SOWERBY, JAMES. English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants. 1-36 + Supplement 1-4 (of 5). London 1790-1849. 4to. More than 2960 hand-coloured engraved plates by James Sowerby (some foxing; text partly with foxing, some minor tears to margins, a few marginal notes). 20th-century green half calf, partly slightly worn, gilt spines in compartments, faded, gilt upper edge, otherwise untrimmed. Antiquarian label pasted on inside of cover in vol. I. 40 vols. Nissen BBI 2225. Edited by James Sowerby J. E. Smith and afterwards by William Borrer and others. Most plates by James Sowerby and after his death James de Carle Sowerby and John William Salter Photo.
SOWERBY, JAMES. English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants. 1-36 + Supplement 1-4 (of 5). London 1790-1849. 4to. More than 2960 hand-coloured engraved plates by James Sowerby (some foxing; text partly with foxing, some minor tears to margins, a few marginal notes). 20th-century green half calf, partly slightly worn, gilt spines in compartments, faded, gilt upper edge, otherwise untrimmed. Antiquarian label pasted on inside of cover in vol. I. 40 vols. Nissen BBI 2225. Edited by James Sowerby J. E. Smith and afterwards by William Borrer and others. Most plates by James Sowerby and after his death James de Carle Sowerby and John William Salter Photo.
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