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KNOWLES. G.B. & WESTCOTT, Frederic.

The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany.

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108346

London, William Smith, 1837

£4,500

An attractive copy of this study of exotic botany which features the work of such artists as Francis Cameron, Mrs. Withers, and A. Green. From the library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973).

'Some folding plates, especially of orchids; all are highly finished' (Dunthorne).

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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.

Bibliography

Dunthorne 173; Great Flower Books, p. 62; Nissen BBI 2229.

Stock ID:108346

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