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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. London: 1812-1848.
Handsome set 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 became 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.
10 volumes, quarto (285 x 220mm), comprising: vols I-VII = First Series, first editions; vols VIII-X = Second Series, first editions. Engraved titles to vols I-VII, 176 engraved plates, of which 88 hand-coloured, some folding, 3 folding letterpress tables (a few plates trimmed close, sometimes into image, occasional very light spotting and browning). Uniformly bound in contemporary dark red half morocco over marbled boards, gilt spines, marbled edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: armorial booklate with motto 'Soyes sage et simple) – George Samuel Wintle (1813-84; Gloucestershire wine merchant and naturalist; bookplate); Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplates).
Handsome set 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 became 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.
10 volumes, quarto (285 x 220mm), comprising: vols I-VII = First Series, first editions; vols VIII-X = Second Series, first editions. Engraved titles to vols I-VII, 176 engraved plates, of which 88 hand-coloured, some folding, 3 folding letterpress tables (a few plates trimmed close, sometimes into image, occasional very light spotting and browning). Uniformly bound in contemporary dark red half morocco over marbled boards, gilt spines, marbled edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: armorial booklate with motto 'Soyes sage et simple) – George Samuel Wintle (1813-84; Gloucestershire wine merchant and naturalist; bookplate); Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplates).
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