[Rarebooks] fs: 1825 - Botanical color plates

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(No. 8862 )  Maund, B[enjamin]. (1790-1863). THE BOTANIC GARDEN; CONSISTING 
OF HIGHLY FINISHED REPRESENTATIONS OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS, 
CULTIVATED IN GREAT BRITAIN; WITH THEIR CLASSIFICATION, HISTORY, CULTURE, 
AND OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION. VOL. 1.
London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, [ca.1825]. Full cloth, Octavo, [not 
paginated, ca. 200 pages + plates], Colored plates. Very Good.
      The first volume of Maund's monumental study of the flowers of Great 
Britain, containing herein 24 hand-colored engraved plates showing 4 flowers 
to a plate. Each plate is followed by the individual descriptions and data 
on the 4 flowers just depicted. This well preserved volume in bound in green 
cloth over boards with a leather spine label titled in gilt and a gilt 
numeral I near heal of spine, sprinkled textblock edges. Hinges cracked, 
spine somewhat faded, but otherwise very good. Some minor scattered foxing 
but plates remain clean and bright.    $350.00
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