LOT 4105
26th November 2025
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LOT 4105
SOWERBY, John Edward. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants… edited by John T. Boswell Syme. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1892. 13 vols., including the ‘Supplement’, third edition, 8vo (251 x 163mm.) 1936 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some double-paged, including 12 hand-coloured and 2 uncoloured lithographed plates in the ‘Supplement’. (Toning, volumes 1-4 with light spotting on numerous leaves.) Original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt design to upper covers, t.e.g. (rebacked with original spines laid-down, endpapers replaced, lightly rubbed), vol. 12 and ‘Supplement’ in contemporary brown half morocco (sunned to spines). Provenance: Emily Watson (ink name on initial blanks); William Henry Mason (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns of vol.12 and ‘Supplement’) (13).
Estimate: £300 – £500
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