Henry C. Andrews Geraniums: or, a monograph of the genus ger...

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£900

Henry C. Andrews
Geraniums: or, a monograph of the genus geranium
London: R. Taylor, 1805
FIRST EDITION, 4to (310 x 235mm.), 40 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 124, see note), a few folding, later cloth, original wrappers bound in at end, edges uncut

Stafleu notes that “complete copies are rare”; most copies seen at auction seem to have up to 75 plates, compared to the present copy’s 40.

Provenance: 
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973), with his ex libris;
Sotheby's, 'Travel, Atlases, Maps, Photographs & Natural History', 21st September 2023, lot 28 

Literature:
Great Flower Books, p. 47; Nissen BBI 32; Stafleu TL2 138