[NATURAL HISTORY - PLANTS & TREES]. A group of 47 titles, including:

GODFREY, Michael J. Monograph and Iconograph of Native British Orchidacaeae. Cambridge: The University Press, 1933. FIRST EDITION. -- HOOKER, William Jackson. The Journal of Botany. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, et al, 1834-1842. 4 volumes.-- JOHNSON, Charles. British Poisonous Plants. London: Taylor and Francis, 1856. -- KOHLER, Hermann Adolph. Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen. Gera-Untermaus: Franz Eugene Kohler, [1887]. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION. -- LAWSON, George. The Royal Water-Lily of South America. Edinburgh: James Hogg, 1851. -- SOWERBY, Charles Edward. An Illustrated Catalogue of British Plants. London: Printed for the Author, 1841. -- STRUTT, Jacob George. Sylva Britannica or, Portraits of Forest Trees. London: Published for the Author by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [n.d.]. -- CASTILLO, Emmanuel Drake del. Illustrationes florae insularum Maris Pacifici. Paris: G. Masson, 1886-1892. 6 (of 7) volumes, 4to. 30 plates only (of?). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO J.M. COULTER (1851-1928), head of the Department of Botany at the University of Chicago.

And 39 others. Together, 47 works in 68 volumes, various 12mo, 8vo, 4to, and folio sizes, most in original or contemporary bindings, condition generally very good.

Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas

This lot is located in Chicago.