London, printed for T. Payne and Son, 1777 [fourth edition]/ 1770. 'Gardening, in the perfection to which it has been lately brought in England, is entitled to a place of considerable rank among the liberal arts. It is as superior to landskip [sic] painting, as a reality to a representation... More about Observations on Modern Gardening, illustrated by Descriptions
London, J. Davis, 1795. With 71 hand-coloured botanical plates. More about English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants .. Volume IV
Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1805 and 1806 [first Dutch edition]/ 1802. A translation by J.F. Serrurier of the 'Pomologisches theoretisch-praktisches Handwörterbuch' by Johann Ludwig Christ (the title page here incorrectly giving his initials as 'J.C.'); it incorporates additional material from 'A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees' (1802) by..... More about Fruitkundig Woordenboek
London, printed for J. Harding, J. White and J. Mawman, 1810 [third edition]. The author was 'Planter and Forest Pruner to the Late and Present Duke of Bedford'. More about The Forest Pruner; or Timber Owner's Assistant. A Treatise on the Training or Management of...
London, printed for Sherwood, Jones and Co., 1824. The Sir Joseph Banks contribution (pages 151-166 plus the folding plate, based on drawings by Francis Bauer) first appeared in the fourth edition of this book in 1805. There is a five-line reference in it to "Specimens received from the colony of... More about Practical Observations on the British Grasses, especially such as are best adapted to the laying...
London, T. & W. Boone, 1835. The front flyleaf is inscribed in ink 'To The Honble Mrs Byng from her old and very sincere friend The Author. Portsmouth 19 June 1835'. A Byng family armorial bookplate ('Tuebor', I Will Defend) is mounted on the pastedown (offsetting a little onto the... More about Colonization, particularly in Southern Australia. With Some Remarks on Small Farms and...
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London, J. Cross, 1838. Ferguson 2525 (not noting the four-page insert or the small map); McLaren 10400 (basically copying Ferguson). The unnumbered four-page postscript after page 208 provides a summary of Adelaide newspapers 'received up to the 14th July'; in it, mention is made of Eyre's overlanding expedition from Port... More about Six Months in South Australia; with Some Account of Port Philip [sic] and Portland Bay, in...
Melbourne, Slater, Williams, and Hodgson, 1855. Provenance: Robert O'Hara Burke, with his full initials (ROHB) written in pencil at the head of the title page. (Early pencilling on the five pages of advertisements and two blank pages, comprising a short list of farm-related items, a few sketch plans, and some... More about How to Settle in Victoria: or, Instructions on the Purchase and Occupation of the Land; with...
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1859. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 1 of 1859. The report contains a detailed list of all species of plants collected, although it included only three new genera and seventeen new species: the complete index 'would convey a more comprehensive idea of the vegetation which clothes the barren... More about Report on the Plants collected during Mr Babbage's Expedition into the North-Western Interior of...
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1861. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 42 of 1861; the report covers the calendar year 1860. Contents include a densely-printed two-page 'Report by the Judges of the Vineyards' (E.B. Heyne, Alwin Seidel and J.W. Dardel), and an eight-page report by the Director of the Experimental Farm (Thomas Skilling)... More about Second Annual Report presented by the Council to the Board of Agriculture
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1861. The essays are 'Collection and Storage of Water in Victoria' by Frederick Acheson (49 pages); 'Agriculture in Victoria' by William Story (pages 163 pages plus a plan); 'Origin and Distribution of Gold in Quartz Veins' by Henry Rosales (31 pages) and 'Development of the Resources of... More about The Victorian Government Prize Essays, 1860
Adelaide, W.C. Rigby and Melbourne, Geo. Robertson, 1864. Sir Samuel Davenport (1818-1906) was an ardent promoter of agriculture and new industries in South Australia and served as president of both the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia ('Australian Dictionary... More about Some New Industries for South Australia. Silkworms, Mulberry, Olives, Tobacco, etc., etc
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 55 of 1866. Mainly routine matters, but there is a page of information and 'Instructions to Botanical Collector' prepared by Dr Richard Schomburgk, Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. More about Northern Territory Correspondence.. Copies of all despatches with a list of stores .. and number...
Montauban, Forestie Neveu, 1868, 1869 and 1870. The first two years contain all 12 monthly issues; the third volume ends with #7, the July issue (clearly not the last one published). The text is in French; there are some excellent articles on wine (for example, 'Cuvé à étages pour la... More about Journal d'Agriculture Pratique, publié par la Société d'Agriculture du Département de...
Chicago, Griggs, 1869. With the bookplate of Edward Charles Stirling and the later nameplate of Noel Lothian. More about The Mississipi Valley. Its Physical Geography, including Sketches of the Topography, Botany,...
Brisbane, 'The Queenslander', 1870. With the contemporary pencilled ownership signature of one D.H. Cudmore, and his occasional pencilled emphases (and in two places, his hard-won observation 'Bad to thrash'). Ferguson 12015 (calling for only 18 pages of advertisements); a second edition appeared in 1883. More about The Sugar Cane in Australia. A Series of Essays upon Cultivation and Manufacture
London, Bell and Daldy, 1871. More about A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns. Containing Species and Varieties, none of which are...
Melbourne, E. & D. Syme, 'The Leader' Office, and Adelaide, Frearson & Bro. [1874]. 'The following Papers are reprinted from "The Farm" section of the Melbourne "Leader".... The writer left Melbourne on 1st September , 1874, and returned on the 30th November. The early Papers were written during September, in... More about Agriculture in South Australia. By the Special Reporter of 'The Leader'
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg and Sons, 1877 (second edition). A rarity: this is only the second copy we have seen in over 40 years, and Trove records only five institutional holdings. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural... More about The Amateur Gardener. Second Edition (greatly enlarged) of the Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Garden
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg and Sons, 1877 (second edition). A rarity: this is only the third copy we have seen in over 40 years, and Trove records only five institutional holdings. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural... More about The Amateur Gardener. Second Edition (greatly enlarged) of the Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Garden
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1878. Primarily accounts from Mauritius newspapers commenting on the Minister Controlling the Northern Territory of South Australia's communication 'relative to the land you wish to bring under cultivation'. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 43 of 1878. More about Northern Territory Correspondence. Correspondence relative to the Establishment of Plantations...
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1881. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 179 of 1881. More about Land Selections in Northern Territory for Sugarcane Cultivation
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1882 to 1890. The following information from the entry on the South Australian botanical artist Rosa Catherine Fiveash (1854-1938) in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' is a potted history of the project: 'In 1882 Rosa was invited to illustrate "The Forest Flora of South Australia" by John... More about The Forest Flora of South Australia
London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1884. An account by an Englishman of twenty months in America in 1882-83; 'my journey took me through Wyoming, about Montana, across to Washington territory, then back from California, through Nevada into Idaho. Cattle, cow-boys, round-ups, sheep-driving, herders, and life on the prairie, these are... More about Prairie Experiences in handling Cattle and Sheep
Adelaide, RSSA, 1886. This issue also contains WINNECKE, Charles: Plants collected in Central Australia (4 pages); it is a revised and corrected version of the list published in his official report of his 1883 expedition (see SA Parliamentary Paper Number 39 of 1884). More about Remarks on some Indigenous Shrubs of South Australia suitable for Cultivation as Fodder....
Adelaide, RSSA, 1889. Treating of the country 'following the Overland Telegraph Line northward from the Flinders to the Macdonnell Ranges [and traversing] the Lake Eyre basin'. This issue also contains TATE, Professor R.: A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants of Extra-Tropical South Australia (61 pages) and A Revision of... More about On the Geological Structure and Physical Features of Central Australia. [Contained in]...
Sydney, Government Printer, 1892. Technical Education Series, No. 10. In categories, such as Food (6 pages), Drugs (7 pages) and Timbers (7 pages). More about A Bibliography of Australian Economic Botany. Part I
Wellington, George Didsbury, Government Printer, May 1892. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the geology, botany and zoology of New Zealand. More about Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1891. Vol. XXIV (Seventh of New Series
Wellington, John MacKay, Government Printer, June 1896. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the exploration, geology, botany and zoology of New Zealand. More about Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1895. Vol. XXVIII (Eleventh of New Series
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Washington, Government Printing Office, 1896. Francis Hobart Herrick (1858-1940) was for many decades Professor of Biology at Western Reserve University, Ohio. His 'scholarly publishing career spanned over 50 years, 1883-1937. His early research focused on the American lobster in New England. His work revealed that over-harvesting egg-producing adult lobsters was... More about The American Lobster. A Study of its Habits and Development. [Contained in] 'Bulletin of the...
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Washington, Government Printing Office, 1897. 'The following treatise is based upon observations gathered during two different visits to the Commander Islands, off the coast of Kamchatka, the first undertaken in 1882-83, during the palmiest days of the fur-seal industry, the latter being last year (1895) ... to study the recent... More about The Russian Fur Seal Islands. [Contained in] 'Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission',...
Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1897. Science Talks to Young Thinkers series. More about Facts and Fancies about Flowers
Wellington, John McKay, Government Printer, June 1900. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the geology, botany, zoology, and early printing of New Zealand. More about Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1899. Vol. XXXII (Fifteenth of New Series
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, 1901. Parsons (17 pages), Holtze (5 pages) plus two appendices: Extracts from the Report of the Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Palmerston for 1888 (4 pages) and 1898 (2 pages). More about The Northern Territory of South Australia. A Brief Historical Account: Pastoral and Mineral...
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, 1901. 'Papers read before the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch': Parsons (16 pages), Holtze (5 pages), and two appendices: 'Extracts from the Report of the Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Palmerston' for 1888 (4 pages) and 1898 (2 pages). More about The Northern Territory of South Australia. A Brief Historical Account: Pastoral and Mineral...
London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1901. With the pencilled inscription (dated 4 September 1936) of a member of the Reynell family. Volume V. in the Handbooks of Practical Gardening. More about The Book of Bulbs
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, 1902. Reprinted from 'The Register', 'The Adelaide Observer' and 'The Evening Journal'. More about The Gateway of the Interior. How to utilize Australia's Great Waterways
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1905. More about Cotton-Growing in the Northern Territory. Report .. 1904
Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1905. More about Cotton-Growing in the Northern Territory. Report .. 1904
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1907. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 12 of 1907 (Second Session); only 900 copies printed. The items under discussion are primarily of a tropical nature: cotton fibres, mohair, vegetable oils, rice, rubber, coffee beans, tobacco leaf, dates (and fish). More about Bounties Bill, 1907. Memorandum, including Report of Conference of State Agricultural Experts,...
Adelaide, AAAS, 1907. This issue also contains HOWITT, A.W.: Personal Reminiscences of Central Australia and the Burke and Wills Expedition (43 pages); KLAATSCH, Hermann: Some Notes on Scientific Travel amongst the Black Population of Tropical Australia in 1904, 1905, 1906 (16 pages plus 17 plates and a folding map) and... More about The Place of the Australian Aboriginal in Recent Anthropological Research. [Contained in the]...
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, 1907. Reprinted from 'The Register', 'The Adelaide Observer' and 'The Evening Journal'. 'With the Compliments of the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the State of South Australia' is printed at the head of the front cover. More about Conquering the Desert. Conservation - Reclamation - Irrigation. A National Policy for Progressive...
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. One of the Handbooks of Practical Gardening series; with the armorial bookplate of Sir Josiah Symon. More about The Book of the Chrysanthemum
London, The Studio, 1907-1911. 'The Studio': Special Winter Number, 1907-08; Special Winter Number, 1908-09 and Special Spring Number, 1911. More about The Gardens of England. In the Southern and Western Counties. [Together with]: ..In the Midlands...
Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer [for the AAAS], 1907. Inscribed in ink on the front cover 'With the author's compliments'. More about The Place of the Australian Aboriginal in Recent Anthropological Research. Read before the...
Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1908 [first edition]. More about Handbook of South Australia. [Cover sub-title]: Progress and Resources
Sydney, Government Printer, 1909. With the later ownership details rewritten into a presentation inscription, and the later ownership signature of W.J. Mayo, and two related newspaper clippings loosely inserted. More about Sir Joseph Banks. The 'Father of Australia'
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, 1911 [a new work - see footnote]. Reprinted from The Register and The Observer; a selection of some of the most educative and interesting articles from the 'Man on the Land' column. A pamphlet with the same title but containing a different selection of material was published... More about The Man on the Land. Practical Points for Producers
