MAUND, Benjamin and J.S. HENSLOW. The Botanist; containing accurately Coloured Figures of Tender and Hardy Ornamental Plants. London: R. Groombridge [and others, 1837-n.d.]. 2 volumes only (of 5), 4° (239 x 183mm). Engraved titles and 99 (of 250) hand-coloured engraved plates. (Vol. I lightly spotted). Original cloth, title in gilt on spines and upper covers (rubbed). Provenance: George Long (armorial bookplate). Nissen BBI 2224. [With:] MARTYN, Thomas (1735-1825). Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations, intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables. London: B. White and Son, 1788. 8°. 38 hand-coloured plates. Original marbled boards, paper label on spine, uncut (a few defects). Nissen BBI 1292. [With:] SMITH, Frederick W. The Florist's Museum: a Register of the Newest and most Beautiful Varieties of Florists' Flowers. London: Orr and Smith, [c.1840]. Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette and 50 (of 60) hand-coloured plates, half-title. (Some spotting and discolouration). Original cloth gilt, gilt edges (contents loose in binding, rubbed, short tears to spine). [Together with:] William Curtis's Lectures on Botany (London, 1803-4, 3 vols) and a collection of prints of the Egypt after J. Powell and others (London, 1810). The lot sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (8)

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MAUND, Benjamin and J.S. HENSLOW. The Botanist; containing accurately Coloured Figures of Tender and Hardy Ornamental Plants. London: R. Groombridge [and others, 1837-n.d.]. 2 volumes only (of 5), 4° (239 x 183mm). Engraved titles and 99 (of 250) hand-coloured engraved plates. (Vol. I lightly spotted). Original cloth, title in gilt on spines and upper covers (rubbed). Provenance: George Long (armorial bookplate). Nissen BBI 2224. [With:] MARTYN, Thomas (1735-1825). Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations, intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables. London: B. White and Son, 1788. 8°. 38 hand-coloured plates. Original marbled boards, paper label on spine, uncut (a few defects). Nissen BBI 1292. [With:] SMITH, Frederick W. The Florist's Museum: a Register of the Newest and most Beautiful Varieties of Florists' Flowers. London: Orr and Smith, [c.1840]. Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette and 50 (of 60) hand-coloured plates, half-title. (Some spotting and discolouration). Original cloth gilt, gilt edges (contents loose in binding, rubbed, short tears to spine). [Together with:] William Curtis's Lectures on Botany (London, 1803-4, 3 vols) and a collection of prints of the Egypt after J. Powell and others (London, 1810). The lot sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (8)
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