Seven assorted Natural History and Botany related volumes, i...

Hammer

£200

Seven assorted Natural History and Botany related volumes, including Charles Howie: 'Musci Fifenses: Specimens of the Mosses of Fifeshire; Illustrated by notes relative to their distribution over the county.', St. Andrews, Joseph Cook; London, W. Pamplin, [nd], circa 1879, signed & inscribed by the author on page preceding title page "Miss Kirke Greenmount with Chas Howie's Compts Sept 1879", 7,[112]pp, 112 pages of dried specimens laid down on sheets, with printed descriptions of each type of moss and species name etc, some with short pencil and pen & ink m/s notes by the author, old half calf gilt worn, top board near detached, East Midland Forensic Science Laboratory label on front pastedown. Very scarce; William Rhind: 'A History of the Vegetable Kingdom', Glasgow, Blackie, [nd], c.1850, engraved portrait frontis, added engraved portrait title, 12 full page engraved plates + numerous wood engraved ills. in text as called for, recased retaining original pictorial blindstamped cloth gilt; Ernest Henry Wilson: 'A Naturalist in Western China', Theophrastus Publishers, 1977, facsimile edition of the 1913 edition published by Methuen, 2 volumes, folding ,ap and numerous b/w plates as called for, uniform original cloth gilt; plus 3 others similar (7)