Botany.- Atkinson (Sarah) The Botanical Multiplication Table, engraved throughout with title and hand-coloured illustrations of flowers, lightly browned, contemporary green calf, gilt, a little rubbed and faded, by the Author, [?1827] § Malo (Charles) Guirlande de Flore, half-title, engraved title within hand-coloured decorative wreath, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates after P.Bessa, tissue guards, calendar for 1818 at end, occasional spotting or browning, original pale yellow boards with matching slip-case, g.e., spine of slip-case with gilt title and decorations, [Nissen BBI 1265], Paris, Janet, [1817], 12mo (2) ⁂ The first is a curious but attractive work, each page containing a rhyming multiplication table and botanical example with hand-coloured illustration e.g. "3 times 12 are 36/Stonecrop to a Wall will fix" and "5 times 7 are 35/Sweet William growing near a hive" (with illustration featuring a bee skep). It is rare with only one copy in the UK (British Library) and one in America (Indiana University).
Botany.- Atkinson (Sarah) The Botanical Multiplication Table, engraved throughout with title and hand-coloured illustrations of flowers, lightly browned, contemporary green calf, gilt, a little rubbed and faded, by the Author, [?1827] § Malo (Charles) Guirlande de Flore, half-title, engraved title within hand-coloured decorative wreath, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates after P.Bessa, tissue guards, calendar for 1818 at end, occasional spotting or browning, original pale yellow boards with matching slip-case, g.e., spine of slip-case with gilt title and decorations, [Nissen BBI 1265], Paris, Janet, [1817], 12mo (2) ⁂ The first is a curious but attractive work, each page containing a rhyming multiplication table and botanical example with hand-coloured illustration e.g. "3 times 12 are 36/Stonecrop to a Wall will fix" and "5 times 7 are 35/Sweet William growing near a hive" (with illustration featuring a bee skep). It is rare with only one copy in the UK (British Library) and one in America (Indiana University).
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