[NATURAL HISTORY]. -- BRADLEY, Richard. A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature. London: W. Mears, 1721. 4o. Title printed in red and black. 28 hand-colored engraved plates. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: John Tasburgh (early ownership inscription on title). FIRST EDITION. "Bradley was a prolific science writer... His style was clear and readable and his reputation immense" (D.S.B. II, p. 390). Pritzel 1077. -- FABER, Johann Matthaeus. Strychnomania explicans strychni manici antiquorum, vel solani furiosi recentiorum historiae monumentum, indolis nocumentum, antidoti documentum. Augsburg: Goebel, 1677. 4o. Engraved frontispiece and 12 engraved plates. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Provenance: British Museum, duplicate (ink stamps on verso of title and at end). FIRST EDITION. An interesting monograph on Nightshade and cases of poisoning. Hunt 351; NLM/Krivatsy 3739; Pritzel 2788. -- GREW, Nehemiah. The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. London: W. Rawlins for the Author, 1682. 2o. 83 engraved plates, some double-page. Contemporary calf (rebacked, covers worn and with corners repaired). FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of "Grew's chief work which gained him the reputation of being one of the most distinguished scientists of the 17th century" (Hunt). Henrey 162; Horblit 43b; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758; NLM/Krivatsy 4986; Norman 946; Wellcome III, p.164; Pritzel 3557; Wing G-1945. -- VAILLANT, Sebastien. Botanicon parisiense, ou denombrement par ordre alphabetique des plantes, qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Leiden and Amsterdam: J.& H. Verbeek and B. Lakeman, 1727. 2o. Half-title, title printed in red and black. Engraved portrait by Houbraken, folding engraved map of the archdiocese of Paris and 33 engraved plates of plants and plant details by J. Wandelaar afer Claude Aubriet. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. FIRST EDITION. "Sebastien Vaillant is honored in France as the man who first understood the nature of sex in plants. He was a student of Tournefort's and considerably influenced Linnaeus" (Hunt 470). Nissen BBI 2033. (4)