Cum praefatione Hermanni Boerhaave. Editio altera Leidensis, cujus textum recensuit, passim emendavit, supplevit; citata Hippocratis loca accuravit Hieron. Dav. Gaubius. Rubricated title with an engraved vignette. Fine large folding copperplate portrait of the author. 558 (i.e. 564)pp., index. Sm. 4to, modern leather. Lugduni Batavorum, 1733. Excellent Leiden edition of the Italian physician's "classical work on prognosis". G-M 2194 (1st ed. Venice 1601). De praesagienda is "a detailed study of prognostics in which attention is devoted to the patient's mental state... More

New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 1992. Illustrated with 29 b/w line drawings on pale cream background. Slim 4to, white cloth, d.w. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 1992. Limited first edition; quite scarce. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Limited edition -- number 23 of 100 copies signed by Kelly & Ashbery (colophon states that there were 150 signed copies, with 100 being numbered and 50 HC). A catalogue for the Matthew Marks Gallery exhibition, October 14 to November 28, 1992. 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

Baltimore: F. Lucas. The text is interspersed with blank sheets of colored paper, possibly for owner's notations or where plates were to have been inserted (clearly nothing has been removed). Small 4to, contemporary 3/4 leather (edges well-rubbed but sound; some light foxing). Baltimore: F. Lucas, no date [1830]. Errata slip for second edition is laid-in and with a very neat owner's inscription dated 1830. A charming dictionary of flowers as mentioned in poetry and literature of the past. More

Paris: Panckoucke, 1814. 5 (of 8) Volumes. Illustrated with 291 exquisite color plates from drawings by P.J.F Turpin, interleaved with tissue guards. xvi, 209; iv, 236; 265; 266; & 280pp. Water stain effects lower right corner on the set. The tissue guards have protected most of the plates from the water stain and foxing. 8vo, red leather-backed marbled boards with ornate gilt-stamped spines (boards are well-worn at edges). Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1814-1818. First edition. Text in French. A very scarce... More

Quebec: Editions du Trecarre, 1982. In French. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. 82 full or double-page color plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations. 179 pages, Square 4to, grey-blue cloth (spine and edges gently faded) with blind stamping. Quebec: Editions du Trecarre, (1982). First French edition. A very good copy with a pristine interior. More

Venice: Andrea Poletti, 1713. Et in questa ultima Impressione corretto, & accresciuto con un Catalogo dell'Erbe native del Suolo Romano del Signor Gio. Giacomo Roggieri Romano. Title page vignette, and a few other decorative initials and head/tail pieces throughout. [24], 695, [75]pp., with text in double columns. Short thick 4to, later patterned paper wrappers over original flexible boards (spine quite chipped; some light worming on preliminary pages but with no loss of text). Venezia: Andrea Poletti, 1713. Brunet 7681. More

San Francisco: Freeman, 1977. Foreword by Wilfrid Blunt. 32 color and 29 black & white illustrations. 65pp., thin 4to, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly worn. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, (1977). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More

Jerusalem. 12 pressed flower arrangements on thick card pages with identifying descriptions in Hebrew, English & French; tissue guards. oblong 16mo, (4 1/2 x 6 inches), bound in olive wood with beveled edges & cloth spine. Jerusalem: no date, ca. 1900. The dried flowers are in perfect condition. 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 black and white 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... 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