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SOWERBY (JAMES) English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, 36 vol. image 1
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SOWERBY (JAMES)
English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, 36 vol.

8 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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SOWERBY (JAMES)

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, 36 vol., 2590 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 2592, lacking 617 and 618 together with their text and that to one other plate, a few misbound), general indexes bound at end of volume 36, approximately 10 leaves loose, some spotting, bookplate of "John Paul Paul, High Grove, Tetbury", contemporary red half morocco, rubbed, one cover near detached [Nissen BBI 2225; Henrey 1366; Hunt 717], 8vo, for the Author by J. Davis. [and others], 1790-1814, sold as a periodical

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