Authors starting with P from Antiquariat Botanicum

Paris: : Chez l’auteur,, 1783.. Full Calf. Very Good. 4to (27.0 x 20.5 cm), Contemporary decorative calf with red morocco label. Collation: [6] pp. + 6 [i.e. 5], 6, 6, 10 (folded) plates. The book is bound in a decorative, mottled calf French binding of the period. The spine has raised bands and floral gilt decorations in panels, with red morocco label in upper panel. The Ends of spines and corners show some wear. There is worming spot on front cover near fore edge with light scuffing to boards,... more information

Norimbergae: Apud Felseckeri, 1794. Original Wraps. Very Good. 4to. Modern quarter blue morocco on mottled paper boards. Original blue wrappers bound inside at back. Collation: 8pp. + 1 hand colored engraved plate. 18th century description of scarab beetles of America. Very scarce item. (Hagen II, p. 27; Nissen ZBI 3085) ... more information

Paris: : Gauthier-Villars, , 1876.. Stiff Wraps. Very Good. 8vo (23.8 x 15.8 cm). 1st edition, later state circa 1923. Bound in printed orange wraps. Collation: viii, 387 pp. + 12 plates and 85 in text figures. There is rubbing on hinges and the covers with some loss of color affecting some letters on advertise -ments on rear cover. Minor loss present at ends of spine. Internal condition is very clean and bright. ... more information

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. Original Wraps. Very Good +. Original printed gray wrappers. 8vo. 1st Edition, 1st issue. Uncut copy in original printed gray wrappers. The book is present in clamshell box box with black morocco spine. Collation: viii, 387 pp. + 12 plates and intext illustrations. There is minor chipping on spine and some minor fraying to printed covers not affecting any text. The rear cover has advertisements for 1876 and no later. Internal condition is generally very good, but there is oc... more information

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914-1930. Original Cloth. Very Good. 4to (28.5 x 21.0 cm). Three volumes in four. Original brown cloth with gilt labeling on spine and bust of Galton on each front cover. Collation: Vol. I: Birth 1822 to Marriage 1853 - xxiii + [1]+246+[2]pp. + frontis portrait with tissue guard + 70 + 2 (in text) plates + 1 (Darwin Pedigree) of 5 folding plates in rear pocket; Vol II: Researches of Middle Life - [2]+xi+[1]+425+[3]pp. + 54 plates; Vol.III-A: Correlation, Personal I... more information

Paris: : Bossange, Masson, and Besson, , 1806.. Second edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 2nd edition. 8vo(216 x 134 mm). Contemporary quarter calf on marble boards with marble end papers. [8] [1]-186pp + 24 copper engraved plates with 236 hand-colored images of plants and plant parts, that is, leaves, flowers, stems, and roots.  This is generally a very clean copy. There is only some offsetting of color, mainly red to verso of previous plate. First nine plates signed with inverted anchor in lower lef... more information

[1700?].. Quarter sheep. Very Good. 8vo (28.8 x 18.0 cm). Contemproary quarter sheep and marble boards binding. Collation: 51 leaves hand written text on horizontal half of each page; other half with detailed pen and ink drawings to complement text. This is a meticulously written and illustrated Italian manuscript covering many aspects of pressure, force and mechanics. The illustrations show scales, hoists, pumps, fire arms, a balloon and so on related to specific physical laws and phenomena explain... more information

Leipzig: : Hirzel, , 1910. . First edition. Very Good. Original cloth binding. Collation: [8], 127 pp. + 5 text figures. Binding has minor wear. Text is generally free of defects. Planck was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his work on quantum theory of which he was the founder and developer. This theory evolved from his research on black-body radiation problems. Planck’s constant, h, the quantum of action, was named for him. His research on quantum theory, ther... more information

London: Lovell Reeve, 1866. ... more information

Philadelphia, 1814-1822. Half Calf. Very Good. Three 8vo (18.3 x 15.6 cm) volumes in contemporary half calf on marble boards. General wear to covers, no label on spines, Ink inscription on third volume “Fruit Record.” The text is written in a clear style. Collation: (Vol. I -Chapman) - [1] 161 [11] p.; Vol. II Barton - [2] 139 [20] p.; (Vol. III- Plumb) - [85] [18] + [16] p. Latter is small(16.6 x 10.4 cm) folded sheets recording monthly expenditures from May 1844 to July 1846. In addition to th... more information

Paris: : Mallet-Bachelier, , 1856.. Second edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo (22.5 X 14 cm.). 2nd edition. 2 volumes, Original paper wraps. Collation: Vol. 1 [I-v] vi-xl, 558 [2 - catalog] p.; Vol. 2 [I-v] vi-xv, 568 p. Uncut and unopened. The first volume has original printed wrappers with back cover containing advertisement. Second volume in plan green wrappers. There is chipping and loss to wrappers on both volumes, more so to the second. Internal condition very good with only minor spotting and ... more information

New York: : Published b y T. & J. Swords…,, 1831 . First edition. Quarter buckram and paper boards. Very Good. 8vo (22.7 x 13.9 cm). Large paper uncut copy. Rebound in tan quarter sheep with marble boards and new end papers . Collation: Part I- viii, [9]-200pp.; Part II- xvi, [9]-216pp.Internal condition is generally very good with minor edge browning. Original end papers have moderate foxing. Scarce two-volume set of this major early treatise on fruit raised by Prince at his nursery. Excellent... more information

New York: : T and J Swords, , 1828.. Stiff Boards. Good +. 1st Edition. 8vo (23.6 x 14.5 cm) Original paper boards and replaced brown cloth spine with paper label. Collation: viii, [9]-355 pp. + lithograph frontispiece of bunch of grapes from drawing by Prince. There is wear to corners of boards. The original spine has been expertly replaced and original paper label added. There is some loss to the paper title but not affecting the text. Title and author printed on paper label. This is a large paper unc... more information

London: Whittaker,Treacher and Arnot , 1832. First edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo (21.3 13.2 cm). Half calf and gray linen covered boards. Collation; [5]- 246pp. + 13 engraved plates, 10 hand colored and 3 uncolored. There are also diagrams and drawings in the text. Binding has later calf spine; wear to corners; covers rubbed. Text and plates are generally very good; plate 7, as folding frontispiece, has tear along bottom portion of tear into the specimen area but not affecting any image. The plates ... more information

London: : Printed for James Black and Son, , 1816.. Second edition. Original Cloth. Good +. 8vo. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. Original boards boxed. Large paper copy. Hinges weak on both volumes. Paper labels frayed as are the ends of spine. Moderate foxing to text and plates. Collation: xxxvi, 725 p. + 24 engraved plates. Plates uncolored as issued. The two volumes are housed in a drop-down box with green leather spine and marble paper over boards. Edges of box covered with linen. Spine with raised bands and ... more information