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HILL, John
The British Herbal: an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty.
Description
First edition. Folio (47.5 x 29.5 cm), iv, 533, [iii] pp., Royal paper issue with hand coloured plates, title printed in red and black with hand-coloured pictorial vignette, engraved hand-coloured allegorical frontispiece, dedication leaf with hand-coloured headpiece, 74 (of 75) hand-coloured engraved plates (lacks plate 38) by H. Roberts, R. Benning, Darley & Edwards, the author, and others, mostly after drawings by the author, some light old damp-staining marks running through first third of book, generally a good clean example, contemporary russia, sometime rebacked with tan morocco, corners worn, some edge wear, covers scuffed.
Bibliography
Dunthorne 128; Hill, 799; Hunt, 557; Nissen 881; Pritzel 4063; Rohde p222.
Stock ID:103886