CURTIS, William and others. The Botanical Magazine, or the Flower Garden displayed . London: by Stephen Coachman and others, [1787]-1793-1989. 105 bound volumes and 129 quarterly issues: Volumes I-CXLIX, CLII-CLXXXIV, and 4 index volumes. (Lacking vol. CLVIII part 4, CLXX part 1 and CLXXXIV part 4.) Continued as Kew Magazine incorporating Curtis's Botanical Magazine , Volumes I-VI. 8° (not uniform). OVER 10,000 ENGRAVED AND LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, MAINLY COLOURED BY HAND, including several folding. (Some leaves slightly spotted.) Volumes I-L in 22 in contemporary half calf, vols. LI-XC in contemporary mottled calf, all with red lettering pieces, vols. XCI-CLVII in cloth, (rubbed, a few joints cracked), the remainder in original wrappers. Provenance : Frederick DuCane Godman (armorial bookplate). Included in the lot are 3 duplicate issues; sold as a periodical not subject to return. A FINE AND COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ONE OF THE OLDEST SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS, showing the complete development of the magazine from its inception in 1787 to its amalgamation with the Kew Magazine nearly 200 years later. Some of the early volumes in this set have the variant title pages recorded by Stafleu. The first 13 volumes were edited by William Curtis after which it was taken over by John Sims until 1826. Other notable editors include Wiliam Jackson Hooker, Joseph Dalton Hooker Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Ramsbottom, Stapf and Hill. The majority of plates up to volume 43 are by Sydenham Edwards; other distiguished artists include James Sowerby John Curtis W. Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith and Lillian Snelling. "A complete set is a most valued and prized possession . . . Not only are many of the plates beautiful in themselves, but the volumes are an endless treasure house of wonderful plants." ( Great Flower Books pp. 39, 83-84.) Stafleu TL2 1290; Nissen BBI 2350; Blunt pp. 183-188. (245)
CURTIS, William and others. The Botanical Magazine, or the Flower Garden displayed . London: by Stephen Coachman and others, [1787]-1793-1989. 105 bound volumes and 129 quarterly issues: Volumes I-CXLIX, CLII-CLXXXIV, and 4 index volumes. (Lacking vol. CLVIII part 4, CLXX part 1 and CLXXXIV part 4.) Continued as Kew Magazine incorporating Curtis's Botanical Magazine , Volumes I-VI. 8° (not uniform). OVER 10,000 ENGRAVED AND LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, MAINLY COLOURED BY HAND, including several folding. (Some leaves slightly spotted.) Volumes I-L in 22 in contemporary half calf, vols. LI-XC in contemporary mottled calf, all with red lettering pieces, vols. XCI-CLVII in cloth, (rubbed, a few joints cracked), the remainder in original wrappers. Provenance : Frederick DuCane Godman (armorial bookplate). Included in the lot are 3 duplicate issues; sold as a periodical not subject to return. A FINE AND COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ONE OF THE OLDEST SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS, showing the complete development of the magazine from its inception in 1787 to its amalgamation with the Kew Magazine nearly 200 years later. Some of the early volumes in this set have the variant title pages recorded by Stafleu. The first 13 volumes were edited by William Curtis after which it was taken over by John Sims until 1826. Other notable editors include Wiliam Jackson Hooker, Joseph Dalton Hooker Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Ramsbottom, Stapf and Hill. The majority of plates up to volume 43 are by Sydenham Edwards; other distiguished artists include James Sowerby John Curtis W. Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith and Lillian Snelling. "A complete set is a most valued and prized possession . . . Not only are many of the plates beautiful in themselves, but the volumes are an endless treasure house of wonderful plants." ( Great Flower Books pp. 39, 83-84.) Stafleu TL2 1290; Nissen BBI 2350; Blunt pp. 183-188. (245)
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