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PAXTON, Joseph (1801-1865). Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants. London: Orr and Smith (vols. I and II), W. S. Orr and Co. (vols. III-XVI), [1833] 1834-1849.
16 volumes, 8° (225 x 158mm vols.I-IX, 232 x 160mm vols.X-XVI). 723 Engraved and lithographic plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, including 27 folding, by F. W. Smith and S. and J. Holden. (Occasional spotting, a few trimmed just touching illustration, lacks half-titles.) Contemporary half calf by Stones of Manchester with their label, spines in compartments (rubbed, spines slightly faded, tear at head of spine of vol.II). Provenance: Wm. Fleming (signature on endpapers).
FIRST EDITION of this long-running botanical periodical, with the first issue of volume I. The hand-coloured plates depict a wide variety of flowers; there are also four lithographic plates of garden designs, printed in colour, and an uncoloured plate of garden ornaments, in volumes IV and V, as well as an uncoloured plate of the "Emperor Fountain" at Chatsworth in volume XI. These volumes collate as those in Stafleu, with a total of 723 plates, but notes that "the copies do not always have all the plates: we are not certain that 723 is the exact number of plates issued." Stafleu and Cowan 7554; Nissen BBI 2351; Great Flower Books p.85 (both requiring 768 plates); sold as a periodical not subject to return. (16)
16 volumes, 8° (225 x 158mm vols.I-IX, 232 x 160mm vols.X-XVI). 723 Engraved and lithographic plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, including 27 folding, by F. W. Smith and S. and J. Holden. (Occasional spotting, a few trimmed just touching illustration, lacks half-titles.) Contemporary half calf by Stones of Manchester with their label, spines in compartments (rubbed, spines slightly faded, tear at head of spine of vol.II). Provenance: Wm. Fleming (signature on endpapers).
FIRST EDITION of this long-running botanical periodical, with the first issue of volume I. The hand-coloured plates depict a wide variety of flowers; there are also four lithographic plates of garden designs, printed in colour, and an uncoloured plate of garden ornaments, in volumes IV and V, as well as an uncoloured plate of the "Emperor Fountain" at Chatsworth in volume XI. These volumes collate as those in Stafleu, with a total of 723 plates, but notes that "the copies do not always have all the plates: we are not certain that 723 is the exact number of plates issued." Stafleu and Cowan 7554; Nissen BBI 2351; Great Flower Books p.85 (both requiring 768 plates); sold as a periodical not subject to return. (16)