Boudoir Botany, Or the Parlor Book of Flowers, Comprising the History, Description and Colored Engravings of 24 Exotic Flowers, 24 Wild Flowers of America and 12 Trees with Fruits by Newman, John M., M.D - 1847

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Small 4to. i-ix,(9),19-296pp. Modern full brown morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind, brown leather lettering labels, gilt; boards tooled in blind; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 64 hand colored, tissue-guarded lithographic plates, 60 of which are individual blooms with facing letterpress descriptions; the remaining four plates illustrate the preliminary general botany discussion. Light foxing to the letterpress and the tissue guards and a couple of the plates, but the rest of the plates are fine and bright with vivid coloring. A near fine copy and quite scarce. This title begins with a general introduction to botany followed by colored illustrations and floral descriptions. U.S. Color Plates Books, p. 83.