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Sertum Orchidaceum by John Lindley 1838
£95 eachSertum Orchidaceum by John Lindley 1838
Spectacular large-scale prints of the most beautiful known Orchids selected, selected by John Lindley, perhaps the greatest early orchidologist, drawn by Sarah Anne Drake and lithographed by Maxime Gauci. Although John Lindley is now known as a botanist of wide accomplishments, the study of orchids had been an area of special interest to him from early in his career when he was employed by the orchid specialist William Cattley.£95 each -
An English cast of a domed finial,
£45An English cast of a domed finial,
square in plan, each arched elevation panelled with incised anthemion ornament,£45 -
British Seaweeds, by S.O. Gray published c1870,
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Pinnock’s Knowledge 1838,
£120 eachPinnock’s Knowledge 1838,
Woodblock print published 1838.William Pinnock, born 1782 was an, English publisher and educational writer. In 1817 he went to London and, in partnership with Samuel Mander, began to publish cheap educational works. The firm's first productions were a series of Catholic instructional works aimed at the young, arranged in the form of question and answer, of the different departments of knowledge. They were followed by abridged editions of Goldsmith's histories of England, Greece and Rome, and a series of county histories which were no less profitable. Pinnock lost nearly all his money in outside speculation, and died in London on the 21st of October 1843.
£120 each