Titles starting with M from Antiquariat Botanicum

[1650]. Full Vellum. Very Good +. Orginal German manuscript [ca. 1650] for printed text of JUNGENICKEL ANDREAS und MARTIN STIER Schlüssel zur Mechanica, Das ist: Gründliche Beschreibung der Vier Haupt Instrumenten der Machination, als deß Hebels, Getriebs, Schrauben, Kloben..(1661). Folio. Modern vellum on boards. The German text written in ink in fine hand contains numerous drawings of mechanical devices or principles. The water marks on the laid paper are from around 1650. The text is a... more information

Zürich und Winterthur: Der Herausgeber und Heinrich Steiner, 1778-1779. Marble Boards. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper binding with green spine label lettered in gilt. Collation: Part I- [2], 300 pp. + 2 copper engraved plates; Part II- 228 pp. + 3 copper engraved plates. Four (4) of the plates are colored. There is some rubbing and wear to front hinge. Early notes in pencil on front paste down and title. Bright and clean copy. Scarce copy of magazine by Fuessly on contributions of v... more information

London: : David Bogue, , 1880-1882. . 1/2 Leather. Very Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo (25.6 x 16.7 cm). Bound in 19th century half green morocco and marble boards. 3 Volumes (1 Text and 1 Plates). Collation: Volume I: [vii] viii-x, [1] 2-472 pp. + hand colored frontispiece; Volume II [iv] [473] 474-914 pp.; Volume III: [iv] [104] pp. + 52 lithograph plates. All the plates were delineated by Kent with his signature as delineator. Spines with raised bands and panels with gilt floral pattern. Title and Vo... more information

Albany: : Websters and Skinners, , 1829.. Ex Libris. Contemporary sheep. Very Good. 5th edition. 8vo. Ex Libris. Contemporary sheep rebacked. Book plate on front paste down along with library stamp. Locator stamp “Plant Taxonomy“ on end paper. Ink inscription on second end paper. Gift stamp on verso of title page. Collation: [blank] [3]-451 [1] 1-12, [4],13-63 [blank], [71 - Botanical Dictionary] p. Minor foxing and wear. Institutional book plate is present on front paste down. Ink inscription o... more information

New York: William Wood & Co,, 1884.. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Original yellow blind stamped binding with various designs on cover and spine in black with single snake curled up staff on front cover. Collation: x,[1],292 pp. + 9 chromolitohograph plates. Binding and text have minor fraying at ends of spine and foxing to end papers, respectively. ... 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

London: John van Voorst, 1860. Second edition. Text and plates bound in one volume.... more information

London: John vanVoorst, 1860. Second edition. Text and Plates as separate volumes.... more information

London: Whittaker And Co, 1837. Original red pebble cloth. Very Good. 8vo (22.2 x 13.8 cm) Original red pebbled cloth binding. Collation: viii, 231, [2], [1-ads] pp.+ 3 lithograph plates, one double, bound at rear. There are also 20 in text engraved diagrams. Binding has some wear and minor loss at ends of spine which has somewhat worn original paper label. This is an uncut copy with very good internal text. Plates I and II have some foxing. These plates are of the reflecting microscope, specimens and dr... more information

Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1853. Second edition.... 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: S. Highley, 1855. Second edition.... more information

London: Routledge, Warnes, , 1859. Fourth edition.... more information

London: Routledge, 1858. Includes two catalogs: Routledge New & Popular Works 12 pp.; Baker – A Catalogue of Achromatic Microscopes, Barometers, Thermometers , Telescopes, Opera Glass etc. 12 pp. with two plates of microscopes, verso of title page with Compound Microscope and last page with two microscopes: Student’s and Society of Arts. ... more information

London: John Churchill, 1857. Second edition.... more information

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1856. First American edition.... more information

London: John Churchill, 1856. First edition.... more information

London: Samuel Highley, 1854. ... more information

London: : The Illustrated London Library, , 1854. . Full Calf. Very Good. Tan calf and marbled edges. Collation: [v] vi-x [xi-xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-440 pp. + 15 lithograph plates (no. 1 as frontispiece) and “upwards of 500 engravings” in text. Binding has some wear at ends of spine and along hinges. The spine had raised bands and decorative gilt panels. Author and title gilt on black leather label. Boards have double gilt border and needle inner border. Edges of boards with gilt lines. Edges of te... more information

Stuttgart:: E. Schweizerbart, , 1873. . First edition. 1/2 Leather. Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo(22 x 14 cm). Contemporaty half dark green morocco and green marble boards. Collation: [iii] iv-ix, [1], 1398 [4] + 10 chromo -lithograph plates and 102 in text engravings. Binding has rubbing to ends of spine, along hinges and at corners where there is some loss at the edges. Internal condition is generally very good with some minor to moderate edge foxing. Plates are in very good condition. This is the fi... more information