SOWERBY, James and James SMITH. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, London: for J. Sowerby, 1811-12, volumes 32 and 33 only, 8° (280 x 135mm.), FIRST EDITION, 143 hand-coloured engraved plates, one folding (occasional light spotting or offsetting to text), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with black morocco spine labels (rubbed). [Nissen BBI 2225] (2)

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SOWERBY, James and James SMITH. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, London: for J. Sowerby, 1811-12, volumes 32 and 33 only, 8° (280 x 135mm.), FIRST EDITION, 143 hand-coloured engraved plates, one folding (occasional light spotting or offsetting to text), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with black morocco spine labels (rubbed). [Nissen BBI 2225] (2)

Provenance

Henrietta Gurney (booklabel in both volumes). Elizabeth Gurney, Upton, 1828 (ownership inscription to front blanks of both volumes). Exhibited at the Elizabeth Fry exhibition, Castle Museum, Norwich in 1937 (letter from curator of Museum).

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