ROBERT SWEET (1783-1835) Cistineae. The order of Cistus, or the Rock-rose; illustrated by coloured figures & descriptions of all the distinct species, and... varieties... in the gardens of Great Britain. London: Tilling for James Ridgway, 1825-1830. 8° (243 x 147mm.) 112 hand-coloured engraved plates by S.Watts or Weddell after J., M. or W. Hart or Mrs Margaret Read Brown. (Light offsetting from plates onto text.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down, inner hinges strengthened). Provenance : George Weare Braikenridge (armorial bookplate, binding). FIRST EDITION originally issued in bi-monthly parts between July 1825 and January 1830. Nissen BBI 1922; Stafleu & Cowan 13.456.
ROBERT SWEET (1783-1835) Cistineae. The order of Cistus, or the Rock-rose; illustrated by coloured figures & descriptions of all the distinct species, and... varieties... in the gardens of Great Britain. London: Tilling for James Ridgway, 1825-1830. 8° (243 x 147mm.) 112 hand-coloured engraved plates by S.Watts or Weddell after J., M. or W. Hart or Mrs Margaret Read Brown. (Light offsetting from plates onto text.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down, inner hinges strengthened). Provenance : George Weare Braikenridge (armorial bookplate, binding). FIRST EDITION originally issued in bi-monthly parts between July 1825 and January 1830. Nissen BBI 1922; Stafleu & Cowan 13.456.
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