Beschreibung:

Smith, Sir James Edward Sowerby, James, English botany; or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth [...]. The second edition, arranged according to the Linnaean method, with the descriptions shortened, and occasional remarks added, published 1832 - 1846, in 12 vols, 15 x 23 cm, with vol 1-7 half calf, tan leather with marbled boards, vols 8-12 half calf in green leather with gilt lettering with marbled boards, Illustrated with more than 2,700 coloured plates, most of which are drawn and engraved by James Sowerby (1757-1822).
Condition: minor foxing throughout