Titles starting with N from Antiquariat Botanicum

1925. Original Wraps. Very Good. Three off prints on Theory of Numbers: Théorie Des Nombres – Sur les nombres de Fermat. Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Sciences, t. 180, p. 799, séance du 16 mars 1925 (4to off print numbered p.1-2.); Sur Le Nombre N= 1/9 (1023 – 1) 8vo. 3, [1]p. ; Sur Les Nombres De Fermat. Fn= 22n + 1. 8vo. 5, [3]p. Plus approximately 65 pages of manuscript notes in French with calculations. The majority of the manuscript pages ap... more information

London: : L. Reeve & Co., , 1875. . First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo (245 x 165 mm) Original cloth boards with gilt title and author on spine and Narcissus on cover, spine slightly sunned. Marble end papers. [ix]-xvi [1]-95pp plus. 48 hand-colored, lithographic plates. Excellent study on the genus Narcissus with beautifully executed lithographic plates with contemporary hand coloring. ... more information

London: L. Reeve & Co., 1875. Full Leather. Very Good. 8vo (245 x 165 mm) Original cloth boards with gilt title and author on spine and Narcissus on cover, spine slightly sunned. Marble end papers. [ix]-xvi [1]-95pp plus. 48 hand-colored, lithographic plates. Excellent study on the genus Narcissus with beautifully executed lithographic plates with contemporary hand coloring. ... more information

London: Ward Lock & Co. , 1889. . 8vo. Original green cloth. Un cut copy. Collation: [ii], xiv, [ii], 363, (i) pp. [4 Catalogue] + Portrait frontispiece, map and 14 plates. Wear to ends of spine, hinges and corners. Internal condition is very good. Book plate of Rev. William Charles Eppstein, M.A. on front paste down, ink signature on title page. ... more information

London: John Murray, 1863. ... more information

Leipzig:: Herzel,, 1859-61. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Aus den Abhandlungen der mathematisch-physichen Classe der Koeniglich Saechsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. 4to. Original paper wrappers. (Off Prints) Collation: Vol. I - [2] 535-672 [8] p. + 27 lithogrph plates; Vol. II -[2] 631-760 p. + 25 lithograph plates. This is an uncut partially unopened set. The first volume has printed covers with advertisements on verso of front and both sides of rear covers. Second volume bound with ... more information

New York: Elsevier Publishing Co., 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st. Edition. 8vo. Black cloth binding with white lettering on spine and front cover. Collation:[4]- 184 pp. + portrait as frontis piece. Binding and text very good. Chemist, co-discoverer of nuclear fussion and Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry for 1944. Signature of Dr. Edwin McMillan on front free end paper. ... 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

Strassburg: Verlegung Lazari Zetzners, 1602. Contemporary blind stamped pigskin. Very Good. Folio. Blind stamped pigskin, rubbed and stained, rear cover with insect holes and some defects, top of spine with loss. Collation: [12], 721, [25] p.; 302, [8] pp. with numerous woodblock prints in text.First edition of this revision of Brunschwigs "Distillierbuch.“ Numerous Marginalia in an old hand. Text has browning., some staining and soiling. Binding more strongly rubbed and stained, back with h... more information

London: : C & E Layton, , 1927.. Ex Libris. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo (22.3 x 14.2 cm) . Ex Libris. Original buckram binding with author and title in gilt on cover and in white ink on spine. Collation: [4] 95 p. with 5 half-tone reproductions of Newton’s manuscripts, all folded. There is small 5 cm. section of rear hinge that has been repaired near top of spine. The folding plates are facsimile pages of a Latin, mathematical manuscript by Newton. These remained unpublished at Trinity Coll... more information

London: Constable & Company, 1926. Ex Libris (Eugeneics Education Society stamp on ffep and Wellcome Library stamp on verso of title page) Original dark green cloth with tooled covers and gilt labeling on spine. Collation: xviii, 477 pp. + 33 figs. Some edge wear to edges. Institutional stamp removed from spine. ... 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

London: : Archibald Constable & Co., , 1908.. First English language edition Ex Libris. Library Binding. Very Good +. Ex Libris. 1st English edition. 2 Volumes bound in green buckram. Collation: Volume 1 – xiii, 335 pp. + portrait frontispiece, 1 folding colored map; Volume 2- ix, 397 pp. + frontispiece, folding colored map. Each volume has numerous photographic illustrations within text. Binding is sound and without defect. All edges of text with specked red ink. The pastedowns have institutio... 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

London: : Macmillan and Co., , 1908. . First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes 8vo (21.7 x 13.7 cm). Original green cloth. Collation: Volume 1 - [iv]-lii, 1-518, [2 – catalog]; Volume 2 - [iv]- xii, 1-542, [2 - catalog] pp. The work is illustrated with a portrait, 71 illustrations and 7 maps (3 are folding; 1 colored). The binding is in very good condition with only minor rubbing and small stain one cover. Internally each volume is quite clean with only minor foxing; free... more information

Edinburgh: : Edmonston and Douglas, 1871. , 1871. . First edition Ex Libris. Original Cloth. Very Good. . Ex. Libris. 8vo (20 x 13.5 cm) 1st Edition. Original green cloth. Collation: [xi] xii-xvii, [1-blank], [1] 2-517pp. + engraved frontispiece(colored), folding colored map and 20 lithographic plates (4 colored). Binding in generally good condition, spine repaired with original laid down on new cloth. Wear present to front right corner. Internal condition is good with institutional stamp pastedowns a... more information

Paris, 1839. This is the first French edition of Lyell's classic treatise on geology essential to Darwin in his writings and thinking.... more information

Cloth_bound. Very Good. Offprints:I On a Collection of Birds made by Dr. Ernst Mayr in Northern Dutch New Guinea; II My Dutch New Guinea Expedition, 1928, by Ernst Mayr; III List of the Birds Collected by Ernst Mayr, by Ernst Hartert, 4to, 1930. Original wrappers bound in plain block cloth. Signature of Dillon Ripley o n front free endpaper with note in his hand ”from E.M. 10/20/36” and T.L.s. from Ernst Mayr to Ripley concerning birds of New Guinea tipped in, interleaved copy with extensive ma... more information

Amsterdam: North Holland, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (26.4 x 18 cm). Original beige cloth. Collation: [vii] viii-xix, [1], [1] 2- 543 + 3 photograveur plates and 4 folding diagrams. Binding is in very good condition. The text has minor age browning at top edge. Provenance: Signature of Edwin M. McMillan, Nobel Laureate 1951, on front, free- end, paper. ... more information

Rochester, [1900]. Oblong 8vo. Original dark blue cloth. Over 90 crhomolitho plates of various fruits, trees, and potential garden landscapes for clients interested to purchase from nursery representative. ... more information