CURTIS William
£3,500
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Flora londinenis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London ... 1st edition, (volume 1 titlepage dated 1777), 3 vols. [only, of 6] in 1, with 223 plates (with 6 uncoloured and 217 hand coloured], with one list of subscribers and indices to vols. 1 to 3, 19th century half green morocco, cloth boards, rubbed, repairs to titlepage and to the dedication leaf affecting letters of text, occasional offsetting from the plates, folio, London: by the author [1775-etc.]
Note: Nissen BBI 439. Issued in 72 parts, the Flora Londinensis is much more comprehensive than its title might suggest, for it extends to most of the English flora, and could be regarded as the first colour-plate national flora