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WORKS ON SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY

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BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY, W.

BOTANY

including Algae, Fungi, and Works on Gardens and Gardening

A High-class Monograph on Orchids

HE GENUS MASDEVALLIA, issued by the Marquis of Lothian, chiefly from Plants in the Collection of Orchids at Newbattle Abbey, plates and descriptions by Miss Florence H. Woolward, Additional Notes by F. C. Lehmann, German Consul in the Republic of Colombia. Complete in 9 parts, square folio, with 87 finely coloured plates, 61 woodcuts, and a map; in the original wrappers 1896

Only a few copies remain in this coloured state, and, as far as they can be supplied, are each offered at £8. 8s. instead of at the Subscription price of £13. 10s. For a substantial binding in half morocco 21s will be charged.

Orchid Collectors and lovers of beautiful flowers should hasten to secure a subscription copy, as but ten remain for sale.

Every desirable detail of each genus and species is reproduced, the whole being accurately coloured under the eyes of Miss Woolward.

CHARIUS. Lichenographia Universalis. 4to., a special copy, with a very
large number of carefully executed coloured drawings in addition to the
14 coloured plates; bound in two volumes, calf neat Gottinga, 1810
GARDH (C. A.). Species Algarum. 3 pts. in 1 vol., 8vo., calf gilt,
by Bedford; fine copy
Gryphiswaldia, 1821-28
Lundæ, 1824

Systema Algarum. 12mo., half calf
the same. 12mo., calf gilt, by Bedford; fine copy
ICONES ALGARUM EUROPEARUM. 8vo., 40 exquisitely coloured plates;

half calf

Leipzic, 1828-35

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(J. G.). SPECIES GENERA et ORDINES ALGARUM. 3 vols. in 4, 8vo.,
Lundæ, 1848-Lipsia, 1880
Vols. I-II in 3 vols., 8vo., calf gilt, by Bedford; fine

3 10 0

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ITKEN (E.).

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1848-63 Elementary Text-Book of Botany. Cr. 8vo., woodcuts;

1785

ALLIONIUS. FLORA PEDEMONTANA, sive enumeratio methodica stirpium.
indigenarum Pedemontanii, auctore CAROLO ALLIONIO. 3 vols. in 1,
folio, 92 plates; bds. uncut; or old calf (cracked)
AMO y MORA (D. Mariano del). FLORA FANEROGÁMICA de la Peninsula
IBERICA ó Descripcion de las Plantas Cotyledóneas que crecen en
ESPAÑA Y PORTUGAL. 6 vols., 8vo., half calf neat Granada, 1871-73
ANDREWS (H. C.). GERANIUMS: or a Monograph of the Genus
GERANIUM: containing Figures of all the known Species and numerous
beautiful Varieties. 4to., 94 (of 124) beautifully coloured plates;
russia gilt

BAINES (H.). The Flora of Yorkshire. 8vo., half calf neat

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14 BALDWIN (H.). The Orchids of New England. Roy. 8vo., illustrations; cloth New York, 1884 15 BELGIQUE HORTICOLE (La). Annales de Botanique et d'Horticulture redigée par E. MORREN. A COMPLETE SET from the beginning in 1851 to 1885 inclusive, or vols. I—XXXV, including a General Index to the first twenty volumes ;-35 vols. royal 8vo. with many hundreds of beautiful COLOURED plates, besides a great number of portraits and other plates; thirty-four vols. neatly and uniformly half bound, the last vol. in Liége, 1851-85 10 0 16 BENTHAM (G.). Handbook of the BRITISH FLORA. 2 vols., 8vo., with illustrations from drawings by Fitch; cloth 1865

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17 BENTHAM. Handbook of the British Flora. Fourth Edition. 12mo., cloth 1878 18 BENTHAM (G.) ET J. D. HOOKER. GENERA PLANTARUM ad exemplaria imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. 3 vols., 1862-83-INDEX GENERUM PHANEROGAMORUM, conscripsit T. DURand. 1888-together, 4 vols. impl. 8vo., half morocco, gilt tops, uncut; 1862-88

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19 BERKELEY (M. J.). Handbook of British Mosses. 8vo., 24 coloured plates;
cloth

20 BERLESE (A. N.). ICONES FUNGORUM ad usum SYLLOGES SACCARDIANAE
adcomodatae. Fasciculi I-III in 4 parts, impl. 8vo., 123 plates con-
taining many hundreds of coloured figures; in wrappers
Asculi Picenorum, 1890-92
21 BLUFF (M. J.) et C. A. Fingerhuth. Compendium Flora Germaniæ.
2 vols., 16mo., pp. xlii and 1545; half morocco neat Norimberga, 1825
22 Bock (H.). (Sig. Al) Kreuter Buch Darinn der Kreütter Under-
scheid/Nammen und Würcking/so in unsern Teutschen Landen
wachsen. Folio, several hundred woodcuts; without the title, also 1 leaf
in MS.; old calf; RARE
[Strasburg], 1546
23 BONAVIA (E.) Philosophical Notes on Botanical Subjects. 8vo., woodcuts;
sd.
1892

24 BORELLUS. Hortvs sev Armamentarivm Simplicivm, Mineralivm, Planta-
rvm & Animalium, ad artem Medicam vtilium . . . Authore Petro
Borello... Sm. 8vo., calf
Castris, 1666
25 BORSCOW (E.). Die Süsswasser-Bacillariaceen (DIATOMACEEN) des Süd-
Westlichen Russlands. Erste Lieferung. 4to., 2 coloured plates;
half calf neat
Kiew, 1873
26 BORY DE ST. VINCENT. Voyage autour du Monde, sur le Corvette LA
COQUILLE, 1822-25: CRYPTOGAMIE, par BORY de St. VINCENT. 1 vol.,
roy. 4to., and 1 vol., impl. folio, 39 plates, the majority being coloured;
bds.
1826-28
27 BOWER (F. O.). A Course of practical Instruction in Botany. Part I.
Cr. 8vo., woodcuts; cloth
1888
29 BRAITHWAITE (R.). British Moss Flora. Pts. 1-16, forming vols. I-II,
impl. 8vo., 84 plates; in parts (pub. £4. 5s 6d)
[1880]-95
30 BRITTEN (J.) and G. S. BOULGER. Biographical Index of British and
Irish Botanists. 8vo., cloth
1893

31 BRITTON and BROWN'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA of the N. United States,
Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. I, royal 8vo., with 4000
illustrations; cloth
New York, 1897

Vols. II and III will appear this year.

32 BRITTEN (J.) and R. HOLLAND. A Dictionary of English Plant-Names.
8vo., pp. x, 618, and 23; half green morocco, gilt top, uncut
33 BROWN (R.). Prodromus Flora Nova Hollandiæ et Insulæ Van-Diemen.
Vol. I, pp.145-590. 8vo., half green morocco, gilt top, uncut, rare
Miscellaneous Botanical Works. 2 vols., thick 8vo., cloth;

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folio atlas of 38 plates, bds.

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5 BRUN (J.). Diatomées des Alpes et du Jura, et de la Région Suisse et Française des Environs de Genève. 8vo., 9 plates; half morocco, gilt top, uncut

1880

6 [BRUTEL de la RIVIERE]. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Jardin Botanique de Buitzenorg. Impl. 8vo., sd.

Batavia, 1894

7 BUCHENAU (F.). Flora der Nordwestdeutschen Tiefebene. Cr. 8vo., xv and 550 pp.; sd.

Leipzig, 1894

8 BURNAT et GREMLI. Catalogue Raisonné des Hieracium des Alpes Mari-
times. Roy. 8vo., half calf
1883

} CALCUTTA. ANNALS of the ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN. Folio
I. The Species of FICUS of the INDO-MALAYAN and CHINESE COUNTRIES. By
George KING. 2 pts. and Appendix. 240 plates; in three portfolios
(pub. £3. 15s 6d)

1887-89

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II. The Species of ARTOCARPUS indigenous to BRITISH INDIA; the INDO-
MALAYAN Species of QUERCUS and CASTANOPSIS.
104 plates; in portfolio (pub. £1. 128 6d)
IV. The ANONACEE of BRITISH INDIA. By George KING. 220 plates; in
portfolio (pub. £3. 10s)

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O CAMPBELL (D. H.). The Structure and Development of the Mosses and
Ferns. 8vo., woodcuts; cloth

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I CHABREUS.

1895 Stirpium Icones et Sciographia . . . Authore DOMINICO CHABRÆO Folio, with several thousands of pretty woodcuts; vellum Geneva, 1666 COHN (F.).

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KRYPTOGAMEN-FLORA von SCHLESIEN. Vols. I-III, second half, pt. 3, 8vo., in three volumes half calf and three sewed parts

Breslau, 1876-94 COLDSTREAM (W.). Illustrations of some of the GRASSES of the SOUTHERN PUNJAB. Large folio, 38 coloured plates; bds. 1889 4 COMMELIN. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum . . . Plantarum . . . Descriptio et Icones . . . Auctore Joanne Commelino . . . 2 vols., folio, frontispieces and 224 finely engraved plates; old calf gilt

Amstelodami, 1697-1701

5 COOKE (M. C.). ILLUSTRATIONS of BRITISH FUNGI, [with SUPPLEMENT]. 8 vols., roy. 8vo., with 1198 colour-printed plates; in parts, as issued

6

1881-91

1881-91

the same. 8 vols., roy. 8vo., half calf, uncut "Letterpress descriptions of all the Species contained in these Illustrations are issued in GREVILLEA.'

7 COOKE (M. C.). BRITISH FRESHWATER ALGÆ, exclusive of Desmidieæ and Diatomaceæ. 2 vols., 8vo., 130 coloured plates; brown morocco, gilt tops; VERY SCARCE

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300

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1882-84

the same. 2 vols., 8vo., half calf, gilt tops, uncut

1882-84

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BRITISH DESMIDS. A Supplement to British Fresh-Water Algæ. 8vo., 66 coloured plates; morocco, gilt top

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Romance of Low Life amongst Plants. 8vo., woodcuts; cloth 1893
Introduction to the Study of Fungi. 8vo., pp. x, 360; cloth (pub.

1895

1 COOKE (M. C.). Mycographia, seu Icones Fungorum. Figures of Fungi from all parts of the World. Vol. I (all published), impl. 8vo., 113 coloured plates; in parts

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54 CURTIS (W.). FLORA LONDINENSIS: containing a History of the Plants indigenous to Great Britain, enlarged by GEORGE GRAVES and WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER. 5 vols. folio, with an immense number of finely coloured plates, containing figures of the natural size; half

morocco

1835 30 0 0

55 CURTIS.

£ 1. 1

FLORA LONDINENSIS. 3 vols., 434 coloured plates, no title to the third volume, 1777-98-CONTINUATION by GRAVES and HOOKER. Comprising the fourth and fifth volumes of their edition, 216 coloured plates, 1819-28-together, 5 vols. folio, russia extra; from the Library of Lord 1777-1828 22 10 0

Haldon

56 CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. A COMPLETE SET from the beginning in 1787 to 1885, inclusive, with General Indexes. 114 vols. in 93, royal 8vo. with nearly 7000 COLOURED plates, and text to each; uniformly hf. bound in dark purple morocco gilt, UNCUT; two of the Index vols. as published; A VERY FINE SET

1787-1885 140 0

(FIRST SERIES) 53 vols. 1787-1826; SECOND SERIES, 17 vols. (or vols. 54-70) 1826-44; THIRD SERIES, 41 vols. 1845-85.

57 CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, complete up to 1868, including a General Index ;-95 vols. in 54, royal 8vo. with nearly 6000 coloured plates; the first two series in hf. green roan gilt, the third series in hf. green morocco gilt, UNCUT; an excellent set 1787-1868 6500

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another set, 1787-1848, forming 74 vols. with 3 vols. of Index ;-77 vols., royal 8vo. with 4416 coloured plates; uniformly and neatly whole bound in fifty-five vols. in bright calf gilt; A VERY FINE SET

1787-1848 400 0

another set, from the beginning of the NEW SERIES in 1827 to 1866, inclusive, forming 39 vols., royal 8vo., containing 2913 COLOURED PLATES; uniformly half bound in green morocco gilt

1827-66 42 100

The first series is of little commercial value. To anyone happening to possess the first series, the last described of the above sets, comprising as it does all that is rare and important, would be a most desirable acquisition.

60 CURTIS (W.). Practical Observations on the British Grasses. 8vo., half calf neat, gilt top, uncut

1824 050

61 DARWIN (Erasmus). The Botanic Garden, a Poem, in two parts; containing
the Economy of Vegetation and the Loves of the Plants. 8vo., portrait
and plates; half calf
1824
A curious admixture of science and allegory.
62 DARWIN (C.). On the various Contrivances by which British and
Foreign Orchids are fertilized by Insects, and on the good effects of
intercrossing. 8vo., woodcuts; cloth (a little worn)

1862

1890

63 DAVIS (J. R. A.). The Flowering Plant, as illustrating the First Principles
of Botany. Post 8vo., woodcuts; cloth
64 DEAKIN (R.). The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells and Neighbour-
hood. 8vo., coloured frontispiece and many woodcuts; half morocco, gilt
top

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1871 65 DE BARY (A.). Comparative Morphology and Biology of the Fungi, Mycetozoa and Bacteria. Translated by Garnsey, revised by Balfour. Impl. 8vo., 198 woodcuts; Roxburghe binding Oxford, 1887 0 12 0 66 DE CANDOLLE. PRODROMUS SYSTEMATIS NATURALIS REGNI VEGETABILIS, sive enumeratio contracta Ordinum Generum Specierumque Plantarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta; auctore A. PYRAMO DE CANDOLLE. 17 vols., 8vo., half calf neat Paris, 1824-73 10 10 0

67

the same. 17 vols., 8vo., calf neat and half calf

ib. 1824-73

68 DE CANDOLLE (A.). Origine des Plantes Cultivées. 8vo., cloth Paris, 1883

8100

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69 DIOSCORIDES. Petri Andreæ MATTHIOLI . . . Commentarii . . . in libros
sex. DIOSCORIDIS. de Medica Materia . . Folio, many woodcuts,
principally of Herbs; old stamped pigskin, with Arthur Young's bookplate
Venetiis, 1560
An author, to whom the celebrated English herbalists, Parkinson and Gerarde,
were much indebted.
70 DODEL (A.). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Befruchtungs-Erscheinungen
bei Iris sibirica. Folio, 3 plates; sd.

Zürich, 1891 11 DODOENS. A NIEVVE HERBALL, or Historie of Plantes: wherein is contayned the vvhole discourse and perfect description of all sortes of Herbes and Plantes . . . First set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. REMBERT DODOENS . . . translated out of French into English, by HENRY LYTE . . . Sm. folio, Black Letter; the title and one or two leaves mended; old calf; RARE

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The first and best edition, containing the woodcuts.

1587

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A NEW HERBALL, or Historie of Plants . . . First set foorth in the Douch or Almaigne toong, by . . D. REMBERT DODOENS . . . translated by HENRIE LYTE . Sm. 4to., Black Letter; old calf 3 DODOENS. Florvm, et Coronariarvm Odoratarvmqve nonnvllarvm Herbarvm Historia, REMBERTO DODONEO.. auctore. Antverpiæ, ex officina Christophori Plantini. M.D.LXVIII. Sm. 8vo., numerous woodcuts; vellum

1568

Historia Frvmentorvm, Legvminvm, Pa-lvstrivm et Aqvati-livm Herbarvm, ac eorvm, qvae eo-perti-nent: REMBERTO DODONAEO. auctore... Antverpiæ, ex officina Christophori Plantini, M.D.LXIX .. Sın. 8vo., numerous woodcuts; vellum

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1569

Pvrgantivm aliarvmqve eo facientivm, tvm et Radicum, Con uoluulorum ac deleteriarum Herba-rum Historia libri IIII. REMBERTO DODONEO auctore. Antverpiæ, ex officina Christophori M.D.LXXIIII. Sm. 8vo., numerous woodcuts (some

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An exceedingly desirable series of these rare minor works of Dodoens. The woodcuts are extremely beautiful.

1889-93

5 DUTHIE (J. F.) and J. B. FULLER. Field and Garden Crops of the North
West Provinces (of India) and Oudh. 2 parts forming 1 vol., royal
4to., with 64 COLOURED plates; whole bound
Roorkee, 1882
DYMOCK (W.), C. J. H. WARDEN, and D. HOOPER. Pharmacographia Indica.
A History of the principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin met with in
British India. 6 vols. or parts.-Index and Appendix. 1 vol.-
together 7 vols., 8vo., sd.
Edinburgh. TRANSACTIONS and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of
EDINBURGH. Vols. I-XI, and XII, parts 1 and 2;-in 32 parts, 8vo.
with plates; sd., scarce
Edinburgh, 1841-75
The Annual Reports of the Society, from the first to the tenth (excepting the
second), 1836-7 to 1846-7, also a vol. of Proceedings for 1855 (for which session no
Transactions were printed) are included in the above set.
EGENOLPH. Herba'rum Imagines uiuæ Francoforti Christianus
Egenol-phus excudebat. 2 pts. in 1 vol., sm. 4to., numerous beautiful
woodcuts; a perfect copy, though stained; in the original vellum wrapper

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2 pts. in 1 vol., sm. 4to., a fine and perfect copy; bds.

the same. [1536] A slight variation in these two copies accounts for the difference in the dates. The first bears the date of 1535 at the end of the first part, the second copy has that of 1536. The dates at the end of the second part are in each copy the same. EGENOLPH. HERBARVM, Ar-borvm, Frvticvm, Frvmentorvm ac LegvmiAnimalium præterea terrestrium, uolatiliù & aquatilium, aliorumq;, ;, quorum in Medicinis usus est, Simplicium, Imagines, ad ui-uum depictæ, unà cum nomenclaturis corundem usitatis Francoforti, apud Chr. EGENOLPHUM. Sm. 4to., many hundred coloured woodcuts; calf neat

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Very rare. Unknown to Pritzel.

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