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For the Nature Lover: Books on Floral & Botanical Wonders

Immerse yourself in the realms of nature with our exquisite collection of floral and botanical books. Handpicked by Bernard Shapero and visionary floral & event designer Amie Bone, these volumes are a tribute to the beauty and intricacy of the natural world. Discover a world where every page blossoms with life, making the perfect gift for any nature lover this Christmas.

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    The Speaking Parrots:

    RUSS, Karl; SCHULTZE, Leonora.
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    The first edition in English of Karl Russ' (1833-1899) introductory guide to 'Speaking Parrots', describing over 100 species of bird, with 8 chrom...

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    A monograph of the pittidae, or, family of ant thrushes.

    ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud.
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    Beautiful plates of exotic ornithology. The preferred second edition of Elliot's work on the pittidae, with new text and twenty plates by Hart not ...

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    Iconographie des Perroquets

    SOUANCÉ, Charles de.
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    Souancé's Perroquets is a fine sequel to the works of Levaillant and Bourjot Saint-Hilaire. Together these three works constitute the definitive s...

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    A New Dictionary of Natural History;

    MARTYN, William Frederic (pseud. MAVOR, William Fordyce).
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    Illustrated with 100 hand-coloured plates. The first edition of William Fordyce Mavor's (1758-1837) attractively illustrated A New Dictionary of Na...

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  • 111267_2 111267

    A Monograph of the Lories,

    MIVART, St. George Jackson.
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    Parrots by Keulemans. Mivart's Lories is perhaps the greatest and most desirable monograph on the nectar feeding parrots ever published. Mivart (18...

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    Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets.

    LEVAILLANT, François; BARRABAND, Jacques (illustrator).
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    Large paper copy. First edition in the preferred folio format of this celebrated work, which stands in the front rank of ornithological books.An ex...

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    New Illustrations of Zoology,

    BROWN, Peter.
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    First illustration of an Australian bird. Notable for being the first book to include an illustration of an Australian bird. Brown (fl.1766-1791) w...

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    Schnauzer Buch In Holzschnitten.

    LANG, Fritz.
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    Lovely woodcut illustrations of the Schnauzer dogFirst edition, one of 400 (this copy is unnumbered); folio (31 x 24 cm); 10 woodcut illustrations...

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  • 109755_2 109755

    A Monograph of the Cranes.

    BLAAUW, Frans Ernst.
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    Ornithology. This beautiful monograph on Cranes was originally the project of the director of the Amsterdam Zoo, G. F. Westerman. However, his unti...

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    Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vogel.

    SPALOWSKY, Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton.
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    Luxurious copy with original watercolours. Unique copy of one of the rarest works of zoological book illustration, from the library of the banker, ...

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    Herbarium

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    Two volumes, leaves loosely inserted, 4to; with numerous dried plant and flower specimens mounted onto the pages, some with accompanying Latin na...

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    The night-flyers. A series of moth pictures.

    [HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel].
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    'A scarce treasure for the collector' (Dunbar).Published in Paul Gerard's series Cream and Gold Presents appropriate for marriage, birthday and fe...

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    A General History of Quadrupeds.

    BEWICK, Thomas.
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    Imperial paper copy. This edition includes thirteen new figures, one of which, the Spotted Hyena replaced an earlier figure; a rearrangement of the...

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    The Universal Conchologist,

    MARTYN, Thomas.
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    An exceptionally fine copy. The 'South Seas' issue of Thomas Martyn's (d.1811) richly illustrated The Universal Conchologist, comprising 80 hand-co...

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    Papillons Exotiques

    CRAMER, Pieter; STOLL, Caspar.
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    Important history of entomology. This important history of entomology, abundantly described and beautifully illustrated, is the first book on exoti...

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  • 104048_2 104048

    British Birds; A Naturalists Sketch Book; British Mammals; Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland,

    THORBURN, Archibald.
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    A Fine collection of limited edition titles by the acclaimed artist archibald Thorburn F.Z.S (1860 -1935), a Scottish artist renowned for his accu...

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CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE

We are delighted to present our seasonal end-of-year catalogue, comprising rare books, manuscripts, maps and modern art. Make this season truly memorable with timeless treasures that hold stories from the past.

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