$2,318
London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1825-1826. Complete in 13 vols. with The Auctarium (2 parts), The Fruitist and The Flower Garden, all bound in 10 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green leather over marbled boards by Riley, spines decorated in six compartments with floral design, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition. With 312 hand-colored botanical engravings (each with four figures) and additional hand-colored engravings in The Fruitist. Index leaves erratically bound but collated as complete (vol. 11 contains index to vols. 7-13). Volume numbers to spine do not always correspond to contents. Rubbing to boards, with rear board detached to vol. 12, upper hinge of spine and upper board detached from backstrip on vol. 5/6 and starting on 10; some brownspotting, but plates are clean; otherwise a fine set.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-04-05