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BROOKSHAW, George. The Horticultural Repository. London: Sherwood, Jones and Co., [1820]-1823.
2 volumes. 8o (239 x 147 mm). 98 lithographed plates (numbered 1-104) many hand-colored or folding. (Many plates trimmed close, affecting some plate numbers, light staining to some plates.) Modern quarter calf. Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate, dated 1895).
FIRST EDITION. The title is slightly misleading since the work is entirely devoted to edible fruit and nuts. The work, issued periodically, was completed in July 1823: a notice of Brookshaw's death in Greenwich during the previous winter is given by the anonymous final editor in the preface. He goes on to say "It is hoped... that the present work... will... form a suitable monument to [Brookshaw's] genius and talent." The folding plates are numbered 27, 39/40, 43/44, 47/48, 51/52, 55/56 and 59/60. The complete sequence of numbering is 1-38, 39/40, 41-42, 43/44, 45-46, 47/48, 49-50, 51/52, 53-54, 55/56, 57-58, 59/60, 61-104, each plate with associated text, (no text for plate 56 was issued). Nissen BBI 245; Dunthorne 56. (2)
2 volumes. 8o (239 x 147 mm). 98 lithographed plates (numbered 1-104) many hand-colored or folding. (Many plates trimmed close, affecting some plate numbers, light staining to some plates.) Modern quarter calf. Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate, dated 1895).
FIRST EDITION. The title is slightly misleading since the work is entirely devoted to edible fruit and nuts. The work, issued periodically, was completed in July 1823: a notice of Brookshaw's death in Greenwich during the previous winter is given by the anonymous final editor in the preface. He goes on to say "It is hoped... that the present work... will... form a suitable monument to [Brookshaw's] genius and talent." The folding plates are numbered 27, 39/40, 43/44, 47/48, 51/52, 55/56 and 59/60. The complete sequence of numbering is 1-38, 39/40, 41-42, 43/44, 45-46, 47/48, 49-50, 51/52, 53-54, 55/56, 57-58, 59/60, 61-104, each plate with associated text, (no text for plate 56 was issued). Nissen BBI 245; Dunthorne 56. (2)