Titles starting with F from Antiquariat Botanicum

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

Upsala: Regiae Academie Typographie or Palmblad et C., 1822-23. Modern half black morocco and Marble Boards. Very Good +. Lg. 8vo. Modern half black morocco, gilt on spine, paper boards. Original wrappers bound in. $12,500 USD Rare, complete suite of Carl Peter Thunbergs famous Faunas. Wood notes that the Gauna Srunamensis is “A rare inaugural thesis from the collection of Dr. chars. W. Richmond and now in the Blacker Library. There is a copy also in the Osler Library. Thunberg acted as edit... 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

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

Cambridge: : J. Archdeacon, , 1785 . First edition. Stamped Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine darkened with loss to top and less so at bottom; hinges beginning, some chipping to extremities.Collatioh: [xxii] 490 pp. .Index. Plus 7 engraved plates (1 folding). Bound With Relhan, Richard. FLORA CANTABRIGIENSI SUPPLEMENTUM. Cambridge :J. Archdeacon, 1786. 40p. Index. This work is the result of studies done by Thomas Martin which he gave to Rev. Relhan who published them along with three... more information

London: : B. White, , 1733.. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Very Good. 8vo Original paper boards. Collation: i-xvi 379 [13] pp. Large paper, uncut and unopened copy. Front cover detatched, cords intact on rear cover. Paper spine chipped with some loss, mainly along joints. Extensive coverage of plants and parts of nutritious value. Linnean latin names for all with reference to earlier Linnean works or that of earler herbalists. Extensive coverage of plants and parts of nutritious value. Linnean la... more information

Jena: : Christopher Henrik Cunonis, , 1745.. First edition. Contemporary vellum. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary vellum with new end papers and spine. [16] 416 [24] + 1vfolding table and 6 engraved plates. Red ink fore edges. Clean copy. ... 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

London: : John Murray, , 1881. . First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Second Thousand. 1st edition, second issue. 8vo (18.3 cm). Original green cloth. Collation: vii, 326 p. + 15 text woodcuts. Binding is in good condition with only minor wear to lower corners and edges of boards. Some spotting is present on both covers and minor foxing on fore edge. Internal condition is very good. This was a very popular work, selling faster than Origin when it first appeared in a printing of 2000. This second t... more information

Lipzig: : Siegried Lebrecht Crusium,, 1782. Full Leather. Very Good. 4to (24.7 x 19.7 cm). Contemporary tree calf. Collation: Pars I – xxiii, [1] 112 + 10 copper engraved plates; Pars II – 107 [1] + 10 copper engraved plates. Spine is tooled into panels with gilt floral borders and central image. Some loss to bottom left corner of leather title. Minor loss is evident at top of spine. Boards have minor wear to corners. Original marble end papers are free of defects or bookplate. Title page of Pa... more information

Faenza:: Typis Ballantiantis, , 1755. . Full Vellum. Very Good. 4to (27 x 20 cm). 1st edition. 19th century bookplate of the Baron de Warenghien on front paste down. Collation: [I-iv], v-vii, 1-80 pp. + 40 copper engraved plates. The text and plates are in very good condition. All edges have speckled red inking. This first edition offers notes on published and unpublished mycological literature along with the author’s views on the theory of spontaneous generation from putrefaction or from the “... more information