Lot 278

Graves, George




Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
£1,000
Description
Hortus Medicus, or Figures and Descriptions of the more Important Plants used in Medicine, or possessed of Poisonous Qualities. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1834. First edition. 4to., (285 x 220mm.), 44 hand coloured engraved plates on 38 sheets, tissue guards, late 19th. century maroon half calf, red morocco label, corners, joints, top and bottom of spine worn, sections B-D working loose, tissue guard adhering to inner margin plate 4, short closed tear at bottom of plate 43 not affecting image, small piece torn away at corner of plate 44 well away from image, a clean crisp copy



