New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 1992. Illustrated with 29 b/w line drawings on pale cream background. Slim 4to, white cloth, d.w. (toned at edges and with one 2" triangular chip missing from upper corner). New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 1992. Limited first edition; quite scarce. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Limited edition -- one of 50 "HC" copies signed by Kelly & Ashbery (colophon states that there were 150 signed copies, with 100 being numbered). A.... More

Paris: L. Curmer, 1842. Description Complete, Historique et Pittoresque du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, de la Menagerie, des Serres, des Galleries de Mineralogie et d'Anatomie, et de la Vallee Suisse...Oiseaux, Reptiles, Poissons, Insectes et Crustaces. Profusely illustrated throughout with tissue-protected plates, portraits and plans, a few folding; 33 are hand-colored. 2 very thick imperial 8vo volumes. (6), xxiv, 416; (4), 664pp. Beautifully rebound by Montecot in 3/4 burgundy straight-grained morocco; delicately gilt- tooled spines with raised bands and tan leather labels;... More

Paris: Audot, 1825. Oblong 8vo. (6 1/2 x 8 inches). Text in two columns. vi, 156, [2]pp. of text. 97 engraved black & white plates. Plate number 34 is hand colored. Brown mottled calf backed green boards (rubbed), red spine label, marbled end papers. Paris: Audot, 1825. Third Edition. Very good. Popular illustrated work on landscape design. The present third edition, revised and augmented, includes engravings of garden designs, pavilions, fountains, monuments, bridges, temples, pagodas, obelisks, hydraulic machines for water... More

Nendeln: Kraus, 1967. 247pp. and 623pp. in single volume, thick 8vo, green cloth. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1967. Fine but for a small scuff mark on rear cover. Contains Botanicon Sinicum: Notes on Chinese Botany from native and Western Sources by E. Bretschneider. More

Amsterdam: Doornick, 1676. Engraved allegorical title-page, and illustrated with two garden plans, 13 plates of fruit and flowers (each in two parts), and 16 plates of garden plans, parterres, mazes, etc. 224 pages. Amsterdam: Marcus Doornick, [1656]. [Bound with:] COMMELIN, Jan (1629-1692). Nederlantze Hesperides, dat is, Oeffening en Gebruik van de Limoen en Oranje-Boomen, gestelt na den Aardt, en Climaat der Nederlanden. Amsterdam: Marcus Doornik, 1676. Engraved allegorical title and 26 engraved plates, 21 of citrus fruit and 5 of... More

London: Curtis, 1787. 10 volumes bound in 2. The volumes included are 1 through 12, but lacking volumes 3 & 4. With 354 hand-colored plates. All title pages are present except for volume 11. Four plates are spotted or smudged and four plates are missing. Except for occasional foxing, the plates are in amazingly bright condition. Tall thick 8vos, the 2 volumes are handsomely bound in early 3/4 calf, ornately gilt spines with burgundy and green labels, marbled board (heavily... More

Venice: Bertano, 1631. Diviso in Due Libri. Illustrated with 32 full-page exquisite copperplate engravings of marine flora. Numerous decorative initials & head/tailpieces throughout. [8], 120 pages. Thin square 8vo, bound in contemporary vellum (binding worn but very sound; some pages have a very pale damp-stain in the upper gutter). Venetia: Appresso Pietro Maria Bertano, 1631. Scarce. Text in Italian. Very scarce pre-Linnean natural history. OCLC lists 18 copies including those at Yale, Harvard, & Cambridge. No copies sold at auction in the last 30 years. More

New York: Abrams, 1991. Numerous color plates. 237 pages, small 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1991). Fine. More

London: Edward Arnold, 1908. Frontis., illustrated in b/w, 288pp., 8vo, gilt-lettered cloth, t.e.g.; bookplate inside front cover, some marginalia on a few pages. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First Edition. Very Good. More

Zurich: Silva, 1950. Translated by R. Matthey. 60 color mounted plates by H. and O. Baumberger. 127pp. 4to, tan cloth, pages are browned in margins throughout, not affecting plates, back cloth cover slightly bowed. Zurich: Silva, (1950). More

Zurich: Urs Graf, 1973. Volumes II through VIII only. With over 150 mounted color plate facsimiles, many with overslips; other b/w plates and many smaller illustrations throughout. Tall folios, 1/2 parchment, printed dust wrappers, individual slipcases. Zurich: Urs Graf Verlag, 1973-80. Second volume without slipcase but still a near fine set, LACKING the first volume. Limited Edition, one of 500 numbered copies. A fine facsimile of Gessner's manuscript which was never published. An invaluable source for botanists. Gessner's notes are... More

London: Cadell, 1808. 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half calf, red and green leather labels, marbled boards (rubbed). 2 printed title-pages, a double-page map showing part of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, the sea color washed in blue, 15 oval aquatint plates, 14 etched plates and 2 coloured plates, London Printed for T. Cadell, 1808. Third edition. Very good (+). More