Sowerby, James
English Botany
£882
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. London: for the author, by J. Davis, 1790-9. Volumes 1-9 in 5, 8vo (22.3 x 13cm) contemporary half-marbled calf, marbled paper sides, approx. 1458 engraved plates, nearly all hand-coloured, a little rubbing and wear to bindings, contents generally clean
Provenance
From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.