Rbg edinburgh (19 Ergebnisse)

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,…

pp.104 with col. and b/w. illus. and b/w. photos. Landscape 4to. Fine softback. A beautifully illustrated book of the work of Lilian Snelling, a woman regarded as the most important British botanical artist of her time. From 1915 to 1921, Snelling worked at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. This book tells her story and reprod…

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 Garde…

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…

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 o…

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 rec…

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 s…

Hardcover. pp.vii, 176 superbly illustrated with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback with very gently sunned spine. Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn (18201895) was a Madras-born Scottish physician, botanist, forester and land owner. Sometimes known as the father of scientific forestry in India. More than 200 of the dra…

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 l…

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, h…

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 l…

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 bel…

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 i…