Lot 211
Smith, James Edward & James Sowerby.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
English botany. Second edition. London, 1834-36. Volumes 1-3 only, c. 579 hand-coloured engraved plates, original cloth-backed boards, some plates in volumes 2-3 dampstained in lower margin, bindings slightly dampstained; Hulme, F. Edward Familiar garden flowers. London: Cassell, [1895-96]. 5 volumes, 8vo, chromolithographed plates, original blue cloth gilt, volume 1 lacking flower device on upper board, spines faded and slightly rubbed; [Idem] Familiar wild flowers. London, [c.1875], 5 volumes, original green cloth gilt; Plues, M. Rambles in search of wild flowers. London, 1879. 8vo, 16 coloured plates, original cloth, spine marked; Plues, M. Rambles in search of flowerless plants. London, 1865. 8vo, 20 coloured plates, original cloth (15)