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MILLER, Philip (1691-1771). Figures Of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in The Gardeners Dictionary... To which are added, Their Descriptions, and an Account of the Classes to which they belong. London: printed for the Author, to be sold by John Rivington, A.Millar and others, [1755]- 1760.
2 volumes in 1, 2° (411 x 253mm). Engraved headpiece. 300 FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES after Georg Dioysius Ehret, John Miller, Richard Lancake and others, some with colour-printed base, 2 folding. (Occasional light offsetting, particularly to the final 30 plates.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt, g.e (extremities scuffed, spine worn). Provenance: J.H.Krelage (book-label); Ernest H.Krelage (bookplate).
A FINE LARGE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. A handsome work that includes 16 plates by Ehret, and a number from drawings by William Houstoun (the plant collector) who sent Miller a number of West Indian and Mexican specimens. Nissen BBI 1378; Great Flower Books p.68; Dunthorne 209; Henrey 1097; Hunt 566; Stafleu & Cowan 6059.
2 volumes in 1, 2° (411 x 253mm). Engraved headpiece. 300 FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES after Georg Dioysius Ehret, John Miller, Richard Lancake and others, some with colour-printed base, 2 folding. (Occasional light offsetting, particularly to the final 30 plates.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt, g.e (extremities scuffed, spine worn). Provenance: J.H.Krelage (book-label); Ernest H.Krelage (bookplate).
A FINE LARGE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. A handsome work that includes 16 plates by Ehret, and a number from drawings by William Houstoun (the plant collector) who sent Miller a number of West Indian and Mexican specimens. Nissen BBI 1378; Great Flower Books p.68; Dunthorne 209; Henrey 1097; Hunt 566; Stafleu & Cowan 6059.