Author: Loddiges, Conrad (1738-1826); George Cooke (Engraver 1781-1834)
Title: The Botanical Cabinet Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants, from All Countries, with a Short Account of Each, Directions for Management, &C. &C. . Complete in 20 Volumes with 2000 Plates. First Editions
Description: London: John & Arthur Arch, Cornhill; John Hatchard, Piccadilly; G. Cooke, Hackney; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row and & C. Loddiges & Sons, Hackney, 1818-1833. Small 4to. 15.5 x 21cm. 20 vols. (8 vols.reproduced). Uniformly bound in later half blond calf with leather labels on spines and orange cloth covers. With 2000 handcoloured plates..OCLC Number 39394839: "Plates colored by hand Each plate accompanied by a page of descriptive text.".. Very rare complete.. Conrad Loddiges, a Dutch-born horticulturalist, settled in Hackney as a nurseryman in about 1761 and introduced many new and exotic species to Britain, becoming particularly well known for a fine stock of plants from the United States. The Botanical Cabinet was edited by Conrad’s son George, and the first series was published in monthly fascicules from 1817 to 1822, with each part containing ten plates. The large-paper issue was priced at 5s per part, and the small-paper issue, with the plates only partially hand-colored, was priced at 2s 6d per part. The demand for the first series was so great that a second series, and then a third, were produced through 1833, eventually amounting to the present 20 volumes ..Arnold Arboretum p. 437 (12th and 13th editions of the Catalogue); Cleveland Collections 806; Dunthorne 187; Great Flower Books, p. 160; Hunt B-P-H p. 219; Nissen BBI 2228; Stafleu and Cowan 4914. .
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Title: The Botanical Cabinet Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants, from All Countries, with a Short Account of Each, Directions for Management, &C. &C. . Complete in 20 Volumes with 2000 Plates. First Editions
Description: London: John & Arthur Arch, Cornhill; John Hatchard, Piccadilly; G. Cooke, Hackney; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row and & C. Loddiges & Sons, Hackney, 1818-1833. Small 4to. 15.5 x 21cm. 20 vols. (8 vols.reproduced). Uniformly bound in later half blond calf with leather labels on spines and orange cloth covers. With 2000 handcoloured plates..OCLC Number 39394839: "Plates colored by hand Each plate accompanied by a page of descriptive text.".. Very rare complete.. Conrad Loddiges, a Dutch-born horticulturalist, settled in Hackney as a nurseryman in about 1761 and introduced many new and exotic species to Britain, becoming particularly well known for a fine stock of plants from the United States. The Botanical Cabinet was edited by Conrad’s son George, and the first series was published in monthly fascicules from 1817 to 1822, with each part containing ten plates. The large-paper issue was priced at 5s per part, and the small-paper issue, with the plates only partially hand-colored, was priced at 2s 6d per part. The demand for the first series was so great that a second series, and then a third, were produced through 1833, eventually amounting to the present 20 volumes ..Arnold Arboretum p. 437 (12th and 13th editions of the Catalogue); Cleveland Collections 806; Dunthorne 187; Great Flower Books, p. 160; Hunt B-P-H p. 219; Nissen BBI 2228; Stafleu and Cowan 4914. .
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Price: US$ 22500.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-6179
- Book number: 51-6179
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