Professor henslow (9 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. Rev. Professor George Henslow's The Story of Wild Flowers (1901) is a botanical primer that explores the structure, distribution, and evolution of flowering plants. Rather than presenting plants as static entities, Henslow examines their life processes while heavily advocating for neo-Lamarckism?the belief that plants adapt and inherit characteristics in response to their environment. Title: The Story of Wild Flowers Author: Rev. Professor G. Henslow Publisher: George Newnes Publication Date: 1901 - possible first edition Format: Hardcover, English Condition: This book is in good condition for its age with minor board wear and marking, tanned pages.…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

pp. xii, (13)-189, (i), 2 Advertisements. 46 text figures. Original cloth, a bit faded, else a very good copy.

Gilt-decorated Green Cloth. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket as Published. xii, 318pp, 4pp publisher adverts, illustrated with colour plates by Grace Layton, frontispiece with tissue, text pages quite heavily foxed, plates don't appear to be affected, floral patterned endpapers, hinges starting to split, ink signature and address to half title, green cloth with bevelled edges, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering and illustration to upper board, corners and spine ends rubbed. Size: 8 x 5.25 Inches. Grace Layton (illustrator). Plants.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A beautifully illustrated edition of this scarce work from Professor G. Henslow. Complete with 32 colour plates. A scarce first edition of Professor George Henslow"s "Floral Rambles in Highways and Byways". Henslow was an Anglican curate, botanist, and author. Containing 32 colour plates, collated, and one hundred in-text illustrations. Including two pages of publisher"s advertisements to the rear.Previous owner has signed in ink 'F.W. Littlewood' to recto of front endpaper. In original publisher"s full cloth binding, with gilt decoration and title to the front board and spine. Externally, smart. Some light edgewear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owners" ink signature on recto of front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Some very light spotting to a few centre pages. Otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

3 pp, 4to. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with minor traces of stub adhering to the blank reverse of second leaf. The year 1832 has been added in pencil in a contemporary hand. The letter is on paper watermarked 1831. Docketed at head 'Braybrooke Ld.' He begins by informing Henslow that Lord Grenville has lent him 'the Book in which his Notes upon the growth of Trees, during many years, had been made. He assures me that nothing worth your notice will be found among the MS remarks, but I am not of that opinion. Ld G is however very fond of the book as of an old acquaintance, & the entries if once lost can never be replaced, as no other Copy exists.' He feels 'very responsible' for the volume, but does not 'hesitate to entrust it to you knowing that you will lock it up & return it by a safe messenger'. The Braybrookes are 'stationary' at Audley End, and will be happy to see Henslow, if he wishes to return the volume in person. 'I have also a large specimen of lilac wood at your service, should you not have one already.' He is enclosing 'a paper which I copied from a loose MS document in my Evelyn's Sylva'. He ends the letter with a report of the fruit-bearing properties of Dr Clarke's mulberry tree: 'the indented leaves were also all on the lower part of the tree only, those above being all apparently of the common species'. In a postscript he reports that he has 'received no answer from Mr Blackie about the pruning system, perhaps he is afraid of entering the lists with you Cambridge Professors! ! !' The Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville (1759-1834), Baron Grenville, planted at least 2500 trees at Dropmore House, and at the time of his death his pinetum contained the largest collection of conifer species in Britain.…