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Curtis, William.
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- Botanical Magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew and other botanical establishments in Great Britain, with suitable descriptions... by Sir William Jackson Hooker. London: Reeve Brothers, 1845-1869
first edition, third series, 21 volumes (comprising volumes 1-3, 5-9, 12, 14-25), 8vo (252 x 158mm.), titles with vignette, 1407 hand-coloured lithographed botanical plates, many folding, original blind-stamped cloth, flat spines lettered in gilt, lacking half-titles, occasional spotting or browning, one or two plates with adhesion of plates to text with minor loss, occasional offsetting onto text, a few spine ends rubbed
Literature
Nissen BBI 2350; Henrey 473; Pritzel 2007
Catalogue Note
This run comprises 21 volumes from the third series, volumes 1-25 (volumes LXXI-XCV of the whole series).