Benjamin Maund and J.S. Henslow | The Botanist, London, 1837-42, 5 volumes, contemporary red half morocco

Benjamin Maund and Revd. J.S. Henslow

The Botanist; Consisting of Highly finished Representations of Tender and Hardy Ornamental Plants; with Descriptions, Scientific and Popular, intended to convey both Moral and Intellectual Gratification. London: R. Groombridge, 1837-1842

5 volumes, small 4to (227 x 181mm.), engraved title-pages in each volume, 250 hand-coloured engraved plates, signature to front free endpaper of volume 1 overwritten in ink, contemporary red half morocco, spines with raised bands in five compartments, edges gilt, some spotting and marginal dampstaining, extremities rubbed, spines slightly sunned

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 85; Nissen BBI 2224; Stafleu TL2 5713