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Loddiges, Conrad.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- The Botanical Cabinet consisting of coloured delineations of plants, from all countries. London: John & Arthur Arch; John Hatchard; C. Loddiges & Sons; G. Cooke, 1818–1833
first edition, 20 volumes, 4to (203 x 155 mm.), each volume with engraved title and index, 2000 hand-coloured engraved plates by George Cooke, in addition two uncoloured plates of the steam apparatus at the Hackney hothouses, contemporary green half calf, some offsetting from plates, slight spotting, bindings slightly scuffed and some spines sunned
Provenance
Major Albert Pam (1875-1955), senior partner of Schroders, author and Amaryllidaceae expert after whom the Pamianthe was named, bookplate in every volume; Wardington, bookplate
Literature
Dunthorne 187; Great Flower Books, p.85; Nissen BBI 2228; Pritzel 5559
Catalogue Note
This work combines exquisitely executed floral illustration with a text laden with moral metaphor. The periodical was issued in answer to public demands for information about the flood of new plants into English gardens and nurseries at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Most of the plants were cultivated in the renowned Loddiges nursery at Hackney. A duodecimo edition with partially colored plates was issued simultaneously.