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HOOKER (WILLIAM JACKSON) Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, FIRST EDITION, Edinburgh, 1823-1827
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HOOKER (WILLIAM JACKSON)
Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our gardens, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in volume 2 only (as usual), 233 hand-coloured engraved plates after drawings by Hooker, R.K. Greville, L. Guilding, J. Lindley, and others (51 folding, 15 double-page, some shaved touching imprint), light toning and occasional spotting to text, publisher's green cloth, rebacked preserving original spines [Great Flower Books, p.103; Nissen BBI 920; Stafleu & Cowan 2993], 8vo, Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1823-1827
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Provenance: Royal Colonial Institute, several stamps on titles and "library regulations" pasted inside upper covers.

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