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London : Simpkin & Marshall, 1825 Volumes I - VII of the 1st edition of Maund's Botanic Garden ranging in date from 1825 to 1836 (Vol VII is undated) with 167 of 168 fine hand coloured plates. It was originally issued in parts and these volumes are in what looks like an original publisher's cloth binding which is worn and disintegrating with some poor stitching, so this set has been priced to take account of rebinding costs. The book is in a square octavo format and text pages are printed on one side only. The contents are clean and bright with beautiful colouring on the plates (faults are listed in the detailed description below). There is some offsetting where particularly strong colour has been applied and shows through to the back of the plates. All have a decorative title page and an additional title page. Vol IV has a third title page part way through the book. All are unpaginated. Vol I has a dedication 'to the lovers of Botany', preface and index - the 9th plate has some… Read More

London: John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Paternoster Row. & C Loddiges & Sons, Hackney, 1824 A scarce complete volume of Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, with 100 hand coloured plates engraved by George Cooke. Conrad Loddiges founded a plant nursery business in Hackney and the family became famous for exotic and rare plants. The mauve rhododendron that has become common in Great Britain today was imported by Conrad Loddiges. The Botanical Cabinet showcases the rare plants that they imported and grew. This volume is volume X, dated 1824. In contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers. Top page edges gilt. The spine has gilt compartments and elaborate gilt tooling. There are title and volume labels. Internally there is a decorative title page and then a series of plates, each followed by a brief description on a separate page. There are 100 plates of which 9 are folding. There is an index at the rear. The binding is in very… Read More

LONDON: William S Orr & Co, 1846 A poor copy of this beautiful work with 60 hand coloured plates. Classed as poor because the title page is missing; the binding is poor - in marked plain cloth and beginning to detach; and there is a little marking internally. The pagination matches our other 2nd edition copy so this is presumed as second, dated to 1846. The plates are in good condition - there is some brown spotting to edges, and around 3 have a darkened section, again at the edge not affecting the flower image (we have noticed only one plate with a light mark affecting the flower). All have tissue guards - one guard is torn and one has a small hole - most guards have marking. A few text pages have a little marking and p 117 has a repaired tear to the top margin. The final index page has a small hole at the top. This copy would be well worth rebinding.

LONDON: James Nelson & Co, 1859 A good copy of the 3rd edition in the original decorative cloth binding, with 60 hand coloured plates. The binding has a gilt plant to the front board with blind stamped decoration to both boards. The spine has gilt decoration and titles. There is uneven fading to the boards and the spine is faded with a couple of spots. There is wear to edges, spine ends, joints and corners (very turned) with some cloth loss but the binding is clean and sound. Original yellow endpapers present with spotting which continues over the half title and slightly affects the title page at the beginning, and affects the final index leaf and the verso of the rear free endpaper at the end. Contents are complete, clean and sound and in very good condition with 60 hand coloured plates with guards. There is light toning to page edges and the occasional light mark or corner turn. Plate 2 is positioned at p 4, and Plate 1 at p 10. There is slight grubbiness to the gutter of Plate 33 and a darker area… Read More

London: Printed for J Harding A very good complete copy, bound as a single volume with 144 hand coloured plates - plate 11 serving as the frontispiece. Undated but is the scarce edition from circa 1810, which has a new title page and additional sections at the beginning of the work. This copy has been recently rebound in quarter calf with marbled boards. The spine has gilt ruled lines and title label. Contents: frontispiece; title (undated); advert 6pp; dedication 2 pp; preface 2pp; authors quoted 4 pp; explanation of terms 6 pp; text with 144 plates; and index 6 pp. The contents are clean and in very good condition with the occasional spot or mark. The pages slightly differ in length, with some bottom edges being untrimmed, and there is occasional spotting at the margins. Plate 92 has a small mark in the gutter not affecting the image. There is a small repaired bottom edge tear to a text page associated with Rhinanthus. The paper is quite thin and dark colours show through to the other side of the… Read More

London: William Pamplin , 1862 A very good copy of the scarce Gibson Flora of Essex in the original cloth binding with 4 hand coloured plates and folded map of Essex, coloured in outline and stored in a pocket at the front pastedown. There is a note 'from the Author' in ink at the front endpaper. The binding has a blind stamped design to the boards and gilt titles to spine. It is very bright and clean with lightly turned corners. The original endpapers are present with out inscription other than the Author's note. Contents: pocketed map; half title; title; preface; location of Essex plants; text pp 1-407 with 4 hand coloured plates; appendices x 6; additions and corrections; and index to p 469. The contents are very clean and the map is in beautiful condition. There is scholarly annotation delicately done in red ink in the late 1930's where the owner has scrupulously noted their identified finds and put locations eg against K arvensis there is the note - 26.9.37 Matching Roadside. Some pages are… Read More

LONDON: Groombridge and Sons A VG copy in the original green decorative cloth binding with gilt plant pictures and titles to front board and spine, and blind stamped decoration to rear board. The boards have bevelled edges. This work is generally attributed to Shirley Hibberd. It is clear from the Preface that it contains work from a number of authors, so it is likely that Hibberd had the editorial role. A number of the colour plates appear in 1870's copies of the Floral World - again edited by Hibberd. It is undated but is probably late 1870's/early1880's. With title page in red and black inks; colour printed frontispiece and 35 further colour printed plates, and numerous black and white illustrations - some full page. The binding is slightly shaken with a little bumping to corners and wear to edges including spine joint edges. The original endpapers are present. The contents are generally very clean apart from the very occasional brown spot. Some of the plant outlines can be seen faintly… Read More

London: James Nelson & Co, 1860 A very good copy of the 3rd edition with 42 hand coloured plates. This copy has been rebound in plain buckram cloth with gilt titles to spine, and the endpapers have been replaced. The binding is sound and clean with some darkening to the spine and light corner wear. Contents: half title; title; contents and plate listings xii; introduction 2pp; text pp 3-211 with 42 plates; index pp 212-215. All the plates have tissue guards. Contents are in very good clean condition. The guard to plate 1 is torn and the bottom part is missing. Plate 13 has a wide gutter so the side edge is trimmed although the plant image is complete. There is some marking to the verso of p 215 (blank) and the occasional light mark or offsetting from the plates. The plates are clean and bright with the occasional stray paint spot or light mark.

LONDON : John White, 1807 A very good copy of Rousseau's Letters translated and explained by Professor Thomas Martyn, 7th corrected and improved edition bound with Thirty-Eight plates, also by Thomas Martyn, 1794. In newer half leather binding with title label to spine and marbled boards. Page edges marbled. Letters is 503 pp plus index sections, with folding table outlining Linnaeus' system. The Thiry-Eight plates, a complete work in itself with separate title page, but prepared to link with the Letters, is 72 pp with 38 beautiful hand coloured plates by Nodder. The binding is in very good condition with a little scuffing to the spine. The contents are generally in very good condition with nice clean text pages. The plates are clean and brightly coloured. There is a small stain which affects the bottom left hand corner of plates 36-8, not affecting images.

London : Orr and Smith , 1835 A nice copy of this rare work. It originated as an article for the British Cyclopaedia of Natural History, and was enlarged for separate publication to give readers a systematic introduction to the science of Botany. In original pebbled brown cloth with gilt title on spine, and gilt edges to pages. Profusely illustrated with line drawings and with hand coloured plates. The binding is in good condition - the spine has been relaid at some point and corners and spine edges have been repaired so the book is tight and firm. With marbled endpapers and signature of Miss Wilson and the number 14 to one of the preliminaries. Internally the book is very clean and bright. The index of illustrations is difficult to interpret as it does not distinguish between text illustrations and plates and appears to randomly list some text illustrations and not others - however, I think the book is lacking a colour plate frontispiece and 2 other plates giving 24 plates present of a possible 27.… Read More

Liverpool: Henry Fisher , 1820 A very good 2 volume set of the 1st edition, newly rebound in half calf with marbled boards. With 2 decorative frontispieces, 1 decorative title, and 106 hand coloured plates. The title pages are undated but Vol I has a preface dated 1820 and the 1st edition was produced between 1816 and 1820. This copy is in new half calf with gilt lines title labels and volume numbers to spines. The marbled paper matches the marbling on the page edges. New endpapers. All the plates are in very good clean condition and are well coloured. The paper quality varies with the paper in the first half of Vol II being noticeably toned and prone to light spotting. Contents - Vol I: frontispiece; decorative title; title; preface 2 pp; introduction, instructions on finding a plant, and text (to letters KYL) with 56 plates pp 1-790. There are a couple of ink corrections in the margins of pp 304-5 and 627. Paper lightly toned with light spotting circa p 700. Vol II: frontispiece; title; text pp… Read More

London: Houlston and Wright, 1860 A good to very good copy of the large paper edition 'revised' which includes both series of Favourite Field Flowers, and contains 24 hand coloured plates by James Andrews. In the original decorative cloth binding with all edges gilted. The binding has bright boards with bevelled edges and elaborate gilt flower and leaf design. The corners have wear and some cloth loss and there is wear to edges which have slight grubbiness. The spine has a lot of wear to the spine ends, particularly the top, with fraying. It is dulled. Internally there is a birthday inscription to Mary Eggers on the verso of the fep dated 1862 and a loose sepia photograph of Mary Eggers taken by G T Millichap of Liverpool. Contents: frontispiece with guard; title; Preface 4pp; Contents 4pp (pagination out of order as contents pages lifted from the single vol editions); text 1-189 with 12 plates; index pp 191-196; half title to second series; text pp 1-186 with 11 plates; index pp 187-192. Contents are… Read More