Cologne: Taschen, 1999. All of Blossfeldt's stunning black-and-white photographs from his three books plus 30 additional plates. 359 pages, folio, green printed boards, d.w.; minor wear along bottom edge of dust wrapper. Koln: Taschen, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Contains the complete texts and plates from Blossfedlt's Art Forms in Nature; Magic Garden of Nature; and Magic in Nature; plus 30 generally unknown plates. Text in English, French, and German. More

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: Anthese, 1991. Introduction to Antoine Schnapper. 100 beautiful full-page color plates, illustrating more than 200 plants and 32 insects. 239 pages, folio, green cloth, d.w., thin board slipcase. Paris: Editions Anthese, (1991). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper of this beautiful book. 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

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

Rio De Janeiro: Laemmert, 1856. 668 pages, thick 12mo, brown cloth; early ownership signatures, worming, mostly minor (most significant through around page 130), covers worn, spines and front joint repaired, but sound. Rio De Janeiro: Eduardo & Henrique Laemmert, 1856. A few issues but still a very good copy. More

Birmingham: Classics of Cardiology, 1988. Frontis portrait of William Withering, illustrated, XI + 303pp, 8vo, full gilt-decorated broiwn leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for The Classics of Cardiology Library, 1988. A Fine Copy. GM 1912. Facsimile of the 1925 First English Edition. 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..... 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