[London]. [ 1633]. Original black and white botanical engravings on a folio leaf, laid paper 34.6 x 23 cm, with explanatory text, edges age-toned, but in very good condition. Handsome engravings of Gromell or Gromwell plants (borage), with text noting its medicinal use "especially [to] breaketh the stone in the..... More

[London]. Hullmandel and Walton, [ 1863]. Hand coloured lithograph heightened with gum arabic, 28.6 x 42.8cm (plate size), 32.6 x 43.3cm (with trimmed margins), toning at the plate mark and to the verso of the plate, paper repair affecting the upper left corner of the plate. A good example. Plate..... More

[London]. Walter, [ 1873]. Fine hand coloured lithograph heightened with gum arabic, 38.6 x 55.8cm discolouration to the top edge, the face of the plate clean and unmarked, small stitch holes to the lower margin. A very good example. Fine plate (no. 51) from the fourth volume of John Gould's..... More

[London]. Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, [1841- 1842]. Fine hand coloured lithograph heightened with gum arabic, 52.2 x 35.5cm (plate size), 55.5 x 37.8cm (sheet size), toning at the plate mark and to the margins, verso of the plate browned, but the face of the plate clean and unmarked, small stitch holes..... More

London. 1798. Engraving on watermarked wove paper, 33.3 x 24.9 cm (plate mark), 42 x 26.6 cm (sheet), edges a little browned and dusty, but a very good dark impression. Fine botanical illustration of the climbing chili, prepared for the 'Account of the Voyage of Jean-François Galaup-La Pérouse' (1785-1788), the..... More

Tokyo. Tokyo Imperial University. March- September, 1937. The four quarterly parts for 1937, numerous tables and maps, many folding, black and white photographic plates (captioned in English and Japanese), xii (index and contents in English and Japanese) + 1053pp, with the four original title-wrappers (in English and Japanese) bound in..... More