James Edward Smith - A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland

Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2005. New Deluxe Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9781920738105 41cm x 31cm. [iv], viii, 70 pages, 16 coloured plates from the hand coloured originals. Full brown leather, gilt lettering and decoration, all edges yellow. One of 60 numbered Large Paper copies (from a total edition of 212, of which 200 were for sale). A fine enhanced edition from the original edition Printed by J. Davis, Published by J. Sowerby, London, 1793-95 and never before reprinted. In this Deluxe issue the text is entirely reset with judicious use of colour and the fine coloured plates are enlarged by 25%. The text is accompanied by extensive bibliographical notes. Shipped Weight: 2 kilos. ISBN: 192073810X. ISBN/EAN: 9781920738105.