ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY--Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London [first series]. London: 1812-1830. Volumes I-V and VII (only). Engraved titles. 61 hand-coloured engraved plates (9 folding), 60 engraved plates (4 folding), and 2 lithographic plates, one printed in colours and finished in colours by hand. 3 folding letterpress tables. Retaining blank I, K4, errata leaves bound in at the end of vols I and II, errata slip tipped onto vol. II errata leaf, errata slip bound in after vol. IV index, corrigenda leaf for vols I-V bound in at the end of vol. V. List of the Horticultural Society of London (London: 1830), Report of the Garden Committee (London: 1827), and Charter (London: 1830) bound in at the end of vol. V. (Some variable spotting, browning and light offsetting, offsetting on some folding plates, some plates trimmed affecting number or imprint, and occasionally image.) [With:] ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY-- A bound volume containing: Charter and Bye-Laws of the Horticultural Society of London (London: 1816); Subjects for the Medals and Rewards (London: 1817); Statement Relative to the Establishment of a Garden (London: [?1822]; Report of the Garden Committee (London: 1823-1826, 4 issues, 2 engraved folding plates); Bye-Laws for the Garden (London: 1822); List of the Horticultural Society (London: 1816, 1819-1826, 8 issues); 2 other ephemeral pieces published by the Society, 4° et infra. (Occasional spotting, browning and marking.) Together 7 volumes, 4° (283 x 219mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf gilt, speckled edges (some rubbing and scuffing, some lettering-pieces chipped, lacking or replaced, 3 vols rebacked retaining original spines, others with splits on joints). Provenance: Lieutenant General Sir James Affleck, Bt (1759-1833, address and ownership inscriptions on some leaves, occasional early pencilled annotations). Second edition of vol. I, FIRST EDITIONS OF VOLUMES II-V AND VII OF THE LEADING BRITISH HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL OF THE PERIOD. The Horticultural Society of London was founded by Sir Joseph Banks, John Wedgwood and others in 1804 and become The Royal Horticultural Society in 1861. The Society's Transactions were illustrated by fine plates, many after fruit paintings by William Hooker (1779-1832); according to Blunt and Stearn, his original paintings 'reveal him as one of the greatest pomological artists of all time' (The Art of Botanical Illustration, 1995, p.233). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. Cf. BM(NH) IV, p.1751 (lacking vols I-II); Cleveland Collections 839 (mixed edition, variant collations); Dunthorne 142; Hunt B-P-H p.883. (7)