Smith and Sowerby | Icones pictae plantarum rariorum, 1790

SMITH, JAMES EDWARD
Icones pictae plantarum rariorum. [London: John Davis, 1790-1793]

FIRST EDITION, folio (595 x 443mm.), dedication leaf, 18 hand-coloured plates after James Sowerby, contemporary boards sewn without spine, some spotting, some wear to binding

This rare work was issued in three parts without title-page. The dedication by Smith to the Marchioness of Rockingham is followed by a leaf of preface and text to each plate in Latin and English.

LITERATURE:
Dunthorne 284; Henrey 1345; Hunt 715; Nissen BBI 1859; Stafleu TL2 12.222

Condition Report:
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.

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