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Lot 152

MILLER (PHILIP)
Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful and Uncommon Plants Described in The Gardeners Dictionary, 2 vol., Printed for the author, and sold by J. Rivington etc., [1755]-1760

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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MILLER (PHILIP)

Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful and Uncommon Plants Described in The Gardeners Dictionary, 2 vol., 300 hand-coloured or hand-finished etched and engraved plates (some partially printed in colours, 2 folding), by T. Jefferys, J.S. Miller and J. Mynde after I. Bartram, G.D. Ehret, W. Houston, R. Lancake and J.S. Miller, occasional light offsetting and browning, plate 19 spotted, text leaves frayed at edges (one or two repaired and one torn without loss), untrimmed in contemporary half calf, rebacked with nineteenth century gilt tooled spine preserving earlier morocco labels, rubbed, corners knocked [Dunthorne 209; Henrey 1097; Nissen BBI 1378], folio (445 x 260mm.), Printed for the author, and sold by J. Rivington etc., [1755]-1760

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A tall untrimmed copy of the first edition of Miller's companion to the Gardeners Dictionary. "In the execution of this work no expense has been spared to render it as perfect as possible. The drawings were taken from living plants, the engravings were most of them done under the author's inspection and the plates have been carefully coloured from the original drawings" (Preface).

Provenance: P.B. Broke, of Broke Hall, Nacton, near Ipswich, father of Rear Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke ("Broke of the Shannon"), ownership stamp on title-pages. Philip Bowes Broke had been at school in Norwich with Humphrey Repton in the 1760s, and the famous landscape improver was invited to survey Broke Hall in 1791, delivering his 'Red Book' the following February.

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