£450
Smith (Sir James Edward); Sowerby (James, illus.), English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth, London: Richard Taylor for the Proprietor, C. E. Sowerby, 1832-1846, 12 vols plus 1849 Supplement, contemp. half calf with combed marbled boards and end papers, with hand coloured plates, a small number folding, rubbing, wear to spine ends, variable scratching to marbled boards and some peeling to surface of calf, Supplement cracking at top of spine, ink ownership inscription to ffep Vol.1, dated 1846, light toning and spotting, heavier spotting to a few plates in each volume and to one title, sporadic pencil notes to margins. (13) Rubbing, wear to spine ends, variable scratching to marbled boards and some damage to surface of calf, Supplement cracking at top of spine, ink ownership inscription to ffep Vol.1, dated 1846, light toning and spotting, heavier spotting to a few plates in each volume and to one title, sporadic pencil notes to margins
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