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MILLER, Philip (1691-1771). Figures of Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners' Dictionary ... to which is added an account of the classes and orders to which they belong, London: for F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Johnson, T. Payne and others, 1809.
2° (417 x 255mm), 300 hand-coloured engraved plates after Georg Dionys Ehret, John Miller, Richard Lancake and others (occasional light spotting, browning and waterstaining, Q2 bound out of sequence), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments, lettering-piece (rebacked, rubbed and scuffed with losses).
A FINE COPY, third edition. In his preface Miller explains that the expenses of production meant that "the work therefore, on mature deliberation, was confined chiefly to those Plants which are either highly ornamental and remarkable for the singularity of their structure, or the beauty of their flowers, or are distinguished for their utility in Medicine and the Arts; including some which had not then been noticed by any former Botanists". Dunthorne 209; Great Flower Books p.121; Nissen BBI 1378; Stafleau & Cowan 6059.
2° (417 x 255mm), 300 hand-coloured engraved plates after Georg Dionys Ehret, John Miller, Richard Lancake and others (occasional light spotting, browning and waterstaining, Q2 bound out of sequence), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments, lettering-piece (rebacked, rubbed and scuffed with losses).
A FINE COPY, third edition. In his preface Miller explains that the expenses of production meant that "the work therefore, on mature deliberation, was confined chiefly to those Plants which are either highly ornamental and remarkable for the singularity of their structure, or the beauty of their flowers, or are distinguished for their utility in Medicine and the Arts; including some which had not then been noticed by any former Botanists". Dunthorne 209; Great Flower Books p.121; Nissen BBI 1378; Stafleau & Cowan 6059.
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