THREES VOLUMES. NEAR FINE CONDITION IN A SLIP CASE. COMPRISING A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UNTIL 1800. 1: THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES HISTORY & BIBLIOGRAPHY. 2: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY HISTORY. 3: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY.
THREES VOLUMES. VERY GOOD CONDITION. COMPRISING A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UNTIL 1800. 1: THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES HISTORY & BIBLIOGRAPHY. 2: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY HISTORY. 3: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY.
FOLIO FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE 1897 EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 39. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH GILT. 224 PAGES WITH MANY PLATES BY MILLAIS. A FINE COPY. TOP EDGES GILT. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION FOUR VOLUMES LARGE QUARTO FULL WHITE BUCKRAM 300 FULL- PAGE COLOUR PLATES BY PERRIN TEXT BY BOULGER. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 689. SOME BROWNING TO THE SPINE OF VOL. 1 BUT A VERY GOOD SET. VERY HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST.
FIRST EDITION FOLIO TWO VOLUMES 41 COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. EACH SPECIES DRAWN FROM NATURE BY A F LYDON PLUS NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. TISSUES GUARDS OCCASIONAL MARKS PUBLISHER’S RED BRICK CLOTH OVER BEVELLED EDGED BOARDS RUBBED AND STAINED. THE BINDING IS WEAK AND SO SOME PLATES ARE LOOSE. CONTENTS VERY GOOD AS ARE THE PLATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE ON LAMPREYS WHICH HAS A SMALL WATER STAIN.
CONTAINING A SHORT HISTORY OF EACH FOX AND STAG HUNT IN THE BRITISH ISLES TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS OF MASTERS PAST AND PRESENT AND SOME MEMBERS OF EACH HUNT. ALSO AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON MEDIAEVAL HUNTING AND ARTICLES CONCERNING THE STAG THE FOX THE HOUND AND THE HORSE AND ALL SUBJECTS ALLIED THERETO. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLISHED IN FOUR VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS. VOLUME 1 (THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND. VOLUME 2 (THE SOUTH-EAST EAST AND EASTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND). VOLUME 3 ( THE NORTH-EAST AND WESTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND; AND WALES). VOLUME 4 ( ENGLAND (NORTH) SCOTLAND AND IRELAND). LARGE FOLIO SIZE AND VERY HEAVY BEING PRINTED ON GLOSSY PAPER. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS ABOUT 600 PAGES. ALL FOUR VOLUMES ARE FINELY BOUND IN RED HALF-MOROCCO LEATHER OVER RED BOARDS MARBLED END PAGES RAISED BANDS AND GILT LETTERING TO THE SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT. THE SET IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT FOXING TO THE FIRST FEW PAGES AND MINOR SCUFFING TO THE EDGES OF THE LEATHER OTHERWISE A VERY FINE SET . INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES ARE PRICED AT £250 OR £920 FOR THE SET.
