Lot 384
Natural history, a large quantity, including Smith, J.E.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Flora Britannica. 1800-1804. Volumes 1 and 3; Sprengel, K. An introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants. 1805; Lindley, John A synopsis of the British flora. 1829. 12mo; Hooker, W.J. The English flora. Class XXIV Cryptogamia. 1833-36. 2 volumes; Harvey, William H. The genera of South African plants. Cape Town, 1838. 8vo; Hassall, A.H. A history of the British freshwater algae. 1845. 2 volumes, coloured plates; Jones, T.R. The aquarian naturalist. 1858. 8vo, 8 coloured plates, original cloth, RCSI library stamp to titles, Naegeli, C. The microscope. 1887. 8vo; Hunter, John Essays and observations. 1861. 2 volumes, original cloth, hinges weak; Humboldt, Alexander von Aspects of nature. 1849. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; Good, J.M. The book of nature. 1826. 3 volumes, 8vo, half calf, worn, lacks spines; Humboldt, Alexander von Kosmos. 1845. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, hinges weak, worn; Berkeley, M.J. Outlines of British fungology. 1860, coloured plates; Berkeley, M.J. Handbook of British mosses. 1863, coloured plates; Vogt, C. Lectures on man. 1864. 8vo, original cloth, rubbed; Latham, R.G. The natural history of the varieties of man. 1850. 8vo, original cloth, worn; Gosse, P.H. The romance of natural history. 1861; Lubbock, J. On buds and stipules. 1899. 8vo, coloured plates; half calf, original cloth or boards, most worn, many with covers detached, all with RCSI library stamp to title (& occasionally elsewhere)