[BOTANY & BEES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIES]. A group of 26 works in 28 volumes, various folio, 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original bindings, many with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[BOTANY & BEES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIES]. A group of 26 works, including:
[ADANSON]. The Bicentennial of Michel Adanson's Familles des Plantes. Pittsburgh: The Hunt Botanical Library, 1963-1964. 2 volumes. -- RIX, Martyn. Art in Nature. NY, 1991. -- LEMAIRE, Charles. Iconographie Descriptive Des Cactées 1841-1847. Mill Valley, CA, 1993. FIRST FACSIMILE EDITION. -- STEARN, William T., introduction. An English Florilegium. NY, 1988. -- PAVORD, Anna. The Naming of Names. NY, 2005. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- LINDLEY, John F.R.S. Descriptive Botany. L, 1858. Provenance: Royal Gardens Kew (bookplate). -- MARTIN, George Willard. Outline of the Fungi. Dubuque, IA, 1950. -- FUSELL, George Edwin. The Old English Farming Books. L, 1947. -- And another copy of the 1950 edition. -- JACKSON, Benjamin Daydon. Guide to the Literature of Botany. NY et al, 1964. -- And 16 others. Together, 26 works in 28 volumes, various folio, 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original bindings, many with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
Condition Report
Auction Specialist