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Henry C. Andrews | The Heathery; or a monograph of the genus Erica, 1804-1806, vols 1-3 (only), mottled calf

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Henry C. Andrews


The heathery; or a monograph of the genus Erica. London: Richard Taylor, 1804-1806


FIRST EDITION, volumes 1-3 (of 6), 8vo (230 x 135mm.), engraved additional title, 150 engraved plates, all coloured by hand, contemporary mottled calf, yellow edges, a few plates cropped, one spine label chipped


LITERATURE:

Dunthorne 10; Great Flower Books, p. 47; Nissen BBI 33


PROVENANCE:

William Henry Fellowes (1769­-1837), Haverland Hall, Norfolk, MP for Huntingdon 1796-1830, ancestor of Diana Fellowes, who married Henry Broughton in 1932, armorial bookplate