Name: Auction: Smith, Sir James Edward - James Sowerby English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 500 GBP
Availability: InStock

Lyon &amp; Turnbull are pleased to announce their October 2025 Books &amp; Manuscripts auction, taking place live and online from Edinburgh. The sale will present a carefully curated selection of printed books, manuscripts, maps, autographs and archives that span centuries of intellectual, literary and cultural achievement. &nbsp;Highlights from the autumn sale include fine bindings and library sets from the libraries of the late Earl of Airlie and from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, signed documents and letters from literary and historical figures ranging from John Ruskin to Duleep Singh, an important collection of Middle Eastern photography documenting the transformation of the region with the discovery of oil, and a large collection of travel narratives from the 18th to the 20th centuries.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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London: printed by Richard Taylor for the Proprietor, C.E. Sowerby, [1834?-40]. Second edition, 7 (of 12) volumes only, 8vo, 1524 hand-coloured plates (the full set with a suite of 2595 plates), each volume has its correct number of plates with several volumes containing additional plates, 20th century green half morocco gilt, occasional spotting, a few annotations to plate titles; Newman, Edward. A History of British Ferns. London: John van Voorst, 1854. 8vo; [bound with:] Sowerby, John E. - Charles Johnson. The Ferns of Great Britain. London: John E. Sowerby, 1855. 8vo, 49 hand-coloured plates, uniformly bound with the above (8)

Smith, Sir James Edward - James Sowerby

English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants

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