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Victoria Regia, au Point de Vue Horticole et Botanique

Victoria Regia, au Point de Vue Horticole et Botanique by PLANCHON, Jules

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Title
Victoria Regia, au Point de Vue Horticole et Botanique
Author
PLANCHON, Jules
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
Ghent: C. Arnoot-Braeckman for L. van Houtte, 1850. VAN HOUTTE, Louis. La Victoria Regia, au Point de Vue Horticole et Botanique. avec des Observations sur la Structure et les Affinites des Nympheacees. Ghent: C. Arnoot-Braeckman for L. van Houtte, 1850. Full Description: PLANCHON, Jules. VAN HOUTTE, Louis. La Victoria Regia, au Point de Vue Horticole et Botanique. avec des Observations sur la Structure et les Affinites des Nympheacees. Ghent: C. Arnoot-Braeckman for L. van Houtte, 1850. A rare large-paper offprint from horticulture journal "Flore des Serres et des Jardin de l'Europe." Large quarto (13 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches; 335 x 245 mm). 52 pp. With seven engraved plates and seven full-page engravings in the text. Of the plates, one is sepia of the gardens of van Houtte, and six are brilliantly hand-colored. Five of these are close-ups of the Victoria Regia flower and one is of the inside of the greenhouse where the flower is growing. These plates are particularly nice because they remain unfolded. The plates that are found in the "Flore des Serres et des Jardin de l'Europe" come folded because of the size. Each plate with tissue guard. Contemporary half green cloth over marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Some minor foxing and toning. Chipping to head and tail of the spine. Boards a bit bumped and rubbed with a crease at the bottom of front boards. Paper flaw to lower margin of page 19, not affecting text. Overall very good, with beautiful, bright plates. "The giant waterlily (Victoria amazonica) is the largest of the waterlilies and the national flower of Guyana. On its classification by John Lindley in 1837, the plant was originally named Victoria regia in honour of Queen Victoria, who had recently ascended to the throne. The name was amended to its present form following the Queen's death in 1901." (Royal Trust Collection). The present offprint "is a recording the flowering of the Victoria regia in Belgium in a specially constructed heated glass-house in the extensive gardens of van Houtte. The plant was grown from seed at Chatsworth in February 1850, and arrived in Ghent on 26 May 1850, growing vigorously through until the late autumn, with the first flower blooming on 5th September 1850." (Fereman). Pritzel 7167; Stafleu & Cowan 8009. [Together with]: SCHOMBURGK, Robert Hermann. Extract from the Magazine of Zoology and Botany, with drophead title: "Dr. Robert H. Schomburgh's [sic.] description of Victoria Regina [sic.]". [N.p.: November 1837]. Small octavo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 140mm). 3 pp text. With a beautiful, folding hand-coloured engraved plate by Lizars. With Schomburgk's clipped signature mounted above the start of the text, and a related paragraph announcing the naming of Victoria regalis [sic.] extracted from an earlier issue of the same periodical. Contemporary cloth, neatly rebacked to style. Boards stamped in blind with an ornate central device. Spine lettered in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Folding plate with a small repair at bottom margin, not touching image. Very good. This extract is a transcription of Schomburgk's letter to the Botanical Society of London, describing his discovery of the water lily on the River Berbice in British Guiana. HBS 69415. $3,500.
Manuscript medical ledger

Manuscript medical ledger by Slingluff, Joseph

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Title
Manuscript medical ledger
Author
Slingluff, Joseph
Seller
Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Dover, OH, 1847. [Slingluff, Joseph(?)]. Manuscript medical ledger. Ca. 450pp., the first 137 with manuscript page numbers. Dover, Ohio, September 1847 - August 1854. 385 x 160 mm. Original reverse calf stamped in black, worn and rubbed. One leaf (pp. 46-47) torn out, light soiling and toning, upper portion of front flyleaf cut away but a very good example. Several manuscript sheets with text and figures laid in. The manuscript ledger of an extremely active physician and landowner in Dover, Ohio, most likely Dr. Joseph Slingluff, who began his medical practice at Dover in 1828 and served as the town's first mayor when it was incorporated in 1842. Slingluff belonged to one of Dover's founding families: The initial settlement land (2175 acres) was purchased from Col. James Morrison of Kentucky in 1806 by Jesse Slingluff and his brother-in-law Christian Deardorff. The Deardorff and Slingluff names feature prominently in our ledger. Dover's prosperity increased dramatically with the building of the Erie Canal, as the canal's only tolling station was located there; the population grew from 46 in 1820 to nearly 600 in 1840, and the town became a flour mill and warehouse center. This prosperity is reflected in Dr. Slingluff's ledger, which records that he often saw more than 10 patients a day; the ledger also contains records of real estate owned by the doctor (including a small plat map) and the construction costs of his house. At the back are two pages recording difficult obstetric cases. Mansfield, The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1884), p. 543 and passim. .
new books, catalogues & special editions, spring 1990

new books, catalogues & special editions, spring 1990 by NIGEL GREENWOOD BOOKS, bookseller

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new books, catalogues & special editions, spring 1990
Author
NIGEL GREENWOOD BOOKS, bookseller
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
8 pp. 8vo, yellow printed wrappers, staple-bound. London: 1990. Scarce catalogue issued by Nigel Greenwood Books. It offers artists’ books by Clemente, Goldsworthy, Long, etc. Fine.
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Herzog by Bellow, Saul

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Herzog
Author
Bellow, Saul
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Viking Press, 1964, 1964. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by the Viking Press in 1964. First Edition. Book fine except for slight fading on top edge of spine, previous owners signature and short inscription on first free-end page. DJ very good except for slight chipping and rubbing on corners, slight wearing along top and bottom edges, wearing, chipping, and creasing on top and bottom edge of spine, missing half inch piece on bottom edge of spine. DJ price reads "$5.75
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The Good Provider: H.J. Heinz and His 57 Varieties by ALBERTS, Robert C

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The Good Provider: H.J. Heinz and His 57 Varieties
Author
ALBERTS, Robert C
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973., 1973. First edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Frontispiece portrait and over 50 b/w illustrations. Bibliography. Dust jacket designed by Seymour Chwast (unclipped). Very good. 297 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
Tribals, Flashs und Ornamente: Von der Idee zum Motiv, Vorlagen und Muster für Tattoos und Bodypainting

Tribals, Flashs und Ornamente: Von der Idee zum Motiv, Vorlagen und Muster für Tattoos und Bodypainting by Wenngatz, Jörg

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Tribals, Flashs und Ornamente: Von der Idee zum Motiv, Vorlagen und Muster für Tattoos und Bodypainting
Author
Wenngatz, Jörg
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783831124411
Condition
Good +
Description
Herstellung: KVFR; Books on Demand GmbH, 2001. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 8 5/8" X 6 5/8". 101pp. Mild wear to pictorial wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout in black and white, this is a very nice copy of this ideas and information about tattooing and bodypainting.
Seventy-five at 75: Selections from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection at the Henry Art Gallery

Seventy-five at 75: Selections from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection at the Henry Art Gallery by Andrews, Richard; Monsen, Joseph

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Seventy-five at 75: Selections from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection at the Henry Art Gallery
Author
Andrews, Richard; Monsen, Joseph
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780935558449
Condition
Very good
Description
Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2006. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 36pp. Lightly rubbed and edgeworn, else very good.
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Schumann & The Romantic Age ... Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury by [SCHUMANN, Robert]. Brion, Marcel

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Title
Schumann & The Romantic Age ... Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury
Author
[SCHUMANN, Robert]. Brion, Marcel
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Macmillan, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 366 pp. In dustjacket.

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