Lot 147

Willmott, Ellen Ann





Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,063
Description
The genus rosa. London: John Murray, 1914. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, 132 chromolithographed plates, numerous full page illustrations, contemporary green morocco gilt by Bumpus, covers with triple gilt fillet borders and red and green rose and leaf corner pieces, spines tooled gilt in compartments with the same motifs, a.e.g., one or two plates adhering to the adjacent text leaf, text leaf p.467 repaired with minor loss, volume 2 upper joint cracking, spines a bit faded




