21 BULLIARD (Mr.). Flora Parisiensis, ou descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris, avec les différens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangés suivant la méthode sexuelle de M. Linné, leurs parties caracteristiques, ports propriétes, vertus et doses d'usage en medicine, suivant les demonstrations de Botanique qui se font au Jardin du Roy. 642 coloured plates and coloured title-page, with duplicate uncoloured, 6 vols., 8vo., boards, rare. Paris, 1786-1783

£9 9s.

All uncut edges. Vol. 1 in modern boards. Several leaves of text are slightly stained with colour from plates.

22 BUSSATO (Marco). Giardino di Agricoltura, nel quale si tratta di tutto quello che s'appartiene a un perfetto Giardiniero. Many woodcut illustrations and vignettes. Damp stained throughout and some leaves mended at edges. Sm. 4to., boards. Venice, 1592

£3 3s. 23 BUXBAUM (J. C.). Plantarum minus Cognitarum Centuria II. complectens Plantas circa Byzantium et in Oriente observ. 50 plates, 4to., wrappers. Petropoli, 1728

9s. 24 CARNATIONS. Nouveau Traité des Oeillets. La façon la plus facile de les bien cultiver, leurs noms, leurs couleurs, &c., avec la liste des plus nouveaux, par L. C. B. M. Sm. post 8vo., half calf. Paris, 1676

£1 25 CAUSE (D. H.). De Koninglycke Hovenier Aanwyzende de Middelen om Boomen, Bloemenen Kruyden te Zaayen planten, aen queeken en voort teelen. Engraved title and numerous plates of Flowers and Fruits, Parterres, Flower-beds, etc. Also: Nederlandtze Hesperides Dat is, oeffening en Gebruk van de Limoen en Orange-Boomen... Door J. Commelin, with plates, folio, boards. 1676.

£3 10s. 26 CHABRAEUS (Dom.) Omnium Stirpium Sciagraphia et Icones quibus Plantarum et Radicum tum in Hortis Cultarum . . . Folio, engraved title and numerous woodcuts, boards. Cologne, 1677. An uncut copy.

£2 12s. 6d. 27 CLARICIO (P. B.). Istoria e Cultura delle Piante che sono pe'l Fiore piu ragguardevoli e piu distinte per ornare un Giardino, con un copioso Trattato degli Agrumi. Portrait of the author and very large folding plate of the Sagredo Palace and Gardens, Marocco. Thick 4to., vellum. Venice, 1726 £2 12s. 6d.

28 COLLINS (Samuel). Paradise Retriev'd: a Method of Managand Improving Fruit-trees against Walls, or in Hedges; with a Treatise on Mellons & Cucumbers. Folding plates, 8vo., calf.

1717.

£1 5s. 29 COMMELIN (J.). Catalogus plantarum Horti Medici Amstelaedamensis. Pp. 371, 12mo., half morocco, 1702. 15s.

30 COOK (Moses, gardiner to Earl of Essex, Cashioberry). The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forest Trees-how to plant and keep Woods, Avenues, Lawns, &c., how to measure land, timber, &c. Frontispiece and folding plate of" Figures proper for Avenues, Walks,” ́etc. Third edition, 8vo., contemporary calf. 7s. 6d.

1724.

31 CRESCENTIUS (P. de). Trattato dell' Agricoltura-delle piante, e degli animali, e di tutte le Villerecce utilitata, nuovo rivisto per B. de Rossi. Few leaves at end damp-marked. Sm. 4to., vellum. Firenze, appr. C. Giunti, 1605

£3 3s. 32 DALECHAMP (Jacques). Histoire Generale des Plantes, contenant XVIII. livres... faite Francoise par M. Jean des Moulins ... 2 vols., engraved titles and numerous illustrations in the text, folio, calf. Lyons, 1653. £7 7s.

The first French translation of this famous work.

33 DE COMBLES. L'Ecole du Jardin Potager... description des Plantes, leur culture, &c. Troisieme edition, augm. du Traite de la Culture des Pechers, et la Maniere de semer en toute saison. 2 vols., post 8vo., old calf. Paris, 1780.

£2 2s. 34 DEJEAN. Traite des Odeurs, suite du Traite de la Distillation. Post 8vo., calf. Paris, 1764. 12s. 6d.

35 DESCEMET (J.). Catalogue des Plantes du Jardin des Apoticaires de Paris, conformement a la Methode de M. Tournefort. Some additions in MS. in margins, 8vo., old calf, broken. 1741.

7s. 6d. 36 DE SERCY (C.). Le Jardinier Royal-la maniere de planter, cultiver, et dresser toutes sortes d'Arbres, une methode pour bien greffer, &c. Post 8vo., vellum. 1671. 17s. 6d.

37 DILLENIUS (J. J.). Horti Elthamensis Plantarum Rariorum Icones et Nomina... Additis Denom inationibus Linnaeanis. 324 plates, 2 vols., folio, vellum. Leyden, 1774. £3 38 DODONAEUS (R.). Purgantium aliarumque eo facientium tum et Radicum, Convolvulorum ac deleteriarum herbarum hist. Numerous woodcut illustrations, paper discoloured throughout by age. Sm. 8vo., vellum. Plantin, Antwerp, 1574 £2 10s.

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Stirpium Historiae Pemptades sex sive Libri XXX. erous woodcuts in text, folio, calf. Antwerp, 1583.

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40 Cruydt-Boeck. Met Buvoegsels achter elck Capittel uut verscheyden den Cruydt-beschrivers. Hundreds of woodcuts and engraved title with portraits of the Author and Clusius. Folio, original Stamped calf. Leyden, 1618.

Some leaves at beginning and end are water-stained.

£4 10s.

Binding worn.

of the Guernsey-Lily. To which is added the Botanical Dissection of the Coffee Berry. With plate. Sm. folio, half roan, VERY RARE

1725.

£2 10s.

£1

42 DUFOUR (P. S.). Traitez du Café, du The, et du Chocolate. 4 engravings, 12mo., old calf. La Haye, 1685.

43 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU. Traité de la Culture des Terres, suivant les Principes de M. Tull, Anglois. Folding plates. 2 vols., post 8vo., calf. Paris, 1753.

16s.

44 DU PINET. Historia Plantarum. FIRST EDITION, engravings on each page. No title or index. No title or index. The "Simplicium Medicamentorum" bound separately. 2 vols., 16mo., boards, leather back. Lugduni, 1561

£1 5s. 45 EGENOLPHUS (Chr.). Plantarum, Arborum, Fruticum et Herbarum Effigies, numero octigentae ad vivum depictae, cum earum propriis, sex linguarum nomenclaturis. Animantium terrestrium volat. et aquat. effig: depictae cum Lat. et Germ, nomen. Each figure coloured by hand, and MS. notes on 5 pages. Lacks last leaf of german" Index Plantarum." Sm. 4to., half morocco gilt back (recent), marbled edges. Franc., Chr. Egen., 1562.

£10 10s. 46 ELLIS (William). The Practical Farmer. Soils, Wheat, Horsehoughing, Cows & Sheep, Pigeons, Fruit-trees, &c. 1732.The Vineyard: a Treatise on planting and raising Vines, grafting, budding, directions for making wine, etc., by S. J. 1732BRADLEY (R.) The Riches of a Hop Garden Explain'd. Second edition-Instructions for planting and managing Hops, by order of the Dublin Society, 1733. In one vol., 8vo., old half calf £2 The Practical Farmer; or, Herefordshire Husbandman. Third edition, 8vo., half calf. 1738.

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12s. 6d.

48 ELSHOLZENS (J. S.) Neu Angelegter Garten-Bau, oder Sonderbare Vorstellung wie ein wolerfahrner Gartner die schonsten Luft- Kuchen- Baum- und Blumen- Garten auf unserm teutschen climate fuglich anzurichten, Sondern auch allerhand rare Blumen, Gewachse und Baume zu erziehen... lernen Kan: in VI. bucher verfasset und in diesem vierten druck ziemlich vermehret. Folio, calf. Leipzig, 1715 £1 1s. 49 The ENGLISH Flower Garden. Le Jardin de Fleurs Anglais. Sm. folio. 95 plates beautifully hand-coloured. No artist's name, publisher or date. Original boards. About 1790. £12 12s. This is a spurious later edition of the Compleat Florist. This edition is very much scarcer and the plates are infinitely better coloured.

A MAGNIFICENT UNCUT COPY.

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ESTIENNE (Charles). I. De Re Vestiaria Libellus, ex Bayfio Excerptus; addia vulgaris linguae interpretae. Trecis, Apud Nicolaum, Paris, 1542-II. De Vasculis Libellus, Aloscentulorum Caussa, ex Bayfio Decerptus. Trecis, Apud Nicolaum, Paris, 1542 -III. De Re Hortensi Libellus, Vulgaria herbarum florum, ac fruticum, qui in hortis conseri solent, Nomina Latinis vocibus essere docens ex probatis auctoribus. Lugduni apud Seb. Gryphium, 1539. All sm. 8vo., bound together in half morocco. £6 10s. Three very rare pamphlets by Charies Estienne which he used afterwards in his most famous work the "Maison Rustique," of which the first edition appeared in 1554.

Another copy of De Re Hortensi Libellus. Sm. 8vo., boards. Printed at Troyes in 1542.

£1 10s.

calf, newly

Pratum, Lacus, Arundinetum. Post 8vo., rebacked. Good and clean copy of this scarce tract on marshes and grasses. Paris, 1543.

£1 10s.

Di Carlo Stefano le Herbe, Fiori, Stirpi, &c., con levoci loro piu propie e accomodate. Agg. un Libretto de Coltivare gli horti, trad. per Pietro L. Modenese. Post 8vo., wrappers. A'l segno d'Erasmo, Venegia, 1545.

£1 10s. 54 Agricoltura Nuova et Casa di Villa, di Carlo Stefano, Francese, trad. dal Hercole Cato; also Jean de Clamorgan: La Caccia del Lupo. Sm. 4to., boards, vellum back.

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1591.

Aldus, Venice, £4 4s.

and LIEBAULT (Jean) L'Agriculture et Maison Rustique .. reveué et augmentée de beaucoup... La chasse de Loup necessaire à la maison rustique par Jean Clamorgan. Woodcuts, title printed in red and black. Sm. 4to., morocco, gilt, g. e. 1659.

A MAGNIFICENT COPY of one of the best revised editions.

Lyons,

£6 6s.

56 EVELYN (John). Sylva; or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees. Second edition, to which is added Pomona; or, an appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider; concerning Cider, by Dr. Beale, Sir Paul Neil, John Newburgh, Dr. Smith, Capt. S. Taylor and D. Collwall; and the Kalendarium. With a few cuts. Folio, calf. 1670. £1 10s.

57 FELICUS (Gio. Batista). Parere intorno all' uso della Cioccolata scritto in una lettera. In 2 parts. Together with Lettera in cui si esaminato le ragione addote dall' autore del primo parere intorno all uso della Cioccolata. 4to., boards, vellum backed. Florence, 1728. £2 10s. Interesting argument against and for the use of chocolate. Felicus was anti-chocolate; the author of the second letter, Laurentius Serafinus, was pro-chocolate.

Latina nell' Italiana da L. A. Perugino. Numerous plates, some discoloured by age, and mended. Sm. 4to., vellum. Rome, 1638.

£1 5s.

59 Flora seu de Florum cultura. Engraved title, portrait and plates. Sm. 4to., vellum. Amsterdam, 1646.

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Hesperides sive De Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quattuor. Folio, engraved title and numerous engravings. Vellum. Rome, 1646.

£3 15s. 61 FILASSIER. Culture de la Grosse Asperge; dite de Hollande. Nouvelle edition, revue et corrigée. Post 8vo., boards. Amsterdam, 1788.

7s. 6d. 62 FLAX. Directions for Raising Flax, originally published by the Commissioners for Fisheries and Improvements in Scotland, and now re-printed for Farmers. Post 8vo., boards, newly bound. 1781.

9s.

63 FORSTER (J. R.). Flora Americae Septentrionalis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants of North America, 1770-Catalogue of the Animals of North America, with frontispiece-A Catalogue of British Insects. In 1 vol., 8vo., calf. London, 1771 and Warrington, 1770.

£2 2s. 64 FUCHSIUS (Leon :) de Historia Stirpium Commentarii insignes, &c. Thick post 8vo., calf, antique style, newly bound. Paris, I543.

65

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de Historia Stirpium Commentarii insignes. About 500 engravings all coloured by an early hand, and portrait of Fuchs on back of title. Thick post 8vo., old calf, gilt edges. Lugduni, 1549. £7 7s. 66 GENTIL (F.). The Solitary or Carthusian Gard'ner, also The Compleat Florist, by Louis Liger. Newly done into English. Woodcuts. Used copy. 8vo., old calf. 1706.

66A

10s.

Another copy, revised by London and Wise. 2 vols., 8vo., folding plates, calf, rebacked. 1706.

£1

67 The Retir'd Gardener-Methods of Ordering & Improving Fruit and Kitchen Garden, translated-the last parts treating of Cultivating Flowers, Plants, Shrubs, &c., also of making of Arbours, Arches, Columns, &c., translated from Sieur. Liger, revised by J. Carpenter. Numerous engravings of parterres, &c. 8vo., old calf.

67A

1717.

9s.

Le Jardinier Solitaire-la methode de faire et de cultiver un Jardin Fruitier et Potager. Post 8vo., old calf. Paris, 1723.

6s.