Videnskab og natur

ENGLISH GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES 1700-1750.

Hussey, Christopher. · 1967 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Country Life Limited 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. 174pp. Frontis., 246 b/w. ills. from photos., 11 diagrams. Bookplate, title page sl. spotted, some sporadic spotting to text and e.ps., original gilt lettered green cloth, boards lightly spotted, in lightly soiled rubbed and chipped d/w....

“ELYSIUM BRITANNICUM” AND EUROPEAN GARDENING. Edited by Therese O’Malley and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn.

Evelyn, John. · 1998 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Dumbarton Oaks Research library and Collection, Washington D.C. 1998. 1st Ed. 4to. [viii] + 310pp. Profusely illus. throughout in b/w. Ex.-libris Hilary McKee, fore edge of half title and title page lightly spotted, occasional pencil annotations, good in d/w. Dumbarton Oaks C...

THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. Trees and Shrubs. Perennials and Annuals. Design by Jill Bryan

Phillips, Roger and Rix, Martyn. · 2002 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Macmillan 2002. 5th Imp. 2 vols. 4to. 491pp. + [i] + 539pp. + [i]. Profusely illus. throughout in colour from photos. Good in d/ws. very lightly faded to spines, together in sl. rubbed gilt lettered green slipcase.

THE HERBAL Or General History of Plants. The Complete 1633 Edition as Revised and Enlarged by Thomas Johnson.

Gerard, John. · 1975 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Dover Publications, Inc., New York 1975. Facsimile Reprint of 1733 Ed. Sm. thick folio. [viii] + [xxxviii] + 1630pp. + [ii] + Index. Profusely ills. throughout. F.e.ps. very lightly browned, good in sl. chipped price clipped d/w. faded to spine and sl. waterstained along lowe...

SYLVA 1664. Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber ... To which is Annexed POMONA, Or an Appendix concerning Fruit-trees, In relation to Cider, ... Also Kalendarium Hortenses; ...

Evelyn, John. · 1973 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Scolar Press 1973. Facsimile Reprint of 1664 Ed., Reprinted. Sm. Folio. [iv] + [xvi] + 120pp. + [iv] + 83pp. + [i] errata. Top edge of e.ps. lightly faded and spotted, ownership ink stamp, edges of leaves spotted, original gilt lettered pale grey cloth with dark blue floral de...

BUTTERFLY LANDSCAPES. A Celebration of British Butterflies Painted in Natural Habitat.

Tratt, Richard. · 2005 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Langford Press 2005. 1st Ed. 4to. viii + 208pp. Numerous colour plates. Sl. rubbed d/w. Inscribed ‘To Vivianne very best wishes from Richard Tratt.’

MR GOULD’S TROPICAL BIRDS. Comprising twenty four plates selected from John Gould’s Folios together with descriptions of the birds taken from his original text edited and introduced by ...

(Gould). Mannering, Eva. · 1955 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Ariel Press 1955. Thin folio. xvipp. text. Many text ills., 24 cold. plates. Some light age toning, original limp card wrapps. with very sm. closed tear to lower edge of upper wrapp., in d/w. with affixed lightly soiled and chupped glacene d/w., couple of closed sm. marginal t...

FALCONS. By Richard Sale.

No. 132. · 2016 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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William Collins 2016. 1st Ed. [xii] + 594pp. + [ii] adverts. 309 figures mainly in colour from photos., many diagrams. Light blue dec. e.ps., very good in Robert Gillmor d/w. very lightly faded to spine.

THE EYE OF THE LYNX. Galileo, his Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History.

Freedberg, David. · 2002 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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The University of Chicago Press 2002. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xii + 513pp. + [i]. Numerous colour and b/w. ills. Ownership ink stamp to upper corner of half title and sl. offset onto verso of front f.e.p., good in d/w. faded to spine.

BLOOD & THUNDER. The Unofficial Biography of Jonah Lomu.

(Lomu). Shirley, Phil. · 1999 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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HarperCollins Publishers 1999. 1st UK Ed. 221pp. + [iii]. 8 pages of b/w. photos. Light marginal browning, good in lightly rubbed d/w. Signed by Jonah Lomu to title page.

A HUNTING ALPHABET.

Armour, G.D. · 1929 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Country Life Ltd. 1929. 4to. [ii]pp. Red and black title page. 26 leaves each with rhyme and tipped in colour ills. Light spotting to e.ps., with the signature of ‘Claire Felicia Moore 6th ept. 1944’, original cream hessian backed green cloth boards with title label to upper b...

CARDIFF ARMS PARK. An Illustrated Architectural and Social History. Foreword by Rod Shead.

Allen, David; Baker, Simon; Carter, Sal; Prescott, Gwyn and Hignell, Andrew. · 2021 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Cardiff Rugby Community Foundation 2021. Royal 8vo. [xii] + 404pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w., with many from photos. Very good in d/w. No. 237 of a Limited Edition of 250 Copies.

WORLDS BEFORE ADAM. The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform.

Rudwick, Martin J.S. · 2008 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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University of Chicago Press 2008. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xxiv] + 614pp. Numerous figures throught. Very good in d/w.

JOHN WHITEHURST of Derby. Clockmaker & Scientist 1713-88.

(Whitehurst). Craven, Maxwell. · 1996 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Mayfield Books, Ashbourne 1996. 1st Ed. Slim Royal 8vo. 272pp. Port. frontis., profusely illus. throughout in b/w. mainly from photos. Very good in d/w. From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research Department at Allied ...

ESSAYS ON THE FLOATING-MATTER OF THE AIR in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection.

Tyndall, John. · 1883 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Longmans, Green and Co. 1883. 2nd Ed. [xx] + 338pp. + [ii] adverts. Many figures. Hinges cracked, gilt lettered dark burgundy cloth with blind embossed border to boards, minor soiling and rubbing, sl. waterstain to lower board, spine browned with corners and head and tail of s...

PRICE LIST OF CHEMICAL AND SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AND PURE CHEMICALS, Manufactures and Sold by Baird & Tatlock, Agents by Appointment to the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. Contractors to Her Majesty’s Government, Makers of Physical Apparatus.

Tatlock & Baird. · 1894 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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..., London & Glagow 1894. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. Title page + 291pp. + [i]. Over 1570 figures. Light marginal age toning, very occasional neat ink annotations, hinges cracked, f.e.ps. browned, original gilt lettered blind ruled green cloth, soiled with minor rubbing, corners and ...

PRICE LIST OF CHEMICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, METALLURGICAL, APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS. Microscopes and Accessories.

Standley Belcher & Mason Ltd. · 1930 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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..., Birmingham N.d. c.[1930]. Sm. 4to. [iv] + 325pp. + [i] + 43pp. list of Blowpipes, Furnaces and Laboratory Apparatus + [i] + xiv price list + [xxii] index. Profusely illus. throughout. Later e.ps.?, original black lettered red cloth, soiled, with some fading, sm. stain to ...

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THERMOMETER. Prefaced by an Account of his Life & Works and the Use of his Thermometer over Two Hundred Years by Jill Austin and Anita McConnell.

Six, James. · 1980 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Nimbus Books 1980. Facsimile Reprint of 1794 Ed. Slim Narrow 8vo. (24 x 13 cms). 26pp. + [xiv] + 62pp. + [ii] + xxiv appendix. 4 plates, 1 folding, 4 figures, several tables. Very good in gilt lettered brown cloth backed grey boards with paper title label to upper board. From...

BURSTING THE LIMITS OF TIME. The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform. Based on the Turner Lectures delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1996.

Rudwick, Martin J.S. · 2005 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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University of Chicago Press 2005. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xxiv] + 708pp. Numerous figures throughout. Very good in d/w.

THE HISTORY OF THE BAROMETER.

Middleton, W.E. Knowles. · 1994 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Baros Books, Trowbridge 1994. Reprint. Large 8vo. xx + 489pp. + [iii]. Port. frontis, 196 figures. In price clipped d/w. with some very minor chipping, head of spine sl. bumped with some very light fading. With 16pp. (177-192)pp. extract from Lardner’s Museum of Science (1854...