SOWERBY, James and Sir Edward SMITH

English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants ... Volume IV

London, J. Davis, 1795.

Large octavo, all edges uncut, containing 71 hand-coloured engravings (numbered 218 to 288), each with a leaf of descriptive text (all versos blank).

Contemporary quarter roan and marbled boards worn; title and preface leaves almost excised; apart from a light pressed leaf stain to one plate, the contents are in excellent condition. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

With 71 hand-coloured botanical plates.

Item #112535

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