius. History of Botany (1530-1860). Henry E.F. Garnsey, translator. Oxford, 1890. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- And 9 others. Together, 17 works in 23 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, some illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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