SOWERBY, James (1757-1822) and James Edward SMITH. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, London: J. Davis, 1790-1814. 37 volumes, including Index. 8° (235 x 135mm.) 2592 hand-coloured engraved plates by James Sowerby. Contemporary half indigo calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with floral motif. (Extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: R. E. Skyring Thomas (armorial bookplate in vol. I). AN ATTRACTIVE SET. Nissen BBI 2225; Great Flower Books p. 140.