[Rarebooks] Aiton (William Townsend) HORTUS KEWENSIS

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122. Aiton (William Townsend), HORTUS KEWENSIS, OR, A CATALOGUE OF THE 
PLANTS CULTIVATED IN THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN AT KEW. By the Late William 
Aiton. 
The Second Enlarged Edition.  5 volumes, I. xl, 407. II. (ii), 432. III. (i), 432. IV. (ii), 522. V. 
(ii),  568 pages, 8vo (225 x 145 mm), half calf, grey paper sides, some wear at the top and 
bottoms of the  backs and at the corners, front joint of volume I repaired, pages uncut, 
contents  crisp, with the Plesch bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and another  
embossed bookplate of a later owner. 
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1810-1813

Reserve: $2000	

Sale ends Thursday, 19th April at 16.30 gmt.

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