Beschreibung:

The Floral World and Garden Guide, six volumes (bound in 3), 1858 - 1863, three chromolithographic plates and numerous illustrations to text, uniform contemporary half calf gilt, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with another edition (1872) with twelve chromolithographic plates, some dust soiling and slight spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, 8vo, together with Johnson (Charles), The Ferns of Great Britain: Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, 1855, forty-nine engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper, contemporary half calf gilt, a little stained, worn and frayed, 8vo, plus Anderson (James, editor), The New Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist, circa 1890, twenty-seven chromolithographic plates (including five folding) some spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, some wear, 8vo, with two other horticultural volumes similar Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (8)