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THE BOTANIC GARDEN Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain (vols. 1-5)
by Maund, B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1825. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to (16 x 19.5cm). 1825-1835. Volumes 1-5 with 24 hand -coloured engraved plates per volume, each divided into four parts, all with tissue guards. Total of 120 plates with 480 flowering plants represented. Accompanying text describing the species on each plate. Each volume with separate engraved and letterpress title pages (except vol. I which only has the engraved title page). engraved dedication page (to Queen Victoria) to vols. III & IV; indexes to all volumes. Fine uniform bindings of contemporary half-dark green morocco, with gilt lettering and decoration between four raised bands, marbled paper boards, all bindings in very good condition with slight rubbing only, a few corners a little more worn. Original red-pink marbled end papers with the small contemporary signature of "Clara Day" to each. Contents good and tight, a little foxing to engraved title pages and first few pages otherwise text pages very clean; plates all very good and bright, a few very slightly marked. A very good uniform run of the first five volumes of the first edition of this famous botanical work, in handsome contemporary bindings. (The Botanic Garden ran to 13 volumes finally ending in 1851),.
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023251
- Title
- THE BOTANIC GARDEN Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain (vols. 1-5)
- Author
- Maund, B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simpkin and Marshall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Size
- Small 4to (16 x 19.5cm)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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