Paxton, Sir Joseph.

Paxton's Magazine of Botany,and Register of Flowering Plants. London. Bradbury and Evans - Orr and Smith . All 8vo. (6.5" x 9"), with the exception of Vol. 16 at 6.75' x 9.75". Twelve volumes ( of Sixteen). 1834 - 1849. All First Edition Issues. Vol. 1 bound in 3/4 grain Morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with raised bands. Gilt titles. Vol. 16 bound in 3/4 grain Morocco. Gilt ruled spine compartments with raised bands. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets.Remaining 10 Vols. bound in pictorial gilt decorated full grain Morocco. Decorative gilt-tooled fleural embellishments and further blind embossing to front and rear covers. Gilt titles and gilt-tooled decorative fleural embellishments to spines. All edges gilded. Gilt-tooled Turn-Ins. Marbled endsheets. 1: 1834 (t.p. date; viii: 20 Dec 1834), p. [i]-xii, [1]-278, 38 of 42 plates( lacking 4).2: 1836 (p. viii: 20 Dec 1835), p. [i]-xii, [1]-270, [1-5, index], 43 plates (complete). 3: 1837 (p. viii: 20 Dcc 1836), p. [1]-viii [1-4, index], [1]-280, 43 plates(complete). 4: 1838 (p. viii: 20 Dcc 1837), p. [1]-xii, 1-279, 42 of 43 plates (lacking 1). 5: 1838 (t.p. date; p. viii: 20 Dec 1838), p. [i]-xii, [1]-280, 50 plates(complete). 6: 1839 (p. viii: 20 Dec 1839), p. [i]-xii, [1]-280, 48 plates (complete). 7: 1840 (p. viii: 20 Dec 1840), p. [1]-xii, [1]-280, 48 plates (complete). 8: 1841 (p. viii: 30 Dcc 1841), P. [i]-xii, [1]-280, 46 plates (complete). 9: 1842 (p. viii: 20 Dec 1842), p. [i]-xii, [1]-279, 48 plates (complete). 14: 1848 (p. viii: 20 Dec 1847), P. [1]-xii, [1]-280, 48 plates (complete). 15: 1849 (p. [vii]: 23 Dec 1848), P. [1]-xi, [I]-314, 48 plates (complete). 16: 1849 (p. 3: 12 Jan 1849), p. [i]-xii, [1]-376, 22 of 24 plates (lacking 2). (Vols. 10-13-lacking)