Titles 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

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

Stockholm: : Laurentius Salvius, , 1744-1748.. 1/4 vellum. Very Good. 4to. (27.5 x 19.5 cm.) Vellum spine with blue paper boards. Ink label on panel; raised bands. Collation: [4], 132; [4], 122, [2 (errata)]; [4], 128 p. There are 10 copper engravings (5, 2, 3) with four folding. One of the engravings is by Ehret. There are woodcut initials and diagrams in the text. Loss to lower half of spine. Covers are in good condition with only minor bumping on corners. This volume contains 3 separate issues of the... more information

Venice: : Remondiniana, , 1762-64. . 1/2 Vellum. Very Good +. Folio. Contemporary half vellum with marble boards. Collation: Part I- (2), (2), III-XVI, (2), 3-24, 2), 27-62, (2), 65-104, (2), 107-108, (2), 109-140, (2), 143-190, (2), 193-244 pp. + 11 engraved plates. Part II- (4), V-XII, 1-262, (2), 265-427, (1 blank) pp. 1 title in red and black; Part III- (2), III-VIII, 1-96 pp.; Part IV- (2), (4), V-VI, 1-120; (4), 5-75, (1 blank); (2), 3-84 pp. 1 title in red and black with engraved vignette, 2 t... more information

London: Richard Bentley, 1863. Second edition. Detailed travelogue of various hunting expeditions by author. ... more information

Tiguri (Zurich): Typis et Sumptibus. Bodmerianis,, 1719. Contemporary mottled calf. Very Good. 4to (20.0 x 16.5 cm). Contemporary mottled calf; Ends of spine with wear, minor loss at top; Raised bands with blank panels except upper second panel with red morocco leather label; Hinges and corners rubbed.Marble end papers. Collation: [40], 512, [24- Index & Errata] pp. + 19 copper engraved plates of grasses, 8 folded. Text block with red ink edges. Text and plates in very good condition. There is close... more information

Genéve: : H. Correvon, , 1923. . Second edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo (257 x 163mm). 2nd ed. Original wraps large paper copy, uncut. The sixty-six (66) exquisite, color plates collected after text are free of blemishes. There is modest foxing (mainly on fore edge) and spotting in text portion. ... 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

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

New York: : C. M. Saxton & Co., , 1856(1852). . Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo (18.7 x 12.4). Original blind stamped brown cloth. Collation: x, [11]-171, 12 [catalog] pp. This work is illustrated with a frontispiece and 30 in text figures. The binding is sound with sunning on the spine and hinges. The text has some minor foxing being greater for the preliminaries and the catalog in the rear. This work was of major influence for American grape growing, particularly under glass. Chorlton provides tab... more information

Halae Magdeburgicae [Halle A.S.] : : Joannis Jac. Gebaueri,, 1790. . First edition. Cardboard Covers. Very Good. 4to. Original paper boards. Large paper copy. 2 fascicles in one volume, 20 hand-colored, copper engraved plates of flowers and parts (corolla, anthers, pistil and pollen). Pp. [2 ],[8], [1]-98 (Pl. I-X) ;[4],[1]-120 (Pl. XI-XX) [2]. Printed in Latin and German. Lacking title page in Latin for first fasicle. This work contains extensive presentation of floral structure of diverse genera by Bat... more information

Leiden: C. Boutesteyn, 1687. Contemporary vellum. Very Good. 4to. Contemporary vellum with minor wear. Two parts with continuous pagation. Some repairs to tears in a few folding plates. Collation: 78, 258, 124 pp. + 13 tipped in engraved plates (some folded) and numerous engraved images in text. Exceptional rare copy with complete Letters 43,42, 38, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 46, 47, 45, 48, 50, 51, 52 and 53-60 (last section). The date for the last section is 1689, first edition of these collected letters. T... more information

Amstelodami: Excudebat Joannes Janssonius, 1617. This is a rare copy of a compliation of Vesalius's Epitome with 40 copper engraved plates(on 39 sheets), three from another contemporary copy.... more information

Paris : : Lambert Roulland, , 1675.. First French edition. Full Calf. Very Good. First French edition. 8vo (123 x 83 mm) Contemporary motled calf with raised bands on spine and floral decoration in gilt in panels. Title in gilt. All edges of text in red. Worm holes in lower panels that extend into gutter of text block that only affects loss of part of a letter. Engraved frontispiece [22] 1-215 [1] [12]pp. Fourteen (14) engraved plates inserted through text on unnumbered leaves; plates that contain figures... more information

Paris: : Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert ..., , 1752. . Quarter Calf. Very Good. . Vol. 1 (of 4) Folio (45.5 x 29.0 cm). Contemporary quarter calf with marble boards. Collation: [iii] iv-ix [3], [1] 2-298 [2] pp. + 152 engraved plates. This first volume of the series written by Blondel contains: Introduction á l’architecture, un abrégé histoire de la ville de Paris & la description des principaux edifices du Faubourg St. Germain. These two books are followed by 152 engrav- ed ... more information

Winterthour: J. Ziegler, 1794. Half Calf. Very Good. 4to (25.5 x 20.5 cm). Recent half calf, with richly gilt and ornamented spine; red leather label with gilt labeling; marble covered boards. Collation: xii, 184, [2] pp. + 50 engraved plated, 47 hand colored. The plates were engraved by J. R. Schellenberg. This is an uncut copy of the rare French translation of a finely illustrated treatise on insects from the original German edition published in 1781-1786. The plates are numbered 1-18, 19a, 19b, 20-27,... 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

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

Boston: : Osgood, , 1880. . Cloth. Very Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo (25.1 x 19.6 cm). Original decorative maroon cloth. Collation: [v] vi-xii. [1] 2-84 pp. + 80 engraved plates by Colling. Binding with wear to ends of spine, edges of boards and corner. Internal condition is very good with addition of appendix to replace in part plates from 1st edition. ... more information

London: : Printed by E. Cotes for T. Williams, , 1664.. Full Leather. Very Good. 3d Edition. 4to (17.9 x 13.1 cm). Contemporary sheep. Collation: [4] [16] , 250 [22]; [2] 46 [4] p. 38 pages with woodcut illustrations, some full page. Two (2) parts in one volume. Printed end papers (with headline 'Hony found in the lions carcase'). These two front free end papers are from another work and inserted with double column text on a side. Text block has been cut down generally not affecting any text o... more information