[BRITISH FLORA & FAUNA]. A group of 5 works in 8 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, condition generally very good.
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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[BRITISH FLORA & FAUNA]. A group of 5 works, comprising:
OWEN, Richard, Sir. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds. L: John Van Voorst, 1896. Illustrated. Uncut. FIRST EDITION. [Tipped in:] OWEN, Richard, Sir. ALS (“Richard Owen”) to Mrs. Middleton. Richmond Park, 13 March 1872. 2pp. -- BOULGER, George S. British flowering plants. L: Bernard Quaritch, 1914. 4 volumes. 300 colored plates. LIMITED EDITION, number 622 of 1,000 copies. -- GORDON, George. The Pinetum. L: Henry G. Bohn et al, 1880. Uncut and unopened. -- NEWTON, George William. A Treatise on the Growth and Future Management of Timber Trees. L: Lovell Reeve, 1859. Illustrated. Later half green calf. -- HOFMEISTER, Wilhelm. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher Cryptogamia, and on the Fructification of the Coniferae. L: The Ray Society, 1862. -- Together, 5 works in 8 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, condition generally very good.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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