£220
Natural History. Darwin (Charles, F.R.S.), The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, first edition, London: John Murray, 1876, complete with bound-in errata slip, collating pp: viii, 482, stable split at 224/225, original publisher's green cloth, rubbed tips, split at recto gutter with loose board, 8vo, idem., The Power of Movement in Plants, Assisted by Francis Darwin, with Illustrations, first edition, London: John Murray, 1880, complete, pp: x, 592, 32 (publisher's adverts), rebacked original publisher's green cloth, corners bumped with loss, preserving some of the original spine, recto and verso gutters both reinforced, ex-lib copy with some of their ink stamps, but mostly their blind stamps, title-page with a former owner's ink MS inscription, 8vo, [&] a collection of approx. thirty-five 19th century Italian entomology pamphlets and off-prints, mostly works by Professors Camillo Rondani and Eugenio Ficalbi, a few illustrations, some original wrappers, mixed sizes, contemporaneous envelope portfolio, (3)
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