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A group of 3 works.
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NATURAL HISTORY
A group of 3 works.
Interesting group of natural history books, some with hand-coloured plates.
Together 6 volumes, comprising: PLINY THE ELDER (23-79 C.E.). Naturalis Historiae. Leiden and Rotterdam: apud Hackios, 1669-1668-1669. 3 volumes, octavo (205 x 120mm). Additional engraved titles by G. Wingendorp. Late 19th-/early 20th-century red morocco gilt by Bedford, top edges gilt, the others uncut, gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers (extremities faintly rubbed). [With:] GILPIN, William. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views. London: 1791. 2 volumes, octavo (220 x 140mm). 31 engraved hand-coloured plates and 1 double-page map (occasional light offsetting). Contemporary calf (rebacked). [And:] MADDOCK, James. The Florist's Directory, A Treatise on the Culture of Flowers. London: 1810. Octavo (207 x 130mm). 8 hand-coloured plates (light spotting). Late 19th-century straight-grained morocco (extremities rubbed).
A group of 3 works.
Interesting group of natural history books, some with hand-coloured plates.
Together 6 volumes, comprising: PLINY THE ELDER (23-79 C.E.). Naturalis Historiae. Leiden and Rotterdam: apud Hackios, 1669-1668-1669. 3 volumes, octavo (205 x 120mm). Additional engraved titles by G. Wingendorp. Late 19th-/early 20th-century red morocco gilt by Bedford, top edges gilt, the others uncut, gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers (extremities faintly rubbed). [With:] GILPIN, William. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views. London: 1791. 2 volumes, octavo (220 x 140mm). 31 engraved hand-coloured plates and 1 double-page map (occasional light offsetting). Contemporary calf (rebacked). [And:] MADDOCK, James. The Florist's Directory, A Treatise on the Culture of Flowers. London: 1810. Octavo (207 x 130mm). 8 hand-coloured plates (light spotting). Late 19th-century straight-grained morocco (extremities rubbed).
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Please note this lot only includes 3 works, Pliny, Gilpin and Maddock. Not as stated in the printed catalogue. The correct estimate is £800-1200.
