Rbg edinburgh (19 Ergebnisse)

Paper covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st English edition. Text block slightly curved. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used; donors' inscriptions. 496 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. No inscriptions. As new. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 276 pages. 9.84x6.30x0.79 inches. In Stock.

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. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 63 pages. 9.84x6.30x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. pp.170 with 57 b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. New. RRP £20.00. Tells the fascinating story of some remarkable native forests and heritage trees of the European yew (Taxus baccata) located in the UK and overseas. The progeny of the trees have been planted to form a unique conservation hedge which now surrounds the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It comprises of almost 2,000 trees collected from 16 countries where they are threatened.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 63 pages. 9.84x6.30x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 276 pages. 9.84x6.30x0.79 inches. In Stock.

pp.187 with col. photos. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine softback. Just 500 copies printed. The result of a three year intensive study by the RBG Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of some of Chile's most threatened plant species. The major part of the book gives up to date information on the distribution, habitat, identification, conservation and propagation of 46 threatened species.…

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.…

pp.v, 98 with maps. 4to. Fine softback. As new. 'The fungal flora of Shetland has been compiled from the results of six years collecting combined with records gleaned from the literature and notes of other collectors. In spine of the rather limited range of vegetational types in Shetland a surprising number of taxa have been recorded (984).' From the Preface.…

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.…

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st edition. A critical biography of the outstanding botanist who established Calcutta Botanic Garden as one of the principal botanical institutions of the world, and who wrote the first Flora of India. xviii, 286 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English. …

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.…

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.…

Hardcover. pp.202 with 81 plates of fine botanical illus., plus dist. maps. Folio. Fine hardback in Publisher's slipcase also in fine condition. Limited edition of just 450 copies, this being copy No. 63. Comes with an A4 illustrated Compliments slip from the Authors and Artists, being signed by the three Authors and two others whom we believe to be contributing artists. The preferred larger format limited edition. Comprises eighty-one unique watercolour paintings which painstakingly and accurately record the minutest of details to bring alive the beautiful plant life of this fascinating part of the world. Supported by insightful, easily absorbed text. Signed by Author(s).…

Nine part set with line drawings. 8vo. Softback. Comes with a fine copy of the 'Colour Identification Chart'. From the collection of Ted Blackwell, highly regarded Fungus Recorder for Herefordshire with his occ. informed annotations. Thor. vg. to fine softbacks. With Errata for Part 2 Provides information for anyone interested in the larger fungi of the British Isles. In all parts keys to sections and species are given, together with full descriptions of the taxa based on the personal observations of the executive editors or, in the case of rare species, on authoritative descriptions of material.…