Ireland
Four works on Irish flora
£429
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Wade, Walter. Plantae rariores in Hibernia inventae; or Habits of some Plants, rather Scarce and Valuable, found in Ireland; with Concise Remarks on the Properties and Uses of many of them. Dublin: Graisberry and Campbell, 1804. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rebacked retaining old label, supralibros of the Society of Writers to the Signet gilt to covers, xvi 230 pp., 2 engraved plates printed in green with additional hand-colouring, one further engraved plate, short closed tear to one folding plate [Stafleu & Cowan 16.473];
Scully, Reginald W. Flora of County Kerry including Flowering Plants, Ferns, Characeae. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd., 1916. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, diagram, 5 halftone photographic plates, folding colour map;
Colgan, Nathaniel. Flora of the County Dublin: Flowering Plants, Higher Cryptogams, and Characeae. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd., 1904. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, folding map, cloth mottled as usual, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and half-title;
Doogue, Declan, & others. Flora of County Dublin by the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club. Dublin: Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, 1998. First edition, one of 100 copies, large 8vo, original orange quarter morocco, slipcase
Footnote
Note:
This copy of Wade's Plantae rariores in Hibernia inventae contains a through-paginated addendum (pp. 215-230) with two additional folding plates; the copy described in Stafleu & Cowan's Taxonomic Literature and those generally encountered in commerce end at p. 214 and contain one plate only.
Provenance: E. Charles Nelson, botanist, with his bookplates.