DOUGLAS, JAMES. Lilium Sarniense: or, a Description of the Guernsay-Lilly... London, 1725. 2 parts in one vol., folio, 346 x 214 mm., contemporary calf; plates torn at inner margin. FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved folding plates. Henrey 662 -- LAMBERT, AYLMER BOURKE. A Description of the Genus Cinchona, comprehending the various Species of Vegetables from which the Peruvian and other Barks of a Similar quality are taken... London, 1797. 4to, contemporary half calf, covers detached; some offsetting. FIRST EDITION, 13 double-page engraved plates. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Lambert to Francis Masson. Henrey 919; Nissen BBI 1122; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4144. Dillworth Howard, bookplate -- MADDOCK, JAMES. The Florist's Directory, a treatise on the Culture of Flowers. To which is added, a Supplementary Dissertation on Solis, Manures, & C... A new Edition... by Samuel Curtis. London, 1810. 8vo, 212 x 130 mm., contemporary calf, defective. 8 colored engraved plates. Samuel George Smith, Royal Horticultural Society/Lindley Library (cancelled), bookplates -- WAHLENBERG, GEORG. Flora Upsaliensis Enumerans Plantas circa Upsaliam spote Crescentes... Upsala, 1820. 8vo, 220 x 155 mm., vellum, uncut. Engraved folding map. Pritzel 9915. (4)

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DOUGLAS, JAMES. Lilium Sarniense: or, a Description of the Guernsay-Lilly... London, 1725. 2 parts in one vol., folio, 346 x 214 mm., contemporary calf; plates torn at inner margin. FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved folding plates. Henrey 662 -- LAMBERT, AYLMER BOURKE. A Description of the Genus Cinchona, comprehending the various Species of Vegetables from which the Peruvian and other Barks of a Similar quality are taken... London, 1797. 4to, contemporary half calf, covers detached; some offsetting. FIRST EDITION, 13 double-page engraved plates. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Lambert to Francis Masson. Henrey 919; Nissen BBI 1122; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4144. Dillworth Howard, bookplate -- MADDOCK, JAMES. The Florist's Directory, a treatise on the Culture of Flowers. To which is added, a Supplementary Dissertation on Solis, Manures, & C... A new Edition... by Samuel Curtis. London, 1810. 8vo, 212 x 130 mm., contemporary calf, defective. 8 colored engraved plates. Samuel George Smith, Royal Horticultural Society/Lindley Library (cancelled), bookplates -- WAHLENBERG, GEORG. Flora Upsaliensis Enumerans Plantas circa Upsaliam spote Crescentes... Upsala, 1820. 8vo, 220 x 155 mm., vellum, uncut. Engraved folding map. Pritzel 9915. (4)

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