Scienza e natura

Disinfection and the Preservation of Food

Samuel Rideal · 1903 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.84 | $92.46 | ¥14,766)

London , The Sanitary Publishing. Ltd, 1903. Cloth. A scarce copy of Disinfection and Preservation of Food. Together with an Account of the Chemical Substances used as Antiseptics and Preservatives. By Samuel Rideal, Author of Water and its Purification and Sewage and the Bact...

Biographie Medicale Par Ordre Chronologique D&Apos;Apres Daniel Leclerc, Eloy, Etc.

Bayle and Thillaye · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

Amsterdam, N. V. Boekhandel & Antiquariat, 1967. Cloth. A set of Bayle and Thillaye's edited medical biography. A set of Bayle and Thillaye's edited medical biography. Complete in two volumes. Put in a new order; revised and supplemented. Including Daniel LeClerc, a ...

Der Petrefakten-Sammler Zugleich Eine Einfuhrung in Die Palaontologie Fur Seminaristen, Gymnasisten Und Realschuler

J. Fr. Ostertag · 1890 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.71 | $58.12 | ¥9,283)

Stuttgart , Robert Lutz, 1890. Leather. A German work on fossils and paleontology. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and engravings in the text. In a half morocco binding. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing, and a paper spine label. Internally, generally firmly bound...

An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry

John Bonnycastle · 1812 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, J. Johnson, 1812 . Leather. The eleventh edition of John Bonnycastle's guide to geometry and mensuration, with vignette illustrations and diagrams throughout. First published in 1782, this is the eleventh edition of John Bonnycastle's work, 'corrected an...

Farm Book-Keeping: The Principles and Practice of Book-Keeping Applied to Agriculture for Agricultural Colleges, Extension Classes, Evening Classes and Practical Farmers

John Kirkwood · 1922 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.71 | $58.12 | ¥9,283)

Edinburgh, W. Green & Son Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive study into business of farming and bookkeeping, a guide to the everyday economics of the working farm. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A practical instructional manual app...

Museum Americanum; or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in America; Complied from Eminent Authorities, Methodically Arranged, Interspersed with Original Hints, Observations, &C.

Charles Hulbert · 1823 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, G. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 . Cloth. The scarce third part of Charles Hulbert's Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties and Varieties, of Nature and Art series.  A scarce work.By Charles Hulbert, an English businessman and wri...

The Grammar of Botany

G. Francis · 1840 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

London, Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1840. First edition. Cloth. A remarkably scarce first edition of this already very scarce illustrated title. An incredibly scarce first edition of this already very scarce horticultural title.In original cloth binding.Features 2 pages of author&a...

The Horse: Its Taming, Training, and General Management; with Anecdotes, &C. , Relating to Horses and Horsemen

Sydney Galvayne · 1888 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Glasgow, Thomas Murray & Son, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated guide to the management of horses by well-known Victorian horse tamer Sydney Galvayne. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding....

Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould. An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi

M. C. Cooke · 1886 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1886 . Cloth. Introductory scientific volume on microscopic fungi, illustrated with sixteen plates, many of which are in colour. Fifth edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring sixteen colour and monochrome plates, including plate...

Artificial Manures: How to Make, Buy, Value, and Use.

Alfred Sibson · 1878 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, William Ridgway, 1878. Hardback. A very scarce new edition of this practical guide to artificial fertilisers, reflecting the rise of scientific agriculture in Victorian Britain. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. New edition, greatly extended. A p...

Hoppus&Apos;S Practical Measurer; or, Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables

Edward Hoppus · 1846 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Manchester, S. Johnson and Son, 1846. Leather. A comprehensive practical measuring guide from Edward Hoppus, the introducer of the Hoppus unit of measure. A later edition of the work, that has been published since the eighteenth century.In the original full black calf binding....

The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall

Canon A. M. Norman; Thomas Scott · 1906 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Wesley And Son, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy, in original binding, featuring 24 monochrome plates. A 1906 first edition copy, in original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Written by Thomas Scott, and Alfred Merle Norman - a cl...

The Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of British Guiana, West Indies, and Bermuda

Charles G. Young · 1900 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London , John M. Watkins , 1900. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic account of Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of British Guiana, West Indies and Bermuda, accompanied by a colourful frontispiece and 6 colour plates. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original green cloth ...

Natural History

J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally p...

British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts

A.R. Horwood [Arthur Reginald Horwood] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The complete set of A.R. Horwood's detailed study on wild flowers and plants across the British Isles, with accompanying illustrations by J.N. Fitch. The first edition of Arthur Reginald Horwood's Br...

Homes without Hands

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1898 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.52 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. Cloth. A lovely new impression of Rev. J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands, exploring the incredible ways animals build habitats without the use of hands. Scarce 1898 new impression of J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands.Beautiful gre...

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton

Gilbert White · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. Cloth. Illustrated in colour, this is a charming new edition of White's influential topographical work. A new edition, published by Macmillan in 1911. With a colour frontispiece and twenty three further colour plates by George Edw...

British Zoology Illustrated by Plates and Brief Explanations

Thomas Pennant · 1770 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,588.62 | $7,265.53 | ¥1,160,371)

Chester, Eliza Adams, 1770. First edition. Leather. Thomas Pennant's very scarce and beautifully illustrated accompaniment to his renowned natural history series 'British Zoology', being a collection of many fantastic additional engraved plates to accompany the ...

A New Physical Geography

Élisée Reclus; A. H. Keane · 1886 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. 1886-7. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of Elisee Reclus's beautifully illustrated work on the world's physical geography, complete with 52 colour plates. The very scarce first edition. The first English edition. Complete...

Herbs: A Comprehensive List of Herbal Remedies and Some Brief Notes on Their Adaptability to the Treatment of Common Illnesses

Unknown · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

St. Albans, Heath & Heather, Ltd. c1923. Paperback. A scarce new edition of Heath & Heather's herb guide and catalog from the 1920s, outlining contemporary plant-based remedies. In the publisher's original green pictorial paper wraps. This is an exceptionally scarce...