Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants.
London, Orr & Smith and Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1834-1849.
First edition. 16 volumes, 8vo(23 x 160 cm). 717 engraved and lithographic plates, of which 716 hand-coloured and of flowers after drawings by F. W. Smith, S. Holden, C. J. Fleming, and O. Jewitt, of which 26 folding or double-page, and one tinted lithographic plate of the fountain at Chatsworth in vol. XI, woodcut vignettes in text,bookplates, occasional light spotting, one plate in vol. 5 and 11 plates in vol. 16 more heavily affected, folding plate in vol. 13 with tiny tear;bound in recent dark-green quarter morocco, edges slightly rubbed; overall a very attractive copy.
Great Flower Books (1990) p.161 (768 plates); Nissen BBI 2351 (768 plates); Stafleu & Cowan 7554 (723 plates).
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