The Universal Herbal

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… Read more about this item

London: at the Caxton Press, by Henry Fisher, and sold by all booksellers,, [1823]. Hand-coloured botanical plates A handsome Regency herbal, "a hugely encyclopedic work, claiming to list all the known plants in the world, and also richly supplied with colour plates" (Cowie, p. 63), first issued in parts from 1816 to 1820, with the text revised for this… Read more about this item

London: Printed at the Caxton Press, by Henry Fisher, 1832. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [iv], 790; 885, [1], 56 + frontispiece in each vol., extra engraved title-page in vol. 1, and 104 engraved plates (of a maximum of 106), one of them hand-coloured. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines divided by gilt rolls, other compartments decorated with central floral… Read more about this item

London: Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, 1824. Hardcover. Good. Vol. 2 only, quarto, 11.5 x 9.25 inches, bound in early green cloth, good, does not have title page, begins on p. 8 but does have its frontispiece, and we count at least 46 colored plates (a complete set would have 106 plates total). Moderate wear to spine… Read more about this item

The Caxton Press, 1823. Hardcover. Good. . 2 volumes. Half brown leather with gilt lettering. Ex-lib, white-out label on spines, library bookplates on front pastedowns. Foxing to title pages, some foxing throughout, overall clean, most plates are clean and vibrant. Minor shelf wear to boards. Bindings sturdy.