Collection of Seven 18th- and 19th-Century English Botanical Books most with hand-colored plates, including: Rene Rapin, Of Gardens (London: W. Bowyer for B. Lintot, [1718]) trans. James Gardner 2nd ed., in full tan calf with tooled decoration, later spine with raised bands, brown panel and gilt lettering and decoration, four engraved plates by by E. Kirkall after L. Cheron (engraved portrait frontispiece lacking), armorial bookplate, 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Ebenezer Sibley, Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal (London: British Directory Office and Champant & Whitrow, [1798], with engraved plates (some hand-colored), in full brown "tree" leather with gilt decoration, the later spine with red and black panels and gilt lettering, rule and decoration, with marbled endpapers, 10-7/8" x 8-3/4". [Elizabeth and Sarah Mary Fitton], Conversations on Botany (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees et al., 1818), 2nd ed., hand-colored plates by James Sowerby in a publisher's binding covered with vellum spine and "gingham" papers, 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Conrad Loddiges & Sons, Botanical Cabinet, Vol. III (London: John & Arthur Arch, et al., 1818), hand-colored plates by George Cooke (nos. 201-300), in black half leather on brown paper boards with gilt fillet, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, rule and decoration, the edges cut and gilt, 8-1/4" x 7". [Cleveland 806; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 4914; Nissen BBI 2228] Conrad Loddiges & Sons, Botanical Cabinet, Vol. VIII (London: John & Arthur Arch, et al., 1823), hand-colored plates by George Cooke (nos. 701-800), in full tan calf with embossed and gilt fillet, the spine with raised bands and (lacking) panels with gilt rule and decoration, the edges cut and gilt, with armorial bookplate, 8-1/2" x 6-7/8". [Cleveland 806; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 4914; Nissen BBI 2228] James Rennie, Magazine of Botany and Gardening, Vol. I London: G. Henderson 1833, in full red morocco with gilt lettering, decoration and dentelle, the spines with raised bands, the edges cut and gilt, 9-3/4" x 7-7/8". William Rhind, History of the Vegetable Kingdom (London: Blockie & Son, 1868), revised (3rd) ed., with steel and wood engravings, in green half leather with embossed fillet on marbled boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering and rule, the edges cut and tinted, 10" x 7-1/4". [Stafleu-Cowan TL2 9128; Nissen BBI 1628]
Collection of Seven 18th- and 19th-Century English Botanical Books most with hand-colored plates, including: Rene Rapin, Of Gardens (London: W. Bowyer for B. Lintot, [1718]) trans. James Gardner 2nd ed., in full tan calf with tooled decoration, later spine with raised bands, brown panel and gilt lettering and decoration, four engraved plates by by E. Kirkall after L. Cheron (engraved portrait frontispiece lacking), armorial bookplate, 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Ebenezer Sibley, Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal (London: British Directory Office and Champant & Whitrow, [1798], with engraved plates (some hand-colored), in full brown "tree" leather with gilt decoration, the later spine with red and black panels and gilt lettering, rule and decoration, with marbled endpapers, 10-7/8" x 8-3/4". [Elizabeth and Sarah Mary Fitton], Conversations on Botany (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees et al., 1818), 2nd ed., hand-colored plates by James Sowerby in a publisher's binding covered with vellum spine and "gingham" papers, 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Conrad Loddiges & Sons, Botanical Cabinet, Vol. III (London: John & Arthur Arch, et al., 1818), hand-colored plates by George Cooke (nos. 201-300), in black half leather on brown paper boards with gilt fillet, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, rule and decoration, the edges cut and gilt, 8-1/4" x 7". [Cleveland 806; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 4914; Nissen BBI 2228] Conrad Loddiges & Sons, Botanical Cabinet, Vol. VIII (London: John & Arthur Arch, et al., 1823), hand-colored plates by George Cooke (nos. 701-800), in full tan calf with embossed and gilt fillet, the spine with raised bands and (lacking) panels with gilt rule and decoration, the edges cut and gilt, with armorial bookplate, 8-1/2" x 6-7/8". [Cleveland 806; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 4914; Nissen BBI 2228] James Rennie, Magazine of Botany and Gardening, Vol. I London: G. Henderson 1833, in full red morocco with gilt lettering, decoration and dentelle, the spines with raised bands, the edges cut and gilt, 9-3/4" x 7-7/8". William Rhind, History of the Vegetable Kingdom (London: Blockie & Son, 1868), revised (3rd) ed., with steel and wood engravings, in green half leather with embossed fillet on marbled boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering and rule, the edges cut and tinted, 10" x 7-1/4". [Stafleu-Cowan TL2 9128; Nissen BBI 1628]
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