![MAUND, Benjamin (1790-1864). The Botanic Garden. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1825-[51]. Volumes I-XIII [all published]. Additional engraved titles and 312 hand-coloured engraved plates with 1,248 figures of flowers -- The Fruitist; a Treatise on Orchard and Garden Fruits. London: Groombridge and Sons, [n.d.]. 72 hand-coloured plates -- The Floral Register. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., [n.d.]. 2 volumes. Wood-engraved illustrations -- The Auctarium. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., [n.d.]. Part I only. Together 4 works in 17 volumes, 4° (228 x 185mm). (Occasional light spotting and staining, 2 leaves detached in The Auctarium). Uniformly-bound in contemporary mauve half calf, green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Elizabeth Dawes, 1848 (signature on title). Dunthorne 198; Nissen BBI 2222; Pritzel 6004; Sitwell Great Flower Books p.160. (17)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CSK/2006_CSK_04071_0118_000(115446).jpg?w=1)
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MAUND, Benjamin (1790-1864). The Botanic Garden. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1825-[51]. Volumes I-XIII [all published]. Additional engraved titles and 312 hand-coloured engraved plates with 1,248 figures of flowers -- The Fruitist; a Treatise on Orchard and Garden Fruits. London: Groombridge and Sons, [n.d.]. 72 hand-coloured plates -- The Floral Register. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., [n.d.]. 2 volumes. Wood-engraved illustrations -- The Auctarium. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., [n.d.]. Part I only. Together 4 works in 17 volumes, 4° (228 x 185mm). (Occasional light spotting and staining, 2 leaves detached in The Auctarium). Uniformly-bound in contemporary mauve half calf, green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Elizabeth Dawes, 1848 (signature on title). Dunthorne 198; Nissen BBI 2222; Pritzel 6004; Sitwell Great Flower Books p.160. (17)
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