SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE. QUARTO BOUND IN GOLD CLOTH GILT TITLES TO SPINE AND FRONT BOARD. ALL EDGES GILT. ILLUSTRATED BY F.W. FROHAWK. WITH THE BOOKPLATE ARMORIAL OF ALFRED SWAINE LETHBRIDGE. WITH 24 FULL COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS . NO DATE BUT 1896-98. SOME FOXING TO TISSUE GUARDS AS USUAL. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES BUT A VERY GOOD SET. POSTAGE AT FULL COST.
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.
CARD COVERS VERY GOOD. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION AT THE CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE JEWRY-BY-GUILDHALL JULY 1984 AS PART OF 1984 CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL. 30 pp.
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.
