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Pp. 600 approx (unpaginated), 74 engraved plates, including 50 with partial or complete hand-coloring, 11 uncolored plates, 13 engraved plates of garden plans, implements, etc. Later half calf with red morocco title labels, over the original marbled boards, 4to. Alexander McDonald was the pseudonym used by R.W. Dickson, the actual author of the work. The fine illustrations are after drawings by Sydenham Edwards who later became the main artist for the for the 'Botanical Magazine'. See Nissen BBI, 479; Great Flower Books (1990), p. 115.
Additional Information
10972
First
London
George Kearsley
1807
Very Good
Light scattered foxing that is a little stronger on the last few pages of the index, some occasional slight offsetting from plates, a few neat marginal pencil annotations in an old hand, a tight, very good copy in an attractive binding.
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