[Rarebooks] FS: Trio of Botanical Books

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Greene, Edward Lee. LANDMARKS OF BOTANICAL HISTORY. Stanford University 
Press: 1983. A "monumental work", the "first detailed history in English of 
western European botany and botanists from antiquity to the 18th century". 
The first volume was originally published in 1909 by the Smithsonian; the 
second volume is published here for the first time, and is based on 
handwritten notes made by Greene before his death in 1915. This edition was 
edited by Frank N. Egerton. 2 volumes. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 504 + 1139 
pages, b/w illustrations, djs; light wear, but a nice set. $100


Henrey, Blanche. BRITISH BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL LITERATURE BEFORE 
1800. Oxford University Press / Sandpiper Books: 1999. A reissue of the 
1975 edition. "Comprising a history and bibliography of botanical and 
horticultural books printed in England, Scotland and Ireland from the 
earliest times to 1800". 3 volumes. Hardcover. 7.5"x11", 290 + 748 + 142 
pages, several color and many b/w plates, djs; a nice set. $200


[Perkins] CATALOGUE OF THE WALTER FRANK PERKINS AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY. 
Southampton; Southampton University Library: 1961. Edition limited to 500 
copies. Perkins bibliography, 'British and Irish Writers on Agriculture' 
was published in 1929 and went through 3 editions. This book differs in 
that it is the library of his own personal library, and includes some 
subjects not covered in his bibliography, including forestry, horticulture, 
estate management, herd books, veterinary science and agricultural law. 
Hardcover. 6.5"x10", 291 pages, portrait; light soil, corner bump. $100



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