Storia naturale

Interest at One View, Calculated to a Farthing

Richard Hayes · 1789 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, J. Johnson G. G. J. et al. 1789. Leather. An early book of interest tables. Bound in morocco leather with gilt bands. Uncommon. Richard Hayes was an accountant. In a full morocco binding. The binding is tight and firm. The boards are attached by the cords only. There i...

Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, Growing in the Grounds of Syon House, Brentford

A. Bruce Jackson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, West, Newman and Co. 1910. Cloth. A list of the trees and shrubs from the gardens and grounds of Syon House in Brentford. Syon House, and its 200 acre (80 hectare) park, is in west London. It belongs to the Duke of Northumberland and is now his family's London res...

Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

W. J. Bean · 1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , John Murray, 1921. Cloth. A scarce copy of this work on the indigenous trees and shrubs of Britain. Third edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous vignettes and photographic plates. Volume I covers A-K, and volume II covers L-Z. Complete in two volumes. In green ...

Terrestrial Vegetation of California

Michael G. Barbour and Jack Major · 1977 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, John Wiley and Sons , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A highly informative scarce text, exploring vegetation within California. First edition. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, tables, and photographic plates. Featuring original illustrate...

Life in Its Lower, Intermediate, and Higher Forms or Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals

Philip Henry Gosse · 1857 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

New York, Robert Carter and Brothers , 1857. Cloth. A scarce American printing of this work of natural history. Featuring several plates, including a frontispiece of the Great Ant-Eater. Philip Henry Gosse was an English naturalist who popularised natural science. In a cloth b...

Chapters in Popular Natural History

The Right Hon. Lord Avebury · 0 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

London , National Society's Depository, c1905. Cloth. A charming little volume of natural history, condensed from the lectures of Lord Avebury. "Arranged as an advanced reading book for use in elementary and high schools." With lovely illustrations and decorative head and...

The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire

J. W. Carr · 1916 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Nottingham Naturalists' Society, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this catalogue of Nottinghamshire fauna. Arranged by family, and containing distribuition, blooming dates, and common locations. In a blue cloth binding. Externally, generally smart...

Nature and Human Nature

Thomas Chandler Haliburton · 1859 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1859. Cloth. A bright copy of Nature and Human Nature by Thomas C. Haliburton. Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge, with a bookbinder's label on the rear pastedown. Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1796 – 1865, was one of the first major Canadian autho...

L&Apos;Enseignement Scientifique

C Grill; P Le Floch · 1937 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Paris, Librairie L'Ecole, 1937. Paperback. An educational scientific manual, covering topics from natural science to cosmology. In French. A scientific manual, explaining areas such as meteorology, optics and light. Also covers the human body and animal and plant life.Wri...

Markham&Apos;S Maister-Peece Containing All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses

Gervase Markham · 1651 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.18 | $2,774.39 | ¥443,035)

London, William Wilson, 1651. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century copy of this work on equestrian care from Gervase Markham. Illustrated with two full-page illustrations, decorative head-and-tail pieces, and two marginal diagrams. Seventh edition, according to Copac. Un...

Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions.

John Evelyn · 1664 · Rooke Books

£5,000.00 (€5,993.29 | $6,605.70 | ¥1,054,845)

London, John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition of this important work on Forestry. Sylva was first presented in 1662 as a paper to the Royal Society and then published in book form in 1664. It is recognised as one of the most in...

Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display&Apos;D. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History As Were Though Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth

[Noel Antoine Pluch]; Mr. Humphreys [trans.] · 1736 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, J. Pemberton, 1736. Leather. Two scarce second edition volumes from Noel-Antoine Pluche's popular work of natural history, illustrated with many copper plates. Second edition. Vol II and Vol. III only of this six-volume work. Bound in contemporary full calf. Both...

Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor; or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Cattle, and Sheep

Francis Clater; D. McTaggart · 1861 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Milner and Company, Limited, [1861]. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this scientific veterinary treatise on cattle, by British farrier and writer, Francis Clater. The revised edition.In full green cloth binding. A work by Francis Clater, a British farrier and writer....

Epping Forest

Edward North Buxton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Edward Stanford, 1911 . Cloth. A scarce copy of this geological account of Epping Forest, with multiple folding maps and plans. Th eighth edition, revised.In publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with 6 folding coloured maps and plans. Collated, c...

The Inheritance of Fecundity in Fowls

Oscar Smart · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The City and South London Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. 1921. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the second edition of this illustrated study examining heredity and selective breeding in poultry at the dawn of modern agricultural science. Rebacked in a quarter cloth, with...

Illustrated Agricultural and Farming Works

Dr. A. B. Frank; John W. Paterson [trans.]; Laura Rose; Michael Graham; Sir E. John Russell [preface] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons; T. Werner Laurie; Faber and Faber Ltd. 1898-1943. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated set of works on farming and agriculture. A lovely three volume set of agricultural works.Comprising of:1898 A Manual of Agricultural BotanyFrom the...

The Miniature Fruit Garden of the Culture of Pyramidal and Bush Fruit Trees

Thomas Rivers · 1870 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1870. Cloth. A very scarce and well-illustrated horticultural title by influential nurseryman Thomas Rivers. A very scarce copy of the 16th edition.This popular and informative horticultural work was written by British nurseryman Thom...

The Flora of Warwickshire

James E. Bagnall; W. B. Grove · 1891 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London; Birmingham, Gurney & Jackson; Cornish Brothers, 1891. Cloth. An uncommon signed limited edition of this title, featuring a folding map of Warwickshire. An uncommon limited edition, signed by the author to the limitation page.One of a limited print run of 500 copies, of...

In Nature&Apos;S Workshop

Grant Allen · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Newnes Ltd. 1901 . Cloth. A lovely copy of the second edition of this exciting work on strange natural phenomena, with one hundred black and white illustrations by Frederick Enock.  The second edition. With one hundred black and white illustrations by Frederic...

British Birds&Apos; Eggs and Nests

John Christopher Atkinson · 1898 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1898. Cloth. The new and revised edition of an illustrated book on the eggs and nests of the different species of birds that enrich our British Isles, especially geared towards children and beginners. A revised edition of British Birds' ...