Storia naturale

Wild flowers in literature

Rendall, Vernon · 1934 · Acanthophyllum Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

George Allen & Unwin. 1st edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Two bookplates.

Plants and plant lore in ancient Greece

Raven, John E. · 2000 · Acanthophyllum Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Leopard's Head Press. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Printout of lengthy, and complimentary, review by John McMahon loosely inserted. A definitive account of Classical botany.

Companion to flowers

McClintock, D. · 1966 · Acanthophyllum Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

G. Bell. 1st edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Bookplate & owner's signature. A readable introduction to field botany and its history in the UK.

Flora Britannica

Mabey, R. · 1997 · Acanthophyllum Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Chatto & Windus. 2nd edition. As new. As new. Nearly new. An ethnoflora of England.

British wild flowers

Lewis, P. · 1958 · Acanthophyllum Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st edition. V.g.. V.g.. Prize bookplate annd owner's bookplate. Jacket in plastic cover.

In the name of plants

Knapp, S. · 2022 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Natural History Museum. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. No inscriptions. Essays on eponymy.

Flowers of the field

Johns, C.A.; Blakelock, R.A. (rev. & ed.) · 1949 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Routledge & Kegan Paul . 1st edition, revised. V.g.. V.g.. Prize bookplate annd owner's bookplate. Jacket in plastic cover.

Index of collectors in the Edinburgh Herbarium

Hedge, Ian C. & Lamond, Jennifer M. · 1970 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st edition. V.g.. V.g.. Published to coincide with the first South-west Asian Flora symposium at Edinburgh, this concise list of collectors gives geographical coverage, date range, and (where appropriate) name of collection or source herbarium...

The romance of natural history

Gosse, P.H. · 0 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

James Nisbet, London. 2n series. Good. No Jacket. Prize bookplate. First signature loose. Frontispiece foxed.

Thomas Johnson: journeys in Kent and Hampstead

Gilmour, J.S.L. (ed.) · 1972 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh. 1st edition thus (originally published in 1629 and 1632). V.g.. V.g.. Little used, with folded maps intact. Slight edge wear to jacket. Bookplate. ix, 167 pp.

In the herbarium: the hidden world of collecting and preserving plants

Flannery, M.C. · 2023 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Yale University Press. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Lengthy inscription by the author on ffep. Covers the history of herbaria as well as current practice. A very useful guide which all herbarium curators should study.

Florists' flowers and societies

Duthie, R. · 1988 · Acanthophyllum Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Shire Publications. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. he term 'florist' in earlier times referred to a connoisseur of cultivated plants, not a supplier of cut flowers and bouquets.

English names of wild flowers

Dony, J.G. · 1986 · Acanthophyllum Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

BSBI. 2nd edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Bookplate.

Flowers: the story of flowers, plants and gardens through the ages

Coats, P. · 1970 · Acanthophyllum Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Peerage Books. Reprint edition. V.g.. V.g.. Owner's bookplate.

An account of the herbaria of the Department of Botany in the University of Oxford

Clokie, Hermia Newman · 1964 · Acanthophyllum Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Oxford University Press. 1st edition. V.g.. Good . Former owner's bookplate. An invaluable guide to the historic and modern collections of dried plant specimens in the UK's oldest institutional herbarium. More than a simple enumeration, this work provides chapters on the maker...

Plants and the ecosystem

Billings, W.D. · 1964 · Acanthophyllum Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macmillan . 1st edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Owner's inscription and bookplate.

Libellus de Re Herbaria / The Names of Herbes

Turner, William · 1965 · Acanthophyllum Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ray Society . Facsimile reprint, first published in 1538 and 1548. V.g.. Good. Spine of jacket sunned; internally little used. ix, 277 pp.

Libellus de re herbaria novus

Turner, W.; RydŽn, Helander & Olsson (tr.) · 1999 · Acanthophyllum Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Uppsala. Translation of 1538 edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Bookplate. Facsimile and translation, with notes.

Adventures among wild flowers

Trevena, J. · 1914 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Edward Arnold. 1st edition. Good. No Jacket. Ffep excised. Bookplate.

Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners

Stearn, W.T. · 1994 · Acanthophyllum Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cassell. reprint edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Little used.