The first eight volumes of this impressive botanical publication in unsophisticated contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper boards. Volume I lacks frontispiece portrait; thereafter: 389 of 390 plates called for [plate 119 folding; plate 120 not coloured], lacking plate 133 in Volume III [Hyacinthus Comosus - the description leaf is present, the plate evidently not bound in]. Alphabetical listing of plates in manuscript to pastedown of each volume. Boards rubbed, leather worn and joints split, with play to some boards; upper board of II nearly detached. Textblocks firm, contents clean, col... View More...
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