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LODDIGES (CONRAD) & SONS
The Botanical Cabinet, Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants from all Countries with a Short Account of Each, 20 vol., John & Arthur Arch, 1817-1833

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LODDIGES (CONRAD) & SONS

The Botanical Cabinet, Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants from all Countries with a Short Account of Each, 20 vol., engraved titles with decorative borders, 2000 hand-coloured engraved plates (approximately 30 folding) by George Cooke after drawings by several artists, some small pencil annotations, occasional offsetting and dampstaining to outer margins, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, g.e., extremities rubbed [Dunthorne 187; Great Flower Books, p.160; Hunt, p.219; Nissen BBI 2228] 4to (210 x 155mm.), John & Arthur Arch, 1817-1833

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An attractively bound set. By the early nineteenth century, the Loddiges' family nursery had become famous throughout the world for introducing rare and exotic plants to Britain, most of which were later illustrated in The Botanical Cabinet.

Provenance: Robert Stirling Newall (1812-1889, Scottish engineer and astronomer), armorial bookplate.

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