2 volumes bound in 3 (plates comprising Vol. III), 4to (262 x 203mm). 61 hand-colored engraved botanical plates by F. Sansom after Sydenham Edwards [including 19*], 13 uncolored architectural plates by after C. Blunt and J. Farey Jr. (Minor spotting to titles, occasional mostly marginal spotting to text, some uncolored plates with minor spotting, some foxing to tissue guards in plate volume.)  Contemporary tree calf (minor wear to spine ends, a few scuffs and abrasions to boards). Provenance: William Kent (engraved bookplates); William Martin (signature added within Kent’s bookplate in Vol. I); Thomas M. Martin (ownership signatures on front flyleaves, dated 5 March 1856).

 

FIRST APPEARANCE OF EDWARDS' PLATES which were subsequently re-issued as The New Botanic Garden and The New Flora Britannica (both London, 1812).

 

BM(NH) III, p.1207; Cleveland Collections 718; Dunthorne 106; Great Flower Books, p. 115; Nissen, BBI 479.