Folio (349 x 248 mm). Half-title; 27 hand-colored aquatints (one double-page). (Light offsetting to text, spotting near margins to plate 10.) Half contemporary calf, marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 flat bands, morocco lettering-piece gilt, others gilt (upper cover detached). Provenance: Edmund H. Turton (1857-1929), British Conservative Party politician (armorial bookplate).

THIRD EDITION. "Botany, an elegant and interesting study, has lately become a favourite pursuit among the higher classes of the community; and the attention to forcing of plants, flowers, and fruits, for the table, has increased the demand for Horticultural Buildings of every description" (from the preface). Abbey, Life 77; Tooley 490.