6 parts bound in one volume, 4to (292 x 229 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and 17 hand-colored engraved plates, one plate by W.N., all after Titford, hand-colored etched vignette to dedication by Waters; errata slip tipped-in at end. (Some spotting to text, offsetting to title-page.) Modern half morocco, marbled boards and edges. Provenance: Bath Public Reference Library (single embossed stamps on all plates and a few pages of text); contemporary ownership initials on title-page.

FIRST EDITION of Titford's early work on the botany of the Americas and West Indies. In 1811 Titford's Sketches... was issued in 6 parts between October 1811 and December 1812. The publication in parts led to copies being bound up with the pre- and postliminary text in varying sequences and included title-pages dated 1811 and 1812 (this copy appears to have the last digit partially erased and replaced with the number 2 in a contemporary hand); this copy is complete, apart from a blank preceding the title, which is frequently cancelled. Cleveland Collections 757; Dunthorne 306; Great Flower Books p.144; MacPhail, Ian, "Titford's Hortus botanicus americanus", Huntia, Volume 1, 15 April 1964, pp.117-136; Nissen BBI 1968; Pritzel 9369; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 14.606.