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PAXTON (JOSEPH) Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, 16 vol., Orr and Smith, 1834-1849
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,187.50 inc. premium
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PAXTON (JOSEPH)
Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, 16 vol., 717 hand-coloured engraved or lithographed botanical plates after F. W. Smith, S. Holden, C. J. Fleming and O. Jewitt (some folding or double-page), 6 hand-coloured engraved and lithographed plates, most with tissue guards, illustrations in the text, occasional spotting, contemporary green half morocco (volumes 14 and 15 slightly taller, volume 16 non-uniform half black morocco), t.e.g., rubbed, joints tender (2 covers detached, head of one spine with short tear) [Nissen BBI 2351; Great Flower Books, p.85; Stafleu & Cowan 7554], 8vo, Orr and Smith, 1834-1849