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SOWERBY James (1757-1822) & James Edward SMITH (1759-1828). English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, edited by John T. Boswell Syme, London: Robert Hardwicke and George Bell and Sons, 1863-1892.
13 volumes (including the 1892 supplememt), 4° (255 x 165mm.), half titles, 1952 hand-coloured engraved plates (mainly marginal soiling and occasional spotting, verso of plates with blind-stamp), contemporary red half morocco, top edges gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: contemporary manuscript index at start of volume I. Third edition. Nissen BBI 2227. (13)
13 volumes (including the 1892 supplememt), 4° (255 x 165mm.), half titles, 1952 hand-coloured engraved plates (mainly marginal soiling and occasional spotting, verso of plates with blind-stamp), contemporary red half morocco, top edges gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: contemporary manuscript index at start of volume I. Third edition. Nissen BBI 2227. (13)
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