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Item #JLR0884 Descriptions and sketches of some remarkable oaks in the park at Welbeck, in the...

Rooke, Hayman

Descriptions and sketches of some remarkable oaks in the park at Welbeck, in the county of Nottingham, a seat of His Grace the Duke of Portland. To which are added, observations on the age and durability of that tree. With remarks on the annual growth of the acorn. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. F. S. A.

THE DISCOVERY OF ROBIN HOOD’S OAK IN SHERWOOD FOREST London: J. Nichols for the author, B. White and Son, and J. Robson; 1790. First edition. Quarto (11 ¼” x 9”, 288mm x 228mm): A4 B-C4 [$2 signed]. 12 leaves, pp. 1-4 (title, blank, dedication, blank) 5-23 [1] (blank). With.....

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Item #JLR0883 A decade of curious and elegant trees and plants: drawn after specimens received...

Hill, John

A decade of curious and elegant trees and plants: drawn after specimens received from The East Indies, and America, In the year 1772; and accurately engraved: with Their history and characters, in English and Latin. By J. Hill, M. D. member of the Imperial Academy

THE MARQUIS de COURTANVAUX–RICHMOND COPY London: for the author, 1773. First edition. Folio (19” x 13 5/16”, 482mm x 339mm): A1 B-F2 χ1(=A2?) [$1 signed]. 12 leaves, pp. [2] (title, blank) 1 2-20 [2] (index, blank). With 10 hand-colored engraved plates by Hill. Bound in later (early XIXc?) half.....

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Item #GRM0095 Les fleurs animées par J.J. Grandville. Texte par Alph. Karr, Taxile Delord &...

Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore [pseud. J.J. Grandville]

Les fleurs animées par J.J. Grandville. Texte par Alph. Karr, Taxile Delord & Le Cte Fœlix Nouvelle édition avec planches très-soigneusement retouchées pour la gravure et le coloris par M. Maubert peintre d’histoire naturelle, attaché au jardin des plantes. Tome premier [-Tome second]

Two volumes. Paris: Garnier Frères [imprint Édouard Blot], 1867. Revised and expanded edition. Quarto (10 5/16”, 6 11/16”, 263mm x 171mm): Vol. I: binder’s blank, π2 1–434 [$1 signed]. 174 leaves, pp. [2] (half-title, title) 1 2–7 8–9 10–339 [5] (blank, table of contents, blank, plate list, blank). With a......

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Item #JLR0874 Illustrations and Descriptions of the plants which compose the natural order...

Chandler, Alfred (illust.) and William Beattie Booth

Illustrations and Descriptions of the plants which compose the natural order Camellieæ, and varieties of Camellia japonica, Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain

London: C. Baynes for John and Arthur Arch, 1831. First edition, finely colored issue. Folio (14 3/8” x 10 3/8”, 365mm x 264mm): π2 a-b2 B-Z2 [$1 signed]. 50 leaves, pp. i-iii (title, blank, preface) iv-xii [80] (2pp. text for each of 40 plates) 41-48. [=xii, 80, viii] With 40.....

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Item #GRM0091 Flora overo cultura di fiori Del P. Gio: Battista Ferrari Sanese della Comp. di...

Ferrari, Giovanni Battista; trans. Ludovico Aureli

Flora overo cultura di fiori Del P. Gio: Battista Ferrari Sanese della Comp. di Giesù Distinta in Quattro Libri E trasportata dalla lingua Latina nell’ Italiana da Lodovico Aureli Perugino

Rome: Pietro Antonio Facciotti, 1638. First edition in Italian, second issue. Quarto (8 11/16” x 6 7/16”, 220mm x 163mm): ✠–✠✠4 A-Xxx4 Yyy6, 2 binder’s blanks [$2 signed; –✠1, N2, Gg1, Ooo2; +Yyy3, Dd1 signed “D”, Dd2 signed “D2”]. 282 leaves, pp. [16] (engraved title, blank, 2pp. dedication to Anna.....

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Item #JLR0867 L'histoire des plantes, traduicte de Latin en François: avec leurs...

Linocier, Geoffroy and [Jean] Robin

L'histoire des plantes, traduicte de Latin en François: avec leurs pourtraicts, noms, qualitez & lieux où elles croissent, a laquelle sont adioustees celles des Simples Aromatiques, Animaux à quatre pieds, Oiseaux, Poissons, Serpens & autres bestes venimeuses, ensemble les Distillations. Par Geoffroy Linocier Medecin de Tournon en Vivarais. Reueu & Corrigé par les Doctes de nostre temps. Second Edition BOUND WITH Histoire des plantes, nouuellement trouuées en l'Isle Virgine, & autres lieux, lesquelles ont esté prises & cultiuées au Iardin de Monsieur Robin Arboriste du Roy. Non encore veuës n'y Imprimées par cy deuant. Dedié à Monsieur Morand

Linocier: Paris: Guillaume Macé, (1619-)1620.Robin: Paris: Guilllaume [sic] Macé, 1620. First edition. Sextodecimo in 8s (16mo; 4 5/16” x 2 ¾”, 110mm x 71mm): ã8 B-Y8 Z1 Z2 Z4 Z3 Z6 Z5 Z7 Z8 Aa-Xx8, 2ã8, Yy-Qqq8 Rrr4 [$4; -ã1, H4, O1, V4, Qq3, Yy1, Ppp4; ã3 signed “ã ij”, a4.....

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Item #GRM0086 Anleitung zu der Pflanzenkenntniss und derselben nützlichen Anwendung. Mit hundert...

Schinz, Salomon

Anleitung zu der Pflanzenkenntniss und derselben nützlichen Anwendung. Mit hundert illuminirten Talfen

Zurich: [Orphans of Zurich], 1774. First edition. Folio (14 15/16” x 9 ¼”, 380mm x 236mm): A2 B–Gg2 Hh2(–Hh2) Ii–Kk2 [$2 signed; –G1, Kk2]. 65 leaves, pp. 1–4 5–129 [1] (blank). With an engraved vignette, 2 hand-colored engraved plates of Linnean botany, and 100 hand-colored botanical woodblock prints after Fuchs.....

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Item #GRM0082 Choix des plus belles fluers et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté chevalier...

Redoute, Pierre-Joseph

Choix des plus belles fluers et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, peintre et professeur d’iconographie au Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, dessinateur en titre de la classe de physique et mathématiques de l’Institut, membre de la Société Philotechnique et des Enfans d’Apollon, de celle d’agriculture du département de seine-et-oise, membre correspondant de la Société Royale d’Agriculture et de botanique de la ville de Gand, associé honoraire de la Société de Genève, membre correspondant de celle dite Horticulturale de Londres, etc.

Paris: E. Panckoucke, [1833]. Quarto (12 2/8” x 9”, 311mm x 229mm): 2 binder’s blanks, π2 1–24 32(–23) [$1 signed; –11, –13]. 11 leaves, pp. [4] (title, imprint, 2pp. introduction) 1–3 4–17 [1] (blank). With 144 stipple-engraved plates color-printed à la poupée and finished by hand before numbers. Bound in.....

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Item #GRM0079 Marcelli Malpighii. Medici, & Philosophi, nec non Professoris Bononiensis,...

Malpighi, Marcello

Marcelli Malpighii. Medici, & Philosophi, nec non Professoris Bononiensis, Regiæ Societatis Anglicanæ Socii. Opera Omnia, seu thesaurus locupletissimus botanico-medico-anatomicus, viginti quatuor tractatus complectens et in duos tomos distributus, quorum Tractatuum Seriem videre est Dedicatione absolutâ.

Two volumes in one. Leiden: Peter Vander, 1687. Second edition. Quarto (9” x 7 ½”, 228mm x 190mm): *4(–*1) **4 A–Aa4, 2A–Hhh4 [$3 signed; –2A1, –Ggg1; S2 signed “S”]. 319 leaves, pp. [14] (title, blank, 3pp. dedication, table of contents, 2pp. preface, section title, blank, 2pp. dedication to the Royal Society, preface, table of.....

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Item #JLR0380 Flora overo cultura di fiori Del P. Gio: Battista Ferrari Sanese della Comp. di...

Ferrari, Giovanni Battista; trans. Ludovico Aureli

Flora overo cultura di fiori Del P. Gio: Battista Ferrari Sanese della Comp. di Giesù Distinta in Quattro Libri E trasportata dalla lingua Latina nell’ Italiana da Lodovico Aureli Perugino

THE FAIRHAVEN COPY Rome: Pietro Antonio Facciotti, 1638. First edition in Italian, second issue. Quarto (9 ¾” x 7 3/8”, 248mm x 187mm): ✠4(±✠1) ✠✠4 A-Xxx4 Yyy6(–Yyy6) [$2 signed; –✠1, N2, Ooo2; +Yy3]. 281 leaves, pp. [16] (engraved title, blank, 2pp. dedication to Anna Colonna Barberini, 4pp. to the.....

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Item #GRM0073 Weinmannvs redivivvs emendatvs et illvstratvs, sive thesavrvs rei herbariæ...

Weinmann, Johann

Weinmannvs redivivvs emendatvs et illvstratvs, sive thesavrvs rei herbariæ locvpletissimvs. Recevil de figvres enlvminées de qvelqves milliers des plantes les plvs vtiles dans la medecine, dans l’oeconomie et povr les ornemens des jardins, contenves dans l’herbier de fev Mr. Weinmann, eclairci par les denominations systematiqves de Mr. Le Chevalier Linné accompagnè d’vn index systematiqve d’aprés le systeme sexval. Tom. I. Tab. 1–275 [Tom. II. 276–525, Tom. III. 526–775, Tom. IV. 776–1025]

Four volumes. Augsburg: Johann Elias Haid, 1787. First revised edition. Folio (15 7/8” x 10 1/8”, 395mm x 258mm):Vol. I: With an engraved title-page heightened in red and gold and 275 hand-colored engraved plates, of which 1 is double-page.Vol. II: With an engraved title-page heightened in red and gold and.....

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Item #GRM0068 Hortus cliffortianus Plantas exhibens quas In Hortis tam Vivis quam Siccis...

Linnaeus, Carolus

Hortus cliffortianus Plantas exhibens quas In Hortis tam Vivis quam Siccis Hartecampi in Hollandia, coluit vir nobilissimus & generosissimus Georgius Clifford juris utriusque doctor, Reductis Varietatibus ad Species, Speciebus ad Genera, Generibus ad Classes, Adjectis Locis Plantarum natalibus Differentiisque Specierum. Cum tabulis æneis. Auctore Carolo Linnæo, Med. Doct. & Ac. Imp. N. C. Soc.

Amsterdam: 1737 [1738]. First edition. Folio (16 7/8” x 9 ¾”, 428mm x 248mm): binder’s blank, π4 (–π4)*–9*2 A–Mmm2 Gggg–Kkkkkk Lllll2 (–Llllll2) Mmmmmm–Pppppp2 [$2 signed; 9*2 signed 8*2 ; – Mmm2, Pppppp2] 246 leaves, pp. [32] (half-title, blank, title, blank, verses, blank, 6pp. dedication, to the reader, preface, 18pp. bibliography).....

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Item #GRM0067 The Orchidaceæ of Mexico & Guatemala by Ja.s Bateman, Esq.re “Like restless...

Bateman, James

The Orchidaceæ of Mexico & Guatemala by Ja.s Bateman, Esq.re “Like restless serpents, clothed in rainbow and fire, the parasites, starred with ten thousand blossoms flow around the grey trunks” Shelley

London: for the author by J. Ridgway and Sons, 1843. First edition. Elephant folio (28 ¾” x 20 7/8” 728mm x 531mm): 52 leaves, pp. [8] (title, blank, dedication, blank, preface, engraved wreath, subscribers, index) 1–7 8–9 10–12 [4] (engraving of epiphyte-houses, list of “best” orchids cultivated in England, 2pp.....

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Item #GRM0066 The Orchidaceæ of Mexico & Guatemala by Ja.s Bateman, Esq.re “Like restless...

Bateman, James

The Orchidaceæ of Mexico & Guatemala by Ja.s Bateman, Esq.re “Like restless serpents, clothed in rainbow and fire, the parasites, starred with ten thousand blossoms flow around the grey trunks” Shelley

EX-COLL. JOHN ROLAND ABBEY London: for the author by J. Ridgway and Sons, 1843. First edition. Elephant folio (29” x 20 ¾” 735mm x 530mm): 52 leaves, pp. [12] (title, blank, dedication, blank, subscribers, index, 2pp. synopsis, list of “best” orchids cultivated in England, engraving of epiphyte-houses, preface, engraved wreath).....

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Item #JLR0824 Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the...

Curtis, William

Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London: with Their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering; their several Names according to Linnæus and other Authors: with A particular Description of each Plant in Latin and English. To which are Added, Their several Uses in Medicine, Agriculture, Rural Oeconomy, and other Arts. By William Curtis, demonstrator of botany to the Company of Apothecaries

Two volumes. London: for the author (vol. I: and B. White), [1775–]1778–1798. First edition. Folio (18 1/8” x 11 5/6”, 460mm x 288mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, 225 leaves (6 leaves of initials, 1 text leaf per plate, 3 leaves of end-matter), binder’s blank. With 216 hand-colored engraved plates, heightened in.....

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Item #GRM0065 A Selection of Hexandrian Plants Belonging to the Natural Orders Amaryllidæ and...

Bury, Priscilla.

A Selection of Hexandrian Plants Belonging to the Natural Orders Amaryllidæ and Liliacæ From Drawings by Mrs. Edward Bury, Liverpool. Engraved by R. Havell. This Work is most respectfully dedicated To Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria by her Obedient humble Servant. Rob.t Havell

EX-COLL. HENRY ROGERS BROUGHTON, 2nd BARON FAIRHAVEN London: Robert Havell, 1831. First and only edition. Folio (24 9/16” x 18 ¾”, 624mm x 474mm): 55 leaves, [4] (preface, blank, subscriber list, blank) foll. 1–51 (51 specimen descriptions, each with a blank verso) [4] (index, blank, systematic index, blank). With an engraved title-page.....

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Item #JLR0823 New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus: comprehending an...

Thornton, Robert John

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus: comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification; a prize dissertation on the sexes of the plants; a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system; and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, being picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions

EX-COLL. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE Three parts in two volumes. London: T. Bensley for the publisher (Thornton), 1799–1807[–1810]. First edition. Broadsheet folio (22 5/8” x 17 7/8”, 574mm x 455mm).Vol. I: binders blank, π-9π1 a-g1 *g-*h1 h-s χ-3χ1 2a-b1 4χ-5χ, binders blank [$1 signed]. 36 leaves, pp. [58].....

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Item #GRM0064 Plantae selectae qvarvm imagines ad exemplaria natvralia Londini in hortis...

Trew, Christoph Jakob; Georg Dionysius Ehret, Johann Jakob Haid, Benedict Christian Vogel

Plantae selectae qvarvm imagines ad exemplaria natvralia Londini in hortis cvriosorvm nvtrita manv artificiosa doctaque pinxit Geogivs Dionysivs Ehret Germanvs occasione havd vvlgari collegit nominibvs propriis notisqve svbinde illvstravit et pvblico vsvi dicavit D. Christophorvs Iacobvs Trevv medicvs Norimbergensis in aes incidit et vivis coloribvs repræsentavit Ioannes Iacobvs Haid pictor et chalcographvs avgvstanvs

THE PERTH COPY [Nuremberg: 1750–1773]. 10 parts bound in 1. First edition. Folio (20 2/3” x 13 15/16”, 525mm x 355mm): )(2 A–O2 +χ1 [$2 signed]. 31 leaves, pp. 1–56 [2] (monitum, index). With 10 engraved title-pages heightened in red and gold, three mezzotint portraits of Trew, Ehret, and Haid.....

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Item #JLR0809 The forest pruner; or, timber owner's assistant: a treatise on the training or...

Pontey, William

The forest pruner; or, timber owner's assistant: a treatise on the training or management of British timber trees; whether intended for use, ornament, or shelter: including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means of prevention, and remedies, where practicable. . . The second edition AND The profitable planter. A treatise on the theory and practice of planting forest trees, in Every Description of Soil and Situation; more particularly on Elevated Sites, Barren Heaths, rocky soils &c. Including Directions for The planting and management of Permanent Screens; with useful hints on shelter and ornament. Second edition enlarged. . .

PONTEY’S TREES, UNIFORMLY BOUND FOR A HIGH SHERIFF OF LINCOLNSHIRE The forest pruner; or, timber owner’s assistant: a treatise on the training or management of British timber trees; whether intended for use, ornament, or shelter: including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means.....

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Item #JLR0806 A new treatise on flower painting, or every lady her own drawing master: containing...

Brookshaw, George

A new treatise on flower painting, or every lady her own drawing master: containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring A perfect Knowledge of Drawing Flowers with Accuracy and Taste: also complete directions for producing the various tints. By George Brookshaw, Esq. author of the Pomona Britannica

London: J. M‘Creery for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Booth and J. Lepard, 1818. Pot folio (11 15/16” x 9 11/16”, 303mm x 245mm): A1 B-K2 [$1 signed]. 19 leaves, pp. [2] (title, blank) 1 2-36. With 24 plates: one engraving and 23 (of 24) stipple-engravings, of which.....

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Item #JLR0800 Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian plants. By the late William Roxburgh, M.D....

Roxburgh, William

Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian plants. By the late William Roxburgh, M.D. F.R.S.E. etc. etc.

Three volumes. Serampore: W. Thacker and Co. and Parbury, Allen and Co., 1832. First complete edition. Octavo (voll. II-III in 4s) (8 1/8” x 5 1/16”, 206mm x 129mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π4 A-I8 J8 K-U8 V8 W8 X-Ii8 Jj8 Kk-Ss8 Tt-Uu4 Vv2(+χ1), binder’s blank [$4 signed; Ss3 as “Ss”].....

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Item #JLR0786 Dreyhundert auserlesene Amerikanische Gewächse nach Linneischer Ordnung. Johannes...

[Zorn, Johannes after Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin]

Dreyhundert auserlesene Amerikanische Gewächse nach Linneischer Ordnung

Six parts in three volumes. Nuremberg: Raspische Buchhandlung; 1789–1786, 1786–1787, 1787–1788. Octavo in 4s (8 1/8” x 4 7/8”, 207mm x 124mm).Vol. I (Erste Hundert, erste [–zwote] Hälfte): A-B4, C4 D2 [$3 signed; –A1, C1]. 14 leaves, pp. 1-3 (first part title, blank, preface) 4-15, 16-18 (blank, second part title.....

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Item #GRM0019 Petri Andreæ Matthioli senensis Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Archiducis...

Mattioli, Pietro Andrea

Petri Andreæ Matthioli senensis Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Archiducis Austriæ &c. Medici, commentarii secvndo avcti, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis anazarbei de medica materia. Adiectis quamplurimis plantarum, & animalium imaginibus, quæ in priore editione non habentur, eodem auctore. His accessit eivsdem apologia adversvs Amathum Lusitanum: quin & Censura in eiusdem enarrationes. Cum Pont. Max. Caes. Maiestatis, Christianiss. Galliarum Regis, ac Illustriss. Senatus Veneti Gratia, & Priuilegio

Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1560. Third edition in Latin. Folio in 6s (12 7/16” x 8 6/16”, 318mm x 213mm): α4 β6 a–f6 g4 2a–z6 A–Ss6 Tt4, 2A–D6 [$4 signed; –2A3; q2 signed “qa,” s2 signed “sa”]. 462 leaves, pp. [100] (title, blank, 11pp. dedication to Prince Ferdinand, 4pp. to the.....

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Item #GRM0011 De i discorsi di M. Pietro Andrea Matthioli Sanese, medico cesareo, et del...

Mattioli, Pietro Andrea (comm.), Pedanius Dioscorides

De i discorsi di M. Pietro Andrea Matthioli Sanese, medico cesareo, et del serenissimo principe Ferdinando Arciduca d'Austria etc. Nelli sei Libri di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo, della materia medicinale, Parte Prima [-Seconda]. La quale contiene il Primo, & Secondo libro. Dal proprio Autore innanzi la sua morte ricorretta, ampliata, & all'ultima perfettione ridotta. Con le figure grandi, tirate dalle naturali & viue piante, & animali, & in numero molto maggiore, che le altre per auanti stampate. Con due Tauole copiosissime spettanti l'una à ciò, che in tutta l'opera fi contiene: & l'altra alla cura di tutte le infirmità del corpo humano. Con privilegio del sommo pontefice, della Illustrissima Signoria di Venetia, & di altri Principi

A MEDICI PRESENTATION SET? Two volumes. Venice: Felice Valgrisi, 1585 [colophon: 1584 (p. 1527)]. Vol. I: folio in 6s: (13 7/8” x 9 1/8”, 352mm x 233mm): *8(–*3) **8 a–b6 c8 d–i6 k8 A–KKK6 [$4 signed; –*1 and H4; O2 signed “P2”, CCC1 signed “CC”]. 415 leaves, pp. [158].....

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Item #JLR0623 New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus: comprehending an...

Thornton, Robert John

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus: comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification; a prize dissertation on the sexes of the plants; a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system; and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, being picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions

London: printed, for the publisher, by T. Bensley; 1807. First edition, early states. Broadsheet folio (22 5/16” x 17 ¾”, 566mm x 450mm): 3 binder’s blanks, π-9π1, a-g1 *g1 *h1 h-s1, χ-3χ1 2a-b1 4χ-21χ1 3a-f1 22χ-26χ1 A-C1 27χ-61χ1 D-F1 2A-C1 62χ-67χ1, 2 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 113 leaves (irregularly paginated).....

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