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Zustand: Good. liv, 270, col frontis. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Spine slightly faded. Good. . [9780900344459].

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. 2018. [vi], 232pp. "This volume contains a classified catalogue of the botanical and forestry books from the library of Hugh Cleghorn - a pioneering Indian forester - preceded by a biblio-biography in which the life and work of their owner are revealed through a study of the books he owned - their contents, annotations and provenances. The books now form part of the libraries of the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." The book is in excellent condition. There are no inscriptions and all contents are tight and clean.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 1999. Card covers in dust jacket. In fine as new condition with no marks or inscriptions.

Zustand: Good. Paperback, 456pp. Bibliography, plates, index of botanical names. 15x20x2,2cm. Slight signs of use cover, in very good condition.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. New and revised edition. With index. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. As new. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Zustand: As New. 240, 170 col illus. 4to. HB. Fine copy in d/w. This book is about a remarkable collection of botanical drawings belonging to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The watercolours were commissioned by Alexander Gibson, and East India Company surgeon, and depict plants grown in the botanic gardens under his control in the Bombay Presidency. They are the work of an unknown Portuguese-Indian artist between 1847-1850. The 170 drawings are reproduced in the same order as they appear in the 'Bombay Flora', which Gibson co-authored with Nicholas Dalzell. Chapters on Gibson's life and work. [9781851494224].…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.240 with col. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback. in fine dw. with just a hint of sunning to spine. A remarkable collection of botanical drawings belonging to the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. The watercolours were commissioned by Alexander Gibson, an East India Company surgeon, and depict plants grown in the botanic garden under his control in the Bombay presidency. They are the work of an unknown Portuguese-Indian artist and were produced between 1847 and 1850. The main section of the book includes colour reproductions of the 170 drawings arranged in the order of the Bombay Flora, which Gibson co-authored. …

Zustand: Very Good. 34, 21 col + b/w text figs. . PB. Vg. The Hooker Lecture read at the Linnean Society of London 8th December 2005. The Linnean Special Issue No. 6.

Paper covers. Zustand: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Donor's inscription on ffep. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hardcover. Zustand: used/very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 240 Page. Illus. Jacket Worn.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. The Linnean vol. 24(4). Scarcely used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Paper covers. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Some wear and creasing to lower corner. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.127 with 86 col. & b/w. plates. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. A beautifully produced book. The links between the RBG Edinburgh and India go back for more than 250 years; surgeons who studied botany at the Garden as part of their medical studies laid the foundation of western knowledge of the Indian flora. This book tells the story of these collections through the reproduction of a selection of drawings that are both scientifically accurate and stunningly beautiful.…

Hardcover. pp.xii, 324 with b/w. photos. & illus. 8vo. Fine hardback. Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn (18201895) was one of the many remarkable Scottish surgeons who worked for the East India Company, but who used an official posting as a base for research upon India's rich flora, and recording it visually in drawings made by Indian artists. His particular interest was in useful plants, which led to the major work in the field of forest conservancy for which he is best remembered.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.240 with colour illus. Royal 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.

Paper covers in slip case. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine slip case. 1st edition. As new in transparent wrapper. Weight: 2.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.100 with col. & b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback in fine dw. Out of print. The links between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and India go back for two centuries. Medics who studied botany in the Garden as part of their training laid the foundations of our knowledge of the Indian flora. This study entailed the making of dried herbarium specimens and writing plant descriptions. The botanists also commissioned Indian artists to make paintings of the plants to supplement the specimens and written descriptions. Much of this material was sent back to Britain and a selection of 62 of these spectacular illustrations was conserved and exhibited in Inverleith House in 1998, as part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Indian Independence.…

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd edition. A revised and expanded edition of Alan Morton's biographical memoir (1986). An important study of an under-rated botanist. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd edition. A revised and expanded edition of Alan Morton's biographical memoir (1986). An important study of an under-rated botanist. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Pictorial hard covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. As new. viii, 579 pp. Weight: 1.5 Language: English.

Paper covers. Zustand: V.g. No Jacket. BSBI Conference Report no. 20. Protective tape along spine, tightly bound with staples. 191 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. [1983 - 1994]. Five parts, small octavo, pp 834; 426; 456, illustrated with line drawings, (+ 12 colour plates in the last volume), paperbacks, slightly worn, the fore-edges a bit marked and thumbed.

Zustand: Very Good. 191, b/w illus, maps. A4. PB. Staple bound. Vg. Botanical Society of the British Isles Conference Report No. 20. From The Scottish Naturalist 96th Year.

1st Ed. 3 vols. 4to. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w. with many from photos. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley, very good in original coloured pictorial limp card wrapps., together in coloured pictorial slipcase as issued. Additional postage may be necessary US$37.

Three volume set with b/w., colour and other figs. 4to. Softback. All three volumes are in fine condition. In a slipcase which is also in fine condition. This trilogy forms the second in a series of illustrated works devoted to collections of botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish surgeon-botanists, held in the library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In the central volume are reproduced some 200 of the drawings commissioned between 1826 and 1853 by Robert Wight (1796-1872) from the artists Rungiah and Govindoo. The first volume documents Wight's life and work as an East India Company surgeon and his major contributions to taxonomy and economic botany. The third volume is a travelogue, describing the author's journeys in search of Wight in Britain and India.…

Three volume set with b/w., colour and other figs. 4to. Softback. All three volumes are in fine condition. In a slipcase which is also in fine condition. This trilogy forms the second in a series of illustrated works devoted to collections of botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish surgeon-botanists, held in the library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In the central volume are reproduced some 200 of the drawings commissioned between 1826 and 1853 by Robert Wight (1796-1872) from the artists Rungiah and Govindoo. The first volume documents Wight's life and work as an East India Company surgeon and his major contributions to taxonomy and economic botany. The third volume is a travelogue, describing the author's journeys in search of Wight in Britain and India.…

Three volume set with b/w., colour and other figs. All three volumes are softbacks in fine condition with very gently sunned spines. In a slipcase in fine condition. This trilogy forms the second in a series of illustrated works devoted to collections of botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish surgeon-botanists, held in the library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In the central volume are reproduced some 200 of the drawings commissioned between 1826 and 1853 by Robert Wight (1796-1872) from the artists Rungiah and Govindoo. The first volume documents Wight's life and work as an East India Company surgeon and his major contributions to taxonomy and economic botany. The third volume is a travelogue, describing the author's journeys in search of Wight in Britain and India.…

(33,7 x 23,5 cm); 4°; 240 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen; Orig.-Leinenband; Orig.-Umschlag. In association with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Schönes Exemplar. * Customers from outside the EU ask please for real shipping costs! - Ask for more pics ! * 1005 gr.