Flowers & Botanical Books

3 volumes, folio (509 x 374mm.), 244 mounted watercolours of flowers, fruit, birds and silkworms on Chinese paper, comprising vol.1: 82 drawings of flowers, vol.2: 82 drawings of flowers, vol.3: 8 drawings of silkworms, 7 of parrots, 59 of fruit/flowers, 6 of junks, nineteenth-century russia gilt, gilt armorial of George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (later 5th Duke of Marlborough), light foxing to a few plates, one volume rebacked retaining original spine, one volume with light water stain to upper cover, lightly scratched, some loss of leather to spine TBC

3 vols, 4to (26.4 x 20.1 cm); hand-finished chromolithographed half-title in volume I, 137 hand-coloured lithographed plates, light foxing, heavier to volume II, affecting some plates, some age-toning; contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, elaborately gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, spines slightly sunned, extremities slightly rubbed, overall an attractive example.

Hand-coloured woodblock prints on handmade rice paper, each numbered and captioned at top, each outlined in ink. Framed in perspex frames; overall size: 49 by 36.7cm.

A fine mezzotint engraving , printed in colour and finished by hand. Plate N. 842.
Mounted, size: 36cm by 49cm.

A fine mezzotint engraving , printed in colour and finished by hand. Plate N. 654.
Mounted, size: 36cm by 49cm.

First edition. 3 volumes, folio (35.7 x 25.9 cm.) 300 fine stipple-engraved plates, partially printed in colour and finished by hand, contemporary navy calf with gilt romantic style decoration, spines gilt in compartments, pink watered silk endpapers, occasional light spotting. a few plates lightly toned.

A fine mezzotint engraving , printed in colour and finished by hand. Plate N. 700.
Mounted, size: 36cm by 49cm.

A fine mezzotint engraving , printed in colour and finished by hand. Plate N. 699.
Mounted, size: 36cm by 49cm.

A fine mezzotint engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand. Plate N.780.
Mounted, size: 36cm by 49cm.

A fine mezzotint engraving , printed in colour and finished by hand. Plate N. 660.
Mounted, size: 36cm by 49cm.