The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants Cultivated in Great Britain
by MAUND, Benjamin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Baldwin and Cradock, Simkin and Marshall, et al, 1825-1832. First edition. 4 vols. 8vo. Additional engraved title to each volume, vol. IV with engraved dedication to Queen Victoria, 384 hand-colored engraved figures on 96 plates by S. Watts after drawings by Mrs. Edward Bury, Miss E. Maund, Miss S. Maund, Edwin Dalton Smith and Mills. Contemporary green half calf over marbled boards; some light scuffing to spines, endpapers and engraved titles foxed and stained, plates clean and bright. First edition of the first four volumes, featuring delicate and finely hand-colored engravings with detailed notes on each flower's history and cultivation. The complete Botanic Garden eventually extended to 18 volumes including supplements. Printed at Maund's press at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.PROVENANCE: A.C. Hadland (signature on ffep); Henry Sotheran (bookticket and description laid-in, purchased £2,250)REFERENCE: Great Flower Books, p. 160; Nissen 2222
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100631
- Title
- The Botanic Garden:
- Author
- MAUND, Benjamin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Baldwin and Cradock, Simkin and Marshall, et al
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825-1832
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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- Laid-in
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- Calf
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