Lot 56
  • 56

Sweet, Robert

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Cistineæ. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose. London: Printed for James Ridgway, July 1825–January 1830
  • paper, ink, leather
Illustration: 112 handcolored engraved plates (numbered 1–112) by S.Watts and Weddell after J., M., or W. Hart and Mrs. Margaret Read Brown.

28 original parts, 8vo (10 x 6 1/4 in.; 255 x 160 mm). Binding: Stab-stitched publisher's printed tan paper wrappers. Housed in a half morocco clamshell box, gilt.



Light offsetting to text from some plates, some scattered minor creasing, damp staining and soiling, particularly to the wrappers of nos. 1–3. 

Literature

De Belder sale 349; Nissen 1922; Great Flower Books, p. 141; Plesch sale 729; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 13.546

Condition

Light offsetting to text from some plates, some scattered minor creasing, damp staining and soiling, particularly to the wrappers of nos. 1–3.
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Catalogue Note

A fine copy in the scarce original parts of Sweet’s highly decorative guide to the cultivation of the Rock-rose or Cistus.

Issued bimonthly in parts, each plate shows a single variety of cistus or rock-rose and is accompanied by text giving a taxonomic description and instructions for the plant’s cultivation.