Pp. 5200+, 723 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates (717 are flowers and 6 are garden diagrams, 24 of the flower plates are double-page and folding), numerous un-numbered text-figures. Contemporary half calf over purple or blue cloth, lg 8vo (9.25 x 6.50 inches; 236 x 170 mm). A complete set in a uniform contemporary binding. Joseph Paxton worked as head gardener at a Devonshire estate in the UK. There he developed and cultivated many of the flowers illustrated in this work. For more information see Nissen BBI 2351 and Stafleu and Cowan 7554.