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CURTIS (WILLIAM)
The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-garden Displayed, 1787-1835, sold as a periodical not subject to return (42)

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £10,250 inc. premium

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CURTIS (WILLIAM)

The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-garden Displayed, vol. 1-62 bound in 41 with an additional Latin index volume, 3467 hand-coloured engraved plates (312 folding), occasional spotting and toning, some offsetting from plates to text, contemporary calf with gilt botanical motifs, red and black morocco labels (some replacement), some rebacked, some worn [Nissen BBI 2350], 8vo, 1787-1835, sold as a periodical not subject to return (42)

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A long run of one of the most important and finely illustrated botanical periodicals, which sought to provide "a systematic knowledge of the Foreign Plants growing in their [the readers'] gardens, but which might at the same time afford them the best information respecting their culture" (Preface).

Provenance: Rev. James Armetriding, rector of Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire from 1790 to 1832, ownership inscription or booklabel in volumes 1-53.

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