Lot 419
Royale, J. Forbes
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Illustrations of the Botany and other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere. London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1839. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., [plate and text volume], ground plan of Botanic Garden bound as frontispiece and 100 lithographed plates (all but 3 hand-coloured), lacking the frontispiece called for: View of the Himalaya Mountains, 6 plates with neat cut and folding slip at outer margin (to prevent image being trimmed by binder), text volume contemporary green half morocco gilt, plate volume full contemporary green morocco gilt, one or two slight spots, plates clean, corners rubbed
Footnote
Note: An attractive set. The plates are curiously numbered, there being plates numbered 63a, 75a and 78a but no plate numbered 76, 79 or 100.