Author: MAUND, [BENJAMIN]
Title: Maund's Botanic Garden. Volumes I -VII [Only of 13]
Description: London: Baldwin and Cradock; Simpkin and Marshall, 1825. [First Edition]. Contemporary half leather blue cloth cover. 230mm x 180mm (9" x 7"). [1000pp.]. 169 hand coloured plates and 5 later uncoloured lithographed plates. Volumes I and II published by Baldwin and Cradock; Volumes II - VII by Simpkin and Marshall, and Sherwood and Co. Volume I- undated; Volume II - 1827-8; Volume III- 1829-30; Volume IV- 1831-2; Volume V- 1834-5; Volume VI- 1835-6; Volume VII - undated. Maund's botanical hand coloured illustrations originally appeared in the format of four illustrations quartering one plate with 25 plates to each of the 13 volume books in the series.. G: in Good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. Some age toning to prelims and occasional spotting and offsetting. One text page in volume II torn with loss not affecting text. One marginal tear to plate 133 in volume VI not affecting illustration. Corner illustration of plate 149 in Vol VII lightly smudged. Overall illustrations bright. Volume VII contains 5 later uncoloured lithographed plates laid down on rear eps .

Keywords: Illustrated Books Botany 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian


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