The Floricultural Cabinet by Harrison, Joseph., ed - 1841

Whittaker and Co., 1850. Hardcover. Good. . Fading to spine, minor shelf wear. Missing one plate [the Rhododendron Jasminiflorum on p. 291], otherwise all plates present and clean. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

London: Whittaker & Co, 1840. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 288pp. Bound issues from January through December, 1840, comprising Volume VIII , No. 82, through No. 94. Each issue is prefaced by a full page hand-colored plate, except for April, which has three, for a total of 14 plates. With an engraved title page added. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Neat ownership name stamp. Binding lightly rubbed at hinges and edges, gilt border rubbed; the hand colored plates have generally lightly offset to the facing page; else this is a fine copy.

London: Whittaker & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 296pp. Bound issues from January through December, 1839, comprising Volume VII , No. 71, through No. 82. Each issue but December is prefaced by a full page hand-colored plate, except for July and August, which each have two, plus there is a frontispiece, for a total of 14 plates. With an engraved title page, a typeset title and preface added. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Neat ownership name stamp. Binding lightly rubbed at hinges and edges, the hand colored plates have generally lightly offset to the facing pages, else this is a fine copy.

London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co. (later Whittaker and Co.), 1833-1847 passim. Volumes 1 (1833), 4 (1836) through 15 (1847) only; octavo, library markings, in half leather, half cloth, and full cloth bindings, some need replacement or repair but blocks still well sewn, some volumes lack general titles; has many but not all of the hand colored plates, some cut down at margins with occasional loss on some of the captions and in a very few instances the images are barely touched, light general age toning and occasional light age staining but in most cases the coloring is still rich; color plates present, Volume 1 (13 plates), Volume 4 (14 plates), Volume 5 (13 plates), Volume 6 (14 plates with two of them folding), Volume 7 (13 plates), Volume 8 (14 plates), Volume 9 (1 plate), Volume 10 (no plates present), Volume 11 (no plates present), Volume 12 (12 plates), Volume 13 (13 plates), Volume 14 (11 plates, this volume l. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and… Read More