THORNTON, ROBERT JOHN. Botanical Extracts: or Philosophy of Botany... London, 1810. Vols. I and II (of 4), folio, 469 x 335 mm., old half calf, wear to spine of first vol. FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 22 engraved portraits and 51 engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1956; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 14285 ("We were not in position to enter further into this bibliographer's nightmare..."). Robert George Wyndham Herbert; Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplates -- CURTIS, WILLIAM. A Monograph on the Genus Camellia... London, 1819. Text only, large folio, 631 x 525 mm., disbound; some soiling. Engraved title and engraved dedication. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1283 -- SMITH, JAMES EDWAR. Plantarum Icones Hactenus Ineditae... London, 1789-91. 3 parts in one vol., folio, 376 x 235 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, using old spine, unidentified crest blindstamped on sides; scattered light foxing and light marginal browning. FIRST EDITION, 75 engraved plates. Hunt 708; Nissen BBI 1860; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 12220. Ashton Allis, bookplate -- HILL, JOHN. A History of the Aggregates, or Cluster-Headed Plants... London, 1772. Folio, 416 x 250 mm., contemporary half calf, rebacked; light browning. Second edition, separately published, of the fifth volumes of the author's The Vegetable System. (5)
THORNTON, ROBERT JOHN. Botanical Extracts: or Philosophy of Botany... London, 1810. Vols. I and II (of 4), folio, 469 x 335 mm., old half calf, wear to spine of first vol. FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 22 engraved portraits and 51 engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1956; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 14285 ("We were not in position to enter further into this bibliographer's nightmare..."). Robert George Wyndham Herbert; Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplates -- CURTIS, WILLIAM. A Monograph on the Genus Camellia... London, 1819. Text only, large folio, 631 x 525 mm., disbound; some soiling. Engraved title and engraved dedication. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1283 -- SMITH, JAMES EDWAR. Plantarum Icones Hactenus Ineditae... London, 1789-91. 3 parts in one vol., folio, 376 x 235 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, using old spine, unidentified crest blindstamped on sides; scattered light foxing and light marginal browning. FIRST EDITION, 75 engraved plates. Hunt 708; Nissen BBI 1860; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 12220. Ashton Allis, bookplate -- HILL, JOHN. A History of the Aggregates, or Cluster-Headed Plants... London, 1772. Folio, 416 x 250 mm., contemporary half calf, rebacked; light browning. Second edition, separately published, of the fifth volumes of the author's The Vegetable System. (5)
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