Lot 342
NATURAL HISTORY
15 BOOKS INCLUDING WRIGHT, LEWIS
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The Illustrated Book of Poultry. London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, [n.d.] 4to, chromolithographed frontispiece and 49 colour plates, original red half morocco gilt, gift inscription to frontispiece verso; Paxton, Sir Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany. London: W.S. Orr & Co., 1838 & 1839. Volumes v and vi only, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, original green morocco gilt; Clarke, Maud U. Nature's Own Gardens. London: J.M. Dent, 1907. 8vo, contemporary blue calf; Robinson, W. The Parks and Gardens of Paris. London: John Murray, 1883. Third edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt; [Idem] The English Flower Garden. London: John Murray, 1883. 8vo, original brown cloth gilt; Thompson, Harold Stuart Alpine Plants of Europe. London: George Routeledge and Sons, Limited, [n.d.] 8vo, original green cloth gilt; [Idem] Sub-Alpine Plants... London: George Routeledge & Sons, Limited, 1912. 8vo, original green cloth gilt; and 7 others, sold not subject to return (15)