William Rhind: 'A History of the Vegetable Kingdom', Blackie...

Hammer

£180

William Rhind: 'A History of the Vegetable Kingdom', Blackie, 1868, revised edition, with supplement, engraved portrait frontis of Carl Linnaeus, added engraved hand coloured vignette title + 45 engraved plates (of which many hand coloured) complete, rebound half calf gilt; together with Robert Thompson: 'The Gardener's Assistant', Blackie, [1859], 12 hand coloured engraved plates after Augusta Innes Baker Withers complete, 268 woodcut illustrations in the text of plants, layouts, greenhouses, tools and other equipment, contemporary half calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments (2)