Lot 18
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LOUDON, Jane Wells (1807-1858). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials, London: William Smith, 1843-44. 2 volumes, 4° (286 x 215mm). Half titles, 96 hand-coloured lithographed plates. (Frontispiece plate and first few leaves detached in volume I, hinges broken in both volumes, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, occasional mainly light spotting and browning, a few plates bound out-of-sequence.) Original cloth gilt (spine detached from volume I, joints splitting, rather worn).
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LOUDON, Jane Wells (1807-1858). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials, London: William Smith, 1843-44. 2 volumes, 4° (286 x 215mm). Half titles, 96 hand-coloured lithographed plates. (Frontispiece plate and first few leaves detached in volume I, hinges broken in both volumes, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, occasional mainly light spotting and browning, a few plates bound out-of-sequence.) Original cloth gilt (spine detached from volume I, joints splitting, rather worn).

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LOUDON, Jane Wells (1807-1858). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials, London: William Smith, 1843-44. 2 volumes, 4° (286 x 215mm). Half titles, 96 hand-coloured lithographed plates. (Frontispiece plate and first few leaves detached in volume I, hinges broken in both volumes, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, occasional mainly light spotting and browning, a few plates bound out-of-sequence.) Original cloth gilt (spine detached from volume I, joints splitting, rather worn).

FIRST EDITION of Loudon's Ornamental Perennials, one of a highly popular series which influenced a generation of Victorian gardeners.
Nissen BBI 1237; Pritzel 5634. (2)
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