LOUDON J.C. [John Claudius]
Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum. Or, the Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-Hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described. With their Propagation, Culture, Management and Uses in the Arts. Second Edition. COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans,, 1844. 8 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with many hundreds of fine wood-engraved illustrations (a number folding), some mild and occasional spotting (mainly marginal) in some plate volumes; original green cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, ivory endpapers, uncut, covers a little age-soiled, backstrips lightly browned, a few joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean, firm set. Vols I-IV: text; Vols V-VIII: plates. Freeman 2319.

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