GREEN, THOMAS. The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary... London, [1824]. 2 vols., 4to, 260 x 207 mm., contemporary english marbled calf, joints week, spines faded, some repairs at edges; some margins shaved close (occasionally affecting image). Second edition. 2 hand-colored engraved frontispieces, 2 hand-colored engraved additional titles and 109 hand-colored engraved plates. See Nissen 754. Carl Oscar Carlson, bookplate; HSNY, bookplate; Robert de Belder -- RAY, JOHN. Historia Plantarum Generalis... London: S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693-1704. 3 vols., folio, 356 x 224 mm., contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, some wear to spine ends and corners; title in vol. 3 spotted, some light marginal foxing, a few leaves browned. Second issue, with titles of vols. 1 & 2 cancels, misprinted page number 1940 for 1944 in vol. 2 corrected, and the portrait appearing only in vol. 1 (BM copy has port. in both vol. 1 & 2). Titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait and one engraving in text. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8701; Henrey 314. Robert de Belder. (5)

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GREEN, THOMAS. The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary... London, [1824]. 2 vols., 4to, 260 x 207 mm., contemporary english marbled calf, joints week, spines faded, some repairs at edges; some margins shaved close (occasionally affecting image). Second edition. 2 hand-colored engraved frontispieces, 2 hand-colored engraved additional titles and 109 hand-colored engraved plates. See Nissen 754. Carl Oscar Carlson, bookplate; HSNY, bookplate; Robert de Belder -- RAY, JOHN. Historia Plantarum Generalis... London: S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693-1704. 3 vols., folio, 356 x 224 mm., contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, some wear to spine ends and corners; title in vol. 3 spotted, some light marginal foxing, a few leaves browned. Second issue, with titles of vols. 1 & 2 cancels, misprinted page number 1940 for 1944 in vol. 2 corrected, and the portrait appearing only in vol. 1 (BM copy has port. in both vol. 1 & 2). Titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait and one engraving in text. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8701; Henrey 314. Robert de Belder. (5)

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