Biomimicry in Architecture
London: RIBA, 2014. Illustrated in color and black and white. vi, 130 pages. Thin 8vo, blue pictorial wrappers. London: RIBA Publishing, (2014). Some very minor bending around edges, else a fine copy. More
London: RIBA, 2014. Illustrated in color and black and white. vi, 130 pages. Thin 8vo, blue pictorial wrappers. London: RIBA Publishing, (2014). Some very minor bending around edges, else a fine copy. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. Frontispiece and illustrated in b/w, 8vo, green cloth (spine faded, covers rubbed, a few pages dog-eared on top corner). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1936). A very good(+) copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Illustrated with 17 color plates, mostly folding. Short thick 4to, cream cloth, rubbed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Limited Edition signed by the author. A very good copy. More
London: B. & J. White, 1793. Engraved title vignettes, 112 (of 113) engraved plates by Peter Mazell (lacking 107), 2 vols., 306 pp + 424pp. 4to, 8 x 10 ", full brown diced calf, gilt-bordered covers, gilt-stamped raised bands, inner dentelles; (lightly rubbed, hinge expertly repaired). London: Printed for B. & J. White, 1793. Third Edition. Pennant was a British naturalist and writer. This work was begun as a synopsis in 1771, and then expanded into the first edition of..... More
New York: Abrams, 1989. 44 plates in full color, 59 duotone photographs. 127 pages. 4to, white with gold vignette, dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (1989). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. A dazzling presentation of the plant world. More
Strasburg: Amand Koenig, 1786. Translated from the English of M. Raff by M. Perrault. 12 engraved folding plates, 509pp. + 592pp., 2 volumes, 8vo, full early leather, decoratively gilt spines with green and tan leather labels. Strasbourg and Paris: Amand Koenig and Barrois, 1786. Near Fine. An educational natural history work for children, with text in question and answer conversational form. More
Paris: Le Veuve Estienne, 1745. Frontispiece in each volume, and illustrated with a profusion (162 folding and 34 single-page) engravings. 8 volumes bound in 9. Thick 12mos, contemporary leather with gilt-decorated spines (still firm, but several volumes have cracked joints and worn ends); marbled endpapers, all edges red. Paris: Le Veuve Estienne & Jean Desaint, 1732-1755. A mixed edition in matching bindings. 2 volumes with dampstaining on fore-edge, otherwise rather clean inside. Volume I (1732) Les Animaux & Les Plantes..... More
New York: Dutton, 1981. Text by Wallace and Page Stegner & edited by John Macrae, III. Illustrated with 89 color plate photos by Porter. 224 pages. Square 4to, beige cloth, d.w. (wrapper spine and edges are faded). New York: Dutton, (1981). First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Seattle: University of Washington, 1997. Foreword by William Cronon. Illustrated. xiv + 659 pages, thick 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1997). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Paris: 1622. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13 x 8 1/4 inches, sheet measures 14 3/4 x 10 inches. Light stains, toning, small chip to right margin but otherwise in good condition. Leucojum aestivum, also called summer snowflake or Loddon lily, is a plant species widely cultivated as an ornamental. This beautifully designed botanical features the flower in profile with two pert daffodils, which are also in the Narcissus family. Daniel Rabel (1578 - 1637) was a French Renaissance..... More
Paris: 1622. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13 x 8 1/4 inches, sheet measures 14 3/4 x 10 inches. Some stains, toning and worm holes but otherwise in good condition. Narcissus is a genus of spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Rabel depicts four side views of the lovely flower in yellow and white, including one with a bulb. Daniel Rabel (1578 - 1637) was a French Renaissance painter, engraver, botanist and natural history illustrator. Rabel..... More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1971. Illustrated with 22 full page color plates. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1971. Near fine. More
New York: Radde, 1847. With an Essay on the Present Internal Condition of the Homoeopathic School by Charles Julius Hempel. Translated from the German. 200pp. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards with ornate gilt-stamped blacl leather spine (edges and spine ends are somewhat worn, otherwise a very clean near fine copy). N.Y.: William Radde, 1847. First edition in English. Very scarce. Despite the title, the book was published without Hempel's essay. A note to the reader explains that the essay will be..... More
Washington: Starwood, 1992. Library of Congress Classics. With b/w and color illustrations throughout. 160 pages. 4to, green cloth, d.w. Washington: Starwood, (1992). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper with sunning to spine. More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1999. Illustrated in color and black and white. 335 pages. Square 4to, brown cloth, price-clipped dust wrapper. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1999). First American edition. A near fine copy. More
New York: The Odyssey Press, 1964. Patterned endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, 252 pages, 4to, green cloth (very subtle sunning). New York: Golden Press, (1964). A near fine copy. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 180 full-color plates. Tall 4to, green cloth. New York: McGraw-Hill & NY Botanical Garden, (1966). Near fine in worn slipcase. More
New York: Storm Publishers, 1954. Compiled and edited by Edna Watson Bailey. Frontispiece. xxi + 400 page. 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; minor spot of fading to front cover, dust wrapper lightly worn. Washington and New York: Science Service and Storm Publishers, (1954). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. A joint publication by the Science Service in Washington and Storm Publishers in New York. More
Boston: Branford, 1936. Illustrated in color and black and white. Small thick 4to, green cloth. Boston: Charles T. Branford Co. Publishers, 1908. Lightly rubbed and stained, internally clean. A very good(-) solid copy. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008. 242 illustrations, including 232 in full color. 432 pages. Thick 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2008). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Exhibition Catalog Metropolitan Museum of Art February 12-May 11 2008. Essays by Keith Christiansen, Anna Ottani Cavina, Alain Merot, Claire Pace, Rene Demoris and Willibald Sauerlander. Catalog by Pierre Rosenberg. More
New York: Hyperion, 2001. Illustrated sparsely in black & white. 322pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (small tear near spine). New York: Hyperion, (2001). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Illustrated with many color photographs. Tall 4to, black cloth, d.w. San Francisco: Collins, 1989. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by the photographer on the title page. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1973. 406 pages (light foxing to the page edges), 8vo, blue cloth with gilt text and black spine label (1/2 inch chip to the surface of the front cover), dust wrapper (edge-worn). University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1973). a very good(-) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Sao Paulo: Editora Rios, 1979. Lavishly illustrated with both full-page color plates as well as small b/w drawings. 335 pages. Folio, pictorial brown cloth, t.e.g. (Sao Paulo): Editora Rios, (1979). A near fine copy with one tiny stain to fore-edge. More
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