Sir Joseph Banks and the Plant Collection From Kew sent to the Empress Catherine II of Russia 1795.
Carter, H.B. pp.103 with sepia frontis. and four plates at rear of text. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in quarter leather over blue cloth boards. Super copy. In 1793 the Tzarina Catherine II sought a collection of garden plants from George III but the war with France delayed any action until 1795 when the King commanded Sir Joseph Banks to select plants from Kew.- $20
- $20
![Planting the World. Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31933734624.jpg)
Planting the World. Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany.
Goodman, Jordan. pp.xxxix, 520 with colour illus. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00 Based on original sources, Goodman gives a momentous history of how the discoveries made by Banks and his collectors advanced scientific understanding around the world.- $31
- $31
![Flora of the Galapagos Islands.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31933703710.jpg)
Flora of the Galapagos Islands.
Wiggins, I.L. and Porter, D.M. pp.xx, 998 with endpaper maps, 96 col. photos., b/w. figs. & dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with the title page inscription from Duncan Porter 'For Gren Lucas who's fast becoming a Galapagueno, Duncan' The first complete flora of the Galapagos Islands, treating every vascular plant known to occur in the archipelago, whether native or introduced - 107 families, 348 genera, 642 species and 60 subspecies and varieties.- $100
- $100
![The Genera of South African Flowering Plants. Botanical Survey of South Africa. Memoir No. 10.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31933703709.jpg)
The Genera of South African Flowering Plants. Botanical Survey of South Africa. Memoir No. 10.
Phillips, E.P. pp.702. 4to. Hardback. Ownership inscription on ffep. (dated Kenya 13/1/30). Minor spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original printed boards in thor. vg. condition. Produced to meet the demand for a handy account of South African Phanerogams.- $20
- $20
![Flora of New Zealand. Volume II - Indigenous Tracheophyta. Monocotyledones except Gramineae.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31933700809.jpg)
Flora of New Zealand. Volume II – Indigenous Tracheophyta. Monocotyledones except Gramineae.
Moore, L.B. & Edgar, E. pp.xl, 354 with col. maps to endpapers & b/w. text figs. 8vo. Fine hardback. in thor. vg. dw. Like Volume I, this volume is concerned only with indigenous plants and includes all the monocotyledon families except Gramineae, the main descriptive text being a direct continuation from Vol. I.- $13
- $13
![The Spiders and Allied Orders of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31921483193.jpg)
The Spiders and Allied Orders of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series.
Savory, T.H. pp.xvi, 175 with colour and b/w. photographic plates and line drawings. Small 8vo. Hardback. Previous owner's neat inscription (dated 1937) to ffep. Light spotting to half-title o/w. contents fine. Original brown cloth nr. fine.- $20
- $20
![Practical Entomology. A guide to collecting butterflies](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31921477730.jpg)
Practical Entomology. A guide to collecting butterflies, moths and other insects. Wayside and Woodland Series.
Ford, R.L.E. pp.ix, 198 with 12 b/w. photographic plates and b/w. line drawings. Crown 8vo. Hardback. Neat ownership inscription to ffep. Contents fine. Original blue cloth boards vg. plus.- $12
- $12
![The Flora of the Clyde Area. A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Occurring Wild or Established within the Drainage Area of the River and Firth of Clyde.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920188193-1.jpg)
The Flora of the Clyde Area. A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Occurring Wild or Established within the Drainage Area of the River and Firth of Clyde.
Lee, J.R. pp.xvi, 391. 8vo. Hardback. Owner's name to ffep. Old stain to blank margin of pp.289 to rear paste-down o/w. contents fine. A little text block lean. Original cloth boards thor. vg.- $9
- $9
![Flora of Staffordshire. Flowering Plants and Ferns.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920186271.jpg)
Flora of Staffordshire. Flowering Plants and Ferns.
Edees, E.S. pp.viii, 280 with b/w. photos. and dist. maps. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. The first full acount of the flowering plants and ferns of Staffordshire. It records all the vascular plants occurring wild in the county, except garden escapes and adventives.- $20
- $20
![The Comital Flora of the British Isles. (Flora Comitalis Britannicae : Fl. Com. Brit.).](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920185275.jpg)
The Comital Flora of the British Isles. (Flora Comitalis Britannicae : Fl. Com. Brit.).
Druce, George Claridge. pp.xxxii, 407 interleaved with plain pages for notes, with fold-out map in pocket at rear. 8vo. Hardback. Charming ownership inscription (dated 1932) to ffep. Spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Being the distribution of British (including a number of non-indigenous) plants throughout the 152 vice-counties of Great Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands, with the place of growth, elevation, world distribution, grade, chief synonyms, and first names by which the plants were recorded as British.- $20
- $20
![Stoats](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920184389.jpg)
Stoats, Weasels, Martens & Polecats. The New Naturalist.
149. MacPherson, Jenny. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £65.00. A natural history of the small mustelids of Britain and Ireland. Focuses on the four small mustelids , all highly specialised predators, ubiquitous assassins to be marvelled at. They have extraordinary lives some in total seclusion, some in large, related groups now brought into the light by one of the UK s leading small mustelid experts.- $65
- $65
![Simpson's Flora of Suffolk.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920183337.jpg)
Simpson’s Flora of Suffolk.
Simpson, F.W. pp,xiv, 537 with col. photos. for 280 species. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block edges o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Simpson's Flora of Suffolk is the culmination of years of intensive research and dedication and is an excellent reference book and ecological history of the county.- $13
- $13
![Handbook of The Britsh Flora. A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920177616.jpg)
Handbook of The Britsh Flora. A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to, or naturalised in The British Isles. For the use of Beginners and Amateurs.
Bentham, G. pp.lxi, 606. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to ffep. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.- $7
- $7
![Excursion Flora of the British Isles.](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/31920175721.jpg)
Excursion Flora of the British Isles.
Clapham, A.R., et al. pp.xxxiii, 499 with a few b/w. text figs. 8vo. Previous owner's address label and '1989' written on ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine softback in nr. fine dw. Essential companion work to Flora of the British Isles. As the title suggests, it is designed for field use. `. a classic, valued as a field book by professional and amateur botanists alike.' New Scientist- $16
- $16