Lot 272
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 10 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A Description of the genus Pinus. London: William Stevens for James Bohn, 1842, 2 volumes (text volume 8vo, plate volume folio), titles in red and black, 93 hand-coloured engraved plates, 7 plates of views of trees in landscapes, 86 plates of botanical details, after Ferdinand Bauer, J. Sowerby, J.T. Hart and others, engraved by Warner, Mackenzie, J. Sowerby, E.S. Weddell, Quiroz and others, uniform dark blue half morocco, spines gilt, occasional light spotting, 16 plates shaved into plate area with no loss to titles, imprint or image, binding scuffed and rubbed
Footnote
Note: A fine copy of Lambert's masterpiece including spectacular plates after Franz Bauer. Only a few copies of Bohn's issue appear to have been published, no copy being listed as having sold at auction in the past twenty-five years.The first edition was begun in 1803 and completed in 1824 with a total of 58 plates. It then appeared in various formats with varying numbers of plates until the Bohn issue of 1842. According to Henrey the largest number of plates found is 103 in the 3 volume folio edition published by George White between 1837 and 1842 (although Nissen gives a plate total of 117 for the same edition). The present example has one more plate than the Lindley Library copy described by Henrey. Henrey III, 925.