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Mushrooms, Russia and History
AU$14,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartValentina Pavolvna Wasson; R. Gordon Wasson
New York: Pantheon Books, 1957.The founding work of ethnomycology. One of 512 numbered copies.
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The Malay Archipelago
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlfred Russel Wallace
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869.First US edition of the English naturalist’s scientific exploration of 1854-1862.
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Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F. R. S.
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Evelyn; William Bray
London: Henry Colburn, 1818.Author of the “Sylva,” &c. &c. Comprising His Diary, From the Year 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. To Which is Subjoined, The Private Correspondence Between King Charles I. and His Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst His Majesty Was in Scotland, 1641, and at Other Times During the Civil War; Also Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, Ambassador to the Court of France, in the Time of King Charles I. and the Usurpation. The Whole Now First Published, From the Original Mss. in Two Volumes. Edited by William Bray. First Edition of John Evelyn’s Diary, published for the first time posthumously over 100 years after his death.
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Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty’s Dominions: ..
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Evelyn; A. Hunter
York: Thomas Wilson and Son for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.As it was Delivered in The Royal Society, on the 15th of October, 1662, Upon occasion of certain Queries propounded to the Illustrious Assembly, by the Hon. the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. Together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves. .. To Which is Added, The Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth. The Fourth Edition, with the Editor’s Last Corrections, and a Short Memoir of Him. One of the most influential works on forestry ever published in which Evelyn implores landowners to plant trees. This, the 1812 edition, being the fourth edition edited by Scottish physician Alexander Hunter and with illustrations by German engraver and botanist John Miller and with the the portrait frontispiece of Evelyn by Francesco Bartolozzi. This edition also contains Evelyn’s Terra.
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Flore Medicale, Decrite par F. O.
AU$5,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartF. P. Chaumeton
Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1814-1820.Monumental early nineteenth-century French work on medicinal and edible plants, authored by Francois Pierre Chaumeton, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, and Jean-Baptitse-Joseph-Anne-Cesar Turbas de Chamberet. The first six volumes, beginning with Absinthe comprise 360 hand-coloured stipple engravings by Ernestine Panckoucke (the publisher’s wife) and Pierre-Jean-Francois Turpin, produced at the height of the French stipple engraving tradition pioneered by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, a fantastic example of early nineteenth-century botanical art publishing. The final two volumes complete the work with extensive text on pharmacological uses and additional plates, including two large engraved folding tables, forming a comprehensive encyclopaedia of materia medica as understood at the end of the Napoleonic era. NISSEN BBI 349. This copy with the additional corrected description of plate XXI. From the collection of English horticulturalist, Maria Theresa Earle, with her bookplate in each volume, also the plate, name and address of American Rhododendron collector Dr. Paul Jay Bowman. This edition unrecorded in Australian collections, with only one institutional holding of any edition located, the 6-volume second edition (1828-1833) at the University of Melbourne.
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Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Reunion & Rodrigues
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnthony Cheke; Julian Hume
London: T & AD Poyser, 2008. -
Principles of Botany for Queensland Farmers
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartC. T. White
[Brisbane]: Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, No date.This copy with the stamp of Sir Raphael West Cilento.
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Introduction to the History of Mycology
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartG. C. Ainsworth
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.First printing of the history of mycology by British fungi expert Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905-1998).
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The First Hundred Years of the South Australian Museum, 1856-1956
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHerbert M. Hale
Adelaide: Museum Board, 1956. -
Symposium on Monsoons of the World
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; et al.
New Delhi: HIND Union Press, 1960.Held at Meteorological Office, New Delhi, 19-21 February 1958. Under the auspices of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, World Meteorological Organisation, International Association for Meterology and Atmospheric Physics and the Government of India
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Birdwing Butterflies of the World
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBernard D’Abrera
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1975. -
Historical Drawings of Moths and Butterflies
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHarriet Scott; Helena Scott
Roseville: Craftsman House, 1988. -
The Fairy-Wrens: A Monograph of the Maluridae
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRichard Schodde; Richard Weatherly
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1982. -
Butterflies of the Australian Region
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBernard D’Abrera
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1971. -
Introduction to the Mushrooms, Toadstools and Larger Fungi of Queensland
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. E. C. Aberdeen
Brisbane: The Queensland Naturalists’ Club, 1979.Handbook No. 1 of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club.
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The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. A. L. Watson; G. Theischinger; H. M. Abbey
Canberra and Melbourne: CSIRO Publications, 1991. -
Adventure Unlimited: A Diviner Travels The World
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEvelyn Penrose
London: Neville Spearman, 1958.Memoir of the English water diviner Evelyn Penrose recounting her tales around the world finding water, oil, and gold. She lived and worked extensively in Australia.
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Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Holmgren
Hepburn: Holmgren Design Services, 2002.This copy signed by Holmgren on the title page.
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One Hundred Islands: The Flora of the Outer Furneaux
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStephen Harris; Alex Buchanan; Amy Connolly
[Hobart]: Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, 2001. -
The Gardeners of Eden
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. D. Graham
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973.