Flora Palaestina. 4 volumes (in 8) text and plates de Zohary, Michael

1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Small pamphlet on the Scottish Hebrides and nearby areas, f/o view plus 11 other scenes, all colour and all loose, 16pps sewn text, front but no back paper cover, measures 16.4 cm x 10.5cm, rare.

2000. Hardcover. New. English And Spanish Language Text..New Copy..Never Opened..Sealed In Plastic.. Oversized Hardcover Edition Issued Without Dustjacket..First Edition, First Printing...Text Unmarked..Nice Clean Tight Copy.. Binding Is Solid...Text Unmarked..Not Ex-Library..

Germany, 1790; Original 18th century hand colored copper engraving of Ochotona, commonly known as a Pika or Whistling Hare, a diminutive member of the rabbit family looking much like a small mouse and native to the cold climates of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. Identifying binomen engraved in the plate at bottom: "Der Wachtelhase, Lepus pusillus Gmelin. Lin." Circa 1790. Artist not identified. Plate number engraved at upper right (177). Very finely detailed and colored. Archivally hinged and matted with 100% rag museum board, paper size 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", matte window 4 1/4" x 5", outside matte dimensions 10 1/4" x 12". Ready for framing. Fine condition, no chips or tears, all coloring brilliant. A sparkling plate of a charming and reclusive little creature. Rare.

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, CT, (1994); First Edition, Limited to 225 copies; Quarto, 11" x 8 3/4" (28.1 cm x 22.2 cm); red buckram; gold titles on a black field. Verbatim facsimile reprint of this scholarly work on botanical illustration first published at Stuttgart in 1951. Two volumes in one, 264 pages and 324 pages respectively, Volume I an exhaustive history of botanical book illustration, and Volume II a detailed bibliographical catalogue of 2,387 illustrated botanical works spanning more than four centuries, arranged in alphabetical order by author. Text in German. A unique and valuable reference. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Les Merveilles de la France le pays, les monuments, les habitants By Ernest Granger (The Wonders of France – the country it's monuments and inhabitants) - In French language.
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Beautiful, detailed and illustrated, this book takes the reader on a trip from the country side to the coast and through the time. The book has luxurious binding, 17 colored plates and numerous black and white illustrations.
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Paris, Hachette, 1931.
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Pp.: 443 pages with illustrations + 17 illustrated plates Size: 31 x 23,4 cm
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Binding: Original quarter leather binding. Giltstamped and blindstamped cover and spine cover. Luxurious binding. Condition: Foxing, signs of ageing, paper on some of the plates slightly detached from plates and has dog-ears.

1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Small pamphlet on the Scottish Hebrides and nearby areas, f/o view plus 11 other scenes, all colour and all loose, 16pps sewn text, front but no back paper cover, measures 16.4 cm x 10.5cm, rare.

2000. Hardcover. New. English And Spanish Language Text..New Copy..Never Opened..Sealed In Plastic.. Oversized Hardcover Edition Issued Without Dustjacket..First Edition, First Printing...Text Unmarked..Nice Clean Tight Copy.. Binding Is Solid...Text Unmarked..Not Ex-Library..

Germany, 1790; Original 18th century hand colored copper engraving of Ochotona, commonly known as a Pika or Whistling Hare, a diminutive member of the rabbit family looking much like a small mouse and native to the cold climates of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. Identifying binomen engraved in the plate at bottom: "Der Wachtelhase, Lepus pusillus Gmelin. Lin." Circa 1790. Artist not identified. Plate number engraved at upper right (177). Very finely detailed and colored. Archivally hinged and matted with 100% rag museum board, paper size 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", matte window 4 1/4" x 5", outside matte dimensions 10 1/4" x 12". Ready for framing. Fine condition, no chips or tears, all coloring brilliant. A sparkling plate of a charming and reclusive little creature. Rare.

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, CT, (1994); First Edition, Limited to 225 copies; Quarto, 11" x 8 3/4" (28.1 cm x 22.2 cm); red buckram; gold titles on a black field. Verbatim facsimile reprint of this scholarly work on botanical illustration first published at Stuttgart in 1951. Two volumes in one, 264 pages and 324 pages respectively, Volume I an exhaustive history of botanical book illustration, and Volume II a detailed bibliographical catalogue of 2,387 illustrated botanical works spanning more than four centuries, arranged in alphabetical order by author. Text in German. A unique and valuable reference. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Les Merveilles de la France le pays, les monuments, les habitants By Ernest Granger (The Wonders of France – the country it's monuments and inhabitants) - In French language.
***
Beautiful, detailed and illustrated, this book takes the reader on a trip from the country side to the coast and through the time. The book has luxurious binding, 17 colored plates and numerous black and white illustrations.
***
Paris, Hachette, 1931.
***
Pp.: 443 pages with illustrations + 17 illustrated plates Size: 31 x 23,4 cm
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Binding: Original quarter leather binding. Giltstamped and blindstamped cover and spine cover. Luxurious binding. Condition: Foxing, signs of ageing, paper on some of the plates slightly detached from plates and has dog-ears.