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MORRIS, Richard. Flora conspicua; a selection of the most ornamental flowering, hardy, exotic and indigenous trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants for embellishing flower-gardens and pleasure-grounds, London: Thomas Griffiths, 1830. 8°, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after William Clark, one double-page, additional manuscript index at end (plates with faint marginal browning, text spotted, descriptive text of plate 33 cut down and mounted, marginal repairs to descriptive text of plates 14 and 51), later half roan, title lettered in gilt on spine (small section of front cover dented), t.e.g. cf. Nissen BBI 1414 (first edition of 1826).
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MORRIS, Richard. Flora conspicua; a selection of the most ornamental flowering, hardy, exotic and indigenous trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants for embellishing flower-gardens and pleasure-grounds, London: Thomas Griffiths, 1830. 8°, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after William Clark, one double-page, additional manuscript index at end (plates with faint marginal browning, text spotted, descriptive text of plate 33 cut down and mounted, marginal repairs to descriptive text of plates 14 and 51), later half roan, title lettered in gilt on spine (small section of front cover dented), t.e.g. cf. Nissen BBI 1414 (first edition of 1826).

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MORRIS, Richard. Flora conspicua; a selection of the most ornamental flowering, hardy, exotic and indigenous trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants for embellishing flower-gardens and pleasure-grounds, London: Thomas Griffiths, 1830. 8°, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after William Clark, one double-page, additional manuscript index at end (plates with faint marginal browning, text spotted, descriptive text of plate 33 cut down and mounted, marginal repairs to descriptive text of plates 14 and 51), later half roan, title lettered in gilt on spine (small section of front cover dented), t.e.g. cf. Nissen BBI 1414 (first edition of 1826).
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