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SOWERBY, James (1757-1822) and Sir James SMITH (1759-1828). English Botany; or, coloured figures of British plants. London: 1790-1814.
37 volumes in 36 (including the General Indexes bound in the final volume), 8° (228 x 135mm). 2592 hand-coloured engraved plates, 3 folding. (Lacking plate 1462 and its text in vol. XXI, and text to plates 196 (vol. II) and 179 (vol.III); plates 1817 and 1818 and the one leaf of text to plate 1818 holed with loss, occasional light browning and spotting. Contemporary tree calf (vols. XVI-XXXVI with slight but uniform variation to tooling) gilt, the flat-backed spines in six compartments, with green and red morocco lettering-pieces (some neat unobtrusive repairs and restoration, particularly to the joints and head and foot of spines. FIRST EDITION. Nissen BBI 2225. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (36)
37 volumes in 36 (including the General Indexes bound in the final volume), 8° (228 x 135mm). 2592 hand-coloured engraved plates, 3 folding. (Lacking plate 1462 and its text in vol. XXI, and text to plates 196 (vol. II) and 179 (vol.III); plates 1817 and 1818 and the one leaf of text to plate 1818 holed with loss, occasional light browning and spotting. Contemporary tree calf (vols. XVI-XXXVI with slight but uniform variation to tooling) gilt, the flat-backed spines in six compartments, with green and red morocco lettering-pieces (some neat unobtrusive repairs and restoration, particularly to the joints and head and foot of spines. FIRST EDITION. Nissen BBI 2225. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (36)