SMITH, Sir JAMES EDWARD Exotic Botany, consisting of coloured figures, and scientific descriptions, of such new, beautiful, or rare plants as are worthy of cultivation in the gardens of Britain, with remarks on their qualities, history, and requisite modes of treatment. London, 1804-05. 2 vols. bound in one, 4to, 280 x 230 mm. (11 x 9 in.), modern half calf; some browning, staining or offsetting. FIRST EDITION, 120 colored engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1858; Pritzel 8743; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 12244. Provenance : William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer, bookplate.
SMITH, Sir JAMES EDWARD Exotic Botany, consisting of coloured figures, and scientific descriptions, of such new, beautiful, or rare plants as are worthy of cultivation in the gardens of Britain, with remarks on their qualities, history, and requisite modes of treatment. London, 1804-05. 2 vols. bound in one, 4to, 280 x 230 mm. (11 x 9 in.), modern half calf; some browning, staining or offsetting. FIRST EDITION, 120 colored engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1858; Pritzel 8743; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 12244. Provenance : William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer, bookplate.
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