Authors starting with M from Antiquariat Botanicum

Paris: : Imprimerie Royale, , 1733.. First edition. Contemporary calf. Very Good. 4to(26 x 19.5 cm). First edition. Original calf. Collation: [8] 281 p. + 15 engraved plates by Ph. Simonneau. Binding with raised bands and decorative panels, title on red leather labels. Hinges weak and crack in upper region of cover. Wear to ends of spine, boards, and corners. Dentille present on edge of boards. Marble endpapers have some staining on verso and foxing to free end papers and first few leaves. Text and plates... more information

London: John Murray, 1846. ... more information

France, Late 17th-early 18th century. Contemporary mottled calf. Very Good. Rare original manuscript. 4to Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, panels with floral gilt decorations, gilt title on leather label in upper panel. Loss to ends of spine; hinges cracked at ends, cords sound. Collation: 110 leaves with numerous hand drawn diagrams. This is a detailed Latin manuscript from France on solid and fluid mechanics presented in propositions, questions and supporting information and illustrations. T... more information

Amsterdam: : P. Mortier, , 1742. . First edition. Contemporary mottled calf. Very Good. 4to (245 x 184 mm) Contemporary mottled calf; hinges starting; corners bumped; raised bands; gilt floral designs in panels; title gilt on separate label; loss to ends of spine. [12] 1-335 [28]pp. 7 folding plates with three duplicates (10 total). Damp stain present on upper right corner of page as well to margins of plates in varying amounts. (Nissen, 1274) ... more information

Amstelaedami: : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, , 1682.. Full calf. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Small 4to (19.0 x 14.8 cm). Contemporary calf with later spine. [16], 280, [22] pp. Lacking end paper at end. Contemporray full calf with modern rebacking. Spine has raised bands and blank panels. A new morocco label with gilt labeling in second panel. Covers are worn along the edges. Boards have double line tooling along edges and flora stamp at corners. There is age browning along edge of front free end paper and fir... more information

Leiden: : Pierre Vander, , 1717.. Ex Libris. Contemporary vellum. Very Good. 1st edition. 4to (247 x 195 mm). Ex Libris. 2 Volumes bound in contemporary vellum over boards. [12] [2]- 320pp with 13 (one bis) folding plates; [2] [321]- 701 [35, including 2 page catalog] pp with 13 folding plates. This collection of the complete works of Mariotte is illustrated with 26 folding copper plates. There is an inscription on each title page: "Bibliotheca Viennensis Scholarum Ciarum de Virgem Fidelem,... more information

London: : Wilson, for E. Brewster and George Sawbridge, , 1653. . Full Leather. Good +. Sm. 4to. (18.7 X 14.2 cm). Later full leather. Collation: [iv]1 –20 p.; [vi] 1-126 [4] p. There are a number of woodcuts of agricultural implements in text. Raised bands and panels present on spine with title and date gilt as well as blind-stamped designs. Covers have tooled border. There is general browning to text and edges of pages along with several ink stains and dusting. Burn mark through p. 57/58. Pages 12... more information

Paris: : Cuchet, , 1788.. First French edition. Contemporary calf. Very Good. Contemporay French gilt calf. 8vo (21 cm). Collation: vii, [1], xxii, 278, [3] p. The spine has been laid down on later leather. Covers with gilt border lines. Weat present at corner and along edges. All edges of textblock gilt. Text has occasional brown spot affecting several leaves, but is generally very clean. French edition of this American work on trees and shrubs native to the United States. Marshall was a Quaker and bot... more information

London: : Richard Reily, , 1741.. First edition. Contemporary calf. Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to (282 x 25.6 cm) Contemporary calf with original spine laid down. Collation: [ii] iii-xxii, [1] 2-403 [1 Errata] (3) [1] [10 Index] pp. + 13 hand colored engraved plates, mostly botanical. The book has been rebacked preserving the original spine with some minor loss to ends. Covers with blind stamp tooling central border and floriated corners. Minor foxing and offsetting (from plates) throughout that is confine... more information

Boston: Daniel L. Hale, 1841. Reverse Calf. Good +. 8vo 1st Edition. 2 Volumes in one with continuous pagation. Contemporary reverse calf with wear along upper and lower regions of sine and corners. Foxing throughout. Collation: xii, [2],592, xix, [593-597],598-680,[681-683],684-686, [2]pp. + 24 chromolitographs of plants or plat parts and 1 double plate with human skeleton printed in black and white. Ther are 9 woodcuts in the text of various parts of human anatomy. There are several loose inserted shee... more information

Original Wraps. Very Good +. Collection of 34 off prints from 1941-1965 from the library of Prof. Dr. F. Mechelke. All off prints are signed by Mechelke either as written last name or personal stamp. The off prints are numbered sequentially in the upper corner of the first page. The second off print on “Spontaneous Alterations in Chromosome Size and Form in Zea Mays.”(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia… 9:72-80, 1941) is present as a photo copy with underlining in red by Mechelke. There is also a... more information

London: : Thomas Kelly & Co., , 1865.. 1/4 Leather. Very Good +. 8vo (21.5 x 13.4 cm). Later and posthumous edition. Original half black morocco with marble boards. Collation: [iv], [1] 2- 972, [1] 2-16 (Appendix) pp. + Portrait, 24 hand colored lithograph plates including frontispiece and numerous drawings and engravings in text. Binding in good condition with tooling and gilt on spine which has raised bands and red leater label. Covers good with some wear present on marble paper and corners. Inter... more information

Dresden: : Johann Riedel, , 1692. . First edition. Full Vellum. Very Good. 4to (19.5 x 16 cm) 1st Edition. Later full vellum. Text block trimmed not affecting plates or text. Collation: [21] [1]-310 [10]pp + Portrait, engraved title page and 14 copper engraved plates (3 folding) . Eight (8) of the plates are botanical.Expert repair to one folding plate. The text contains some staining, spotting and dusting with some strong dusting along creases of verso of two folding plates.   This is a scarce ... more information

London, New York and Bombay:: Longmans, Green, , 1905. . Third edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 3rd English Edition from 7th Russian. 2 Volumes. 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm). Ex Libris. Original red cloth. Collation: Volume I – [v] vi-xxiii, [1], [1] 2-639 pp. + engraved frontispiece; Volume II – [iv] v-vii, [1] 2-551 pp. There are a number of steel engravings, drawings and tables, including the Periodic Table, in the text. The condition of the bindings is good with only some sunning on spines and... more information

London:: Longmans, Green & Co., , 1875 . . Ex Libris. Original Cloth. Very Good +. Ex Libris. 1st Edition. Folio (37 x 27 cm) Original green cloth. Collation: vi, [2], 151 p. + 20 chromolithographs. The binding has been re-cased after the text block was sewn. The original glue used dried and the text and plates separate. This is a common phenomenon for books of this era that were glued rather than sewn. The original text block has been sewn. All edges of are gilt. Institutional stamps present on free ... more information

Franeker: Uldericus Balck,, 1625-1631. 1/4 vellum on marble boards. Very Good. 4to (19.5 x 14.7 cm) Later quarter vellum on marble boards. early manuscript annotations. Collation: [viii], 118; [ii],308 + 2 folding plates;[ii], 102,[14- Index]; [xxiv], 366, [2]pp. Text with numerous woodcuts for astronomy, geometry, geography, propotions, and trignometry. The text is also complemented with astronomic, geogrphic and trignometic tables. One of the folding plates is has been bound inverted on stub. The bindi... more information

Philadelphia: : Rice, Rutter & Co., , 1865. . Full Leather. Very Good. 8vo. 5 volumes in half leather on marble boards. Spines with raised bands and tooled panels; title, author and volume in separate panels, all gilt. Collation: vol. 1 184 p.; vol.2 180 p.; vol. 3 180 p. + 156 engraved and hand colored plates; vol. 4 (1 of Nuttall) 207 [1] p.; vol. 5 (vol. 2 0f Nuttall) 215 [1] p. + 121 lithographic plates with hand coloring. The original Nuttall stones were lost in a fire at the publishers in 185... more information

Stuttgart, 1897. Detalied study of preparing malt and brewing beer.... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Collation: xii, [2]-164pp. + 4 photograp plates and 64 in text figures. Uncut along fore edge. Binding and text very good. Signature of Dr. Edwin McMillan on front free end paper. ... more information

London: : The Author and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, And Co., Limited, , 1890.. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to (31 x 24 cm). Original green cloth. Collation: [viii], [1] 2-116 pp. + 22 plates, 10 sepia, 10 partially colored (2 double page) and 2 plans (tree plantations). Binding is very good with gilt labeling on spine and front board. There is some minor wear along hinges and bumping at corners. This is a good large uncut paper copy with ample margins. The text and pl... more information