Rare books about plants
A specimen of the botany of New Holland / by James Edward Smith
London : Printed by J. Davis: Published by J. Sowerby, 1793
Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea islands ... /
by Robert Sweet
London : James Ridgway, 1827-1828
- the first book of Australian botany to contain illustrations drawn from life, rather than dried specimens.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian Territory / by George Bentham; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
London : Lovell Reeve, 1863-1878
The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross / by Joseph Dalton Hooker
London : Reeve, 1844-60
The banksias / Celia E. Rosser and Alexander S. George
London : Academic Press, 1981-1988
Phycologia australica, or, A history of Australian seaweeds, comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia; and A synopsis of all known Australian algae / by William Henry Harvey
London : Lovell Reeve, 1858-1863
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(image from: A specimen of the botany of New Holland / James Smith; London, 1793)