[DICKSON, R.W.] 'Alexander McDONALD' (fl. 1799-1815). A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening. London: R. Taylor and Co. for George Kearsley, [1805]-1807. 2 volumes, 4° (265 x 205mm). 61 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates by F. Sansom after Sydenham Edwards [including 19*], 13 uncoloured architectural plates by after C. Blunt and J. Farey Jr. (Lacks L2, paper fault to title of vol. I slightly affecting imprint, light spotting to plain plates, light offsetting to coloured plates, some limited offsetting, spotting and browning of text.) Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, small wormhole to spine of vol. II). Provenance: Eliza Philips (book label). FIRST APPEARANCE OF EDWARDS' PLATES which were subsequently re-issued as The New Botanic Garden and The New Flora Britannica (both London, 1812). BM(NH) III, p.1207; Cleveland Collections 718; Dunthorne 106; Great Flower Books p.115; Nissen BBI 479.