Authors starting with A from Antiquariat Botanicum

London: : Printed for the Author, , 1807.. Second edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2 Volumes. 8vo(21.5 x 13 cm). Original half calf and marble boards. Collation: Volume I - [vii] viii-xiv, [1] 2-393 pp.+ 1 engraved plate; Volume II – [v] vi-xxiii, [1-ads], [1] 2-489, [10] pp. + 6 engraved plates. The bindings have wear on ends of spines and corners. Hinges are tender. Wear present on all covers with some loss on front cover of Volume I. Minor foxing present to end papers. Plates I and II ... more information

Kyoto, , Genroku period 12 (1699). . Sewn Binding. Good +. 2 volumes. 4to (216 x 150 mm). Contemporary Japanese blue rice paper with silk ties, paper worn and torn in places; opening leaves of vol. 1 wormed in blank upper margins. Collation:[126] ; [90] pp. + 11 large, mostly full page woodcuts and several smaller woodcuts in text. The volumes are worn; opening leaves of vol. 1 wormed in blank upper margins, occasionally affecting part of a character. There is some staining and foxing in text areas and ... more information

Paris: : Vincent, , 1763. . First edition Ex Libris. Contemporary speckled calf. Very Good. 2 Volumes. 8vo (18.7 x 11.5 cm). Ex Libris. Contemporary speckled sheep, hinges repaired Collation: Vol. 1- [iv] cccxxv 189 [1]p.+ folding copper engraved plate; Vol 2 - [ii] 24 [4] 640 p. Binding with raised bands on spine, panels with decorative gilt floral. Wear to ends of spines, hinges, and corners of boards. Front hinges of both volumes broken with cord intact and firm. Marble end papers with institutional b... more information

Regensburg: : J.L. Montag und J.H. Gruner, , 1772.. 1/2 Vellum. Very Good +. 1st Edition. 2 Parts in one 1 volume. Folio (36. 7 x 21.2 cm). Large paper uncut copy. Modern half vellum with old marble paper on new boards. Collation: Part 1 - [22] 1-164 pp.; Part 2- [6], 80, [16] pp. + 31 [i.e. 36] leaves of plates (2 folding). Plates numbered continuous- ly, with 2 unnumbered frontispieces and 3 unnumbered plates. This is a complete uncut large papercopy. It appears that the original free endpapers w... more information

Leyden: : Apud Theodorum Haak & Henricum Mulhovium, , 1734.. Full Calf. Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to.(24.1 cm) Contemporary brown mottled calf. Collation: [3], 4-696 pp. + 8 engraved plates. The plates are in two states, engraved and diagrammatic that were done by the renowned artist, Jan Vandelaer. The diagrammatic plates have labeling for each muscle. Binding has repairs to ends of spine and corners. Spine with raised bands and six panels. All edges are in red. Text and plates have minor edge foxin... more information

Lugduni Batavorum: : apud Gerardum Potvliet, , 1735. . Full Vellum. Very Good. 2 Volumes in one. 4to (21 x 17 cm). Contemporary vellum on boards. Collation: [xx] 248 [12]; [viii] 306 [24]p. + 102 copper engrave plates that includes both animals and plants. The binding has some buckling and remnants of mold stain on back cover. Author and title in early ink on spine. The internal condition is generally very good. The previous exposure to moisture which apparently did not enter the text did however caus... more information

Cambridge: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1948. inscribed copy... more information

Boston: American Orchid Society, 1924. Inscribed copy... more information

Paris: Crochard, 1820-21. First edition. Quarter Calf on Marble Boards. Very Good. Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Tome XV & XVI. Ex Libris. 8vo (20.0 x 12.5 cm). Quarter sheep with marble boards and black morocco labels. Collation: Vo 15 & 16 448 pages each. Articles by Ampère: Vol 15-pp. 59-76; 170-218 + 5 copper enbraved plates; Vol. 16- pp.119-129 + 1 folding copper engraved plate. The latter is reply to commentary by Mr. Berzelius’s Lettre to M. Berthollet sur l’Etat magn... more information

London: : Archibald Constable & Co., , 1908.. First English language edition Ex Libris. Library Binding. Very Good +. Ex Libris. 1st English edition. 2 Volumes bound in green buckram. Collation: Volume 1 – xiii, 335 pp. + portrait frontispiece, 1 folding colored map; Volume 2- ix, 397 pp. + frontispiece, folding colored map. Each volume has numerous photographic illustrations within text. Binding is sound and without defect. All edges of text with specked red ink. The pastedowns have institutio... more information

S.L.: S.N., 1931. Brown cloth over thick cardboard.. Very Good +. 8vo (20.2 x 14.0 cm). Accordion binding with [22] pages that include 10 paintings on silk paper each mounted with silk border. Very clean and complete copy. Minor wear to corners of boards. This work covers process from transplanting trees through picking, drying, and transporting with several steps in between. A fine example of tea industry in China that includes peasant farmers and family. ... more information

Enland, [1690]. Full Leather. Very Good. [England, c. 1690] 8vo (14 x 8.5 cm.). 17th century sheep. Manuscript notes on 124 un-numbered pages (ff. 11r, 30r&v, 61r and 62v blank, written mostly on both sides). Binding has edge wear. The volume was initially a blank book on which the writers put their notes. There appears to be two hands involved in the writing. A number of pages have been removed in the center and end of the book with some evidence that text was present. In the center section where ... more information

Germany, circa 1900. Nurseryman's sample album of seeds available for sale. Collection of seed packets with chromolithograph images of plants and flowers. ... more information

Bretagne, [1850]. Contemporary pebbled green morocco. Very Good. Collection of 119 expertly pressed, mounted and labeled marine algae from Bretagne coast (circa. Mid 1800’s). Small 4to(24.5 x 17.2 cm). Contemporayry green morocco binding. Collation: 119 lv, each leaf mounted on stub with single labeled specimen. Each specimen is identified with earlier Latin name in black ink and later additions in red ink. All specimens are well preserved and beautifully displayed on the page. Binding has raise... more information

Rochester, [1900]. Oblong 8vo. Original dark blue cloth. Over 90 crhomolitho plates of various fruits, trees, and potential garden landscapes for clients interested to purchase from nursery representative. ... more information

London: Cox and Son, 1824. 4th Edition.... more information

1842. American. 1/4 Leather. Good +. Prescription Book of Dr. F. Baidials, 1842. 8vo. Rebacked with modern calf, original marble boards. Sixty eight pages or loose sheets from physicians or pharmacists of prescriptions to treat various ailments and sickness are bound in this small volume. There are many additional pages, all blank. This is an interesting collection of recipies as the originator of many is noted or signed at the end of the prescribed treatment. Included is a rare printed prescription form... more information

[Circa 1850]. 1/4 vellum. Good +. [Circa 1850] This hand written manuscript is divided into two sections with writing reversed. The first section of 86 unnumbered pages discusses different diseases, medical cases and various chemicals where author presents effects of plants or minerals. The second section written in reverse has 41 unnumbered pages. It starts with a specific dates for one case and recipes for treatment which is followed discussion of various aliments. The writing is in two separate hands. ... more information

France, [1850]. Modern Paper Boards. Good +. 4to Original 19th century French manuscript of recipes for preparing many different perfumes and scented soaps. The manuscript written in French is divided without separation into recipes for preparing perfumes and those for soaps. The perfume section is larger than that for soaps. Paper is frayed with occasional tears into text. Loose manuscript bound in modern paper boards. ... more information

Paris,, AnVIII [1797-1799].. 1/2 Leather. Very Good. 2 Volumes. Folio (49.0 x 32.5 cm). Half calf with orange paper boards. Collation: Vol. 1- 2 + 176 pp.; Vol. 2- 63 engraved plates hand colored except for last two anatomical plates. This is a complete set of text and plates. The volumes have original orange paper on boards and half calf leather binding. The leather is recent but in style of period. The spines have raised bands with new black leather labels- author and title in gilt. Central panel on e... more information