Flowers & Botanical

First edition. 4to, 42 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates after Mrs. Loudon, contemporary green half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, lightly rubbed, occasional light spotting, a very good copy.

6 volumes, 8vo, 313 chromolithograph plates, original green cloth gilt decorated in gilt, black and red, all edges gilt, a fine set.

Second edition; 2 vols, folio, (67.1 x 51.2 cm); engraved author portrait, 86 hand-coloured engraved plates, 2 plain engraved folding plates, 3 further plates loosely inserted in volume 2 (comprising duplicates of author portrait, 'Pinus Lambertiana', and 'Araucaria Imbricata'), scattered spotting, transfer from illustrations onto facing leaves, both folding plates creased with closed tears at folds; contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, leaves uncut, extremities rubbed.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo, (24.6 x 15.5 cm); 104 hand-coloured stipple engraved illustrations of fruit on 98 plates, including 7 folding, scattered light spotting, occasional offsetting, some plates trimmed by the binder (as usual); contemporary green morocco, blind and gilt embossed, all edges gilt, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good copy of a scarce work; vii, [iv], 96; 104pp.

First edition. Folio (56 x 42 cm), lithographed portrait frontispiece on india paper mounted, 2 lithographed titles incorporating dedications, 2 letterpress dedication leaves, list of subscribers, 54 lithographed plates, on india paper mounted, contemporary tan half morocco gilt over cloth boards, gilt lettered to upper cover, rather worn, scattered light foxing to preliminaries and plate margins,

First edition. folio (44.5 x 28 cm), uncut, ii, 533, [ii] pp., engraved frontispiece, 75 engraved plates, title page printed in red and black with engraved pictorial vignette, light water stain to frontispiece, attractive modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, red morocco label, an excellent example.

The second impression much corrected and enlarged. Folio (34 x 22.5 cm), [12], 612, [16] pp., additional xylographic allegorical title-page, numerous full-page woodcuts of plants throughout, a few gatherings browned, last leaf trimmed at foot, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, an attractive example.

9 volumes (of 13), 4to., 9 engraved titles, 216 hand-coloured engraved plates each showing 4 subjects, later half vellum gilt, green morocco labels, marbled sides and edges, a very handsome run.

First edition. 2 vols, folio (46 x 27 cm). Engraved vignette on title-page, 435 (on 432) hand-coloured plates after Sydenham Edwards, William Kilburn, James Sowerby and others, dedication leaves and 1 leaf of subscribers in vol. I. (upper outer corner of one text leaf (for Veronica Montana. Mountain Speedwell, the seventh plate) in vol. II torn and repaired with text supplied in manuscript, some leaves very lightly browned, a few instances of offsetting). Nineteenth century brown half morocco gilt over red pebble-grained cloth sides.

2 volumes, 4to., 87 leaves of original specimens of flowers, grasses and shrubs (some slightly defective, as usual), arranged 2 per page, most with pencil captions and or printed labels, contemporary green half morocco by W.Hickman, Northampton, spines gilt in compartments, spines and extremities worn, splits to joints.