LOT 3087
24th April 2024
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LOT 3087
SOWERBY, John Edward. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants… edited by John T. Boswell Syme. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1892. 13 vols., including the ‘Supplement’, third edition, 8vo (251 x 163mm.) 1936 hand-coloured lithographed plates, including 12 hand-coloured and 2 uncoloured lithographed plates in the ‘Supplement’. (Toning, earlier volumes with light to moderate spotting on numerous leaves.) Original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt design to upper covers, t.e.g. (rebacked with original spines laid-down, endpapers replaced, lightly rubbed), vol. 12 and ‘Supplement’ in contemporary brown half morocco (sunned to spines). Provenance: Emily Weston (ink name on initials blanks); William Henry Mason (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns of vol. 12 and ‘Supplement’) (13).
Hammer price: £360
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