Rare Book Auctions from the CSSA Library
The Cactus and Succulent Society of America (CSSA) has partnered with PBA Galleries to offer a selection of rare books from the CSSA Library through two virtual auctions. CSSA members and other interested bidders can browse the books online in advance of each auction to review the available titles and plan their bidding.
Auction 1: Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Auction 2: Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Both auctions will take place online through PBA Galleries. We encourage members to explore the catalogs ahead of time and take advantage of this opportunity to acquire rare and interesting books from the CSSA Library.
Auction Items for the October 29th Auction
Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées
Baillon, H.
Index Plantarum, quae in Horto Academico Lugduno Batavo Reperiuntur
Boerhaave, Hermanno
Genera et Species Plantarum Argentinarum Opus, Quod in ordinem redegit et direxit Horatius R. Descole
Descole, Horatius R.
Miscellanea Naturalia, sive Dissertationes Variæ ad Historiam Naturalem Spectantes
Haworth, A.H.
The Genera of North American Plants, and A Catalogue of the Species, to the Year 1817
Nuttall, Thomas
Hortus Dyckensis [bound with] Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae Anno 1844
Salm-Reifferscheidt, Joseph
A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature: As Founded upon a Plan of the Late Mr. Addison
Bradley, Richard
Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale, sive Ordines, Genera et Species
Candolle, Aug. Pyramo de
Cactaceae of the Boundary
Englemann, George
Considérations sur la famille des Euphorbiacées [bound with] De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque Earumdem Viribus Tentamen…
Jussieu, Adrien de
The De La Cruz – Badiano, Aztec Herbal of 1552
Gates, William, translator
On Welwitschia, a New Genus of Gnetaceae
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Monographia Generis Melocacti
Miquel, F.A. Guil.
Historiæ Naturalis Libri XXXVII
[Pliny the Elder]
The Cactaceæ: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family
Britton, N.L. and J.N. Rose
Saguaros
Klett, Mark
The Cactus Journal. Devoted exclusively to Cacti and other Succulent Plants. With Illustrations
Walton, F.A.
View the October 29 Auction Catalog
Auction Items for the November 12th Auction
The Cactus and other Tropical Succulents, Aloes, Agaves, Mesembryanthemums, Sempervivums, Sedums, &c. with Directions for Constructing a Miniature Greenhouse
Allnutt, [Henry]
California Cactus: A Complete and Scientific Record of the Cacti Native in California
Baxter, E.M.
Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes;
inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur. Omnia
Iconibus illustrata, ac descripta…
Burmann, Johannes
Illustrationes et icones rariorum stirpium quae in eius horto ripulis
florebant annis 1827-28, addita ad Hortum Ripulensem appendice IV
Colla, Aloysius
Wild Flowers from Palestine
Greene, Harvey B.
Mescal: The ‘Divine’ Plant and its Psychological Effects
Klüver, Heinrich
Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto Monvilliano
cultarum accurata descriptio
Lemaire, Curante C. [Charles Antoine]
Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas,
cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis,
locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digesta.
Linnaeus, Carl
Observations sur la Famille des Cactées, suivies de la Description
d’une Espèce Nouvelle d’Echinocactus et de celle du Rhipsalis
Parasitica
Turpin, J.P.P.
