Beschreibung:

Withering (William). A Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, with Descriptions of the Genera and Species... , 2 volumes, 1st edition, Birmingham: T. Cadel, P. Elmsley & G. Robinson, 1786, half-titles, 12 engraved plates including 2 folding, some spotting throughout, bookplate of S. Hanbury and old ink ownership name of Agatha Gurney to both half-titles, contemporary calf, recent antique-style calf gilt rebacks, corners refurbished, 8vo, together with: An Account of the Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat, or Scarletina Anginosa; Particularly as it appears at Birmingham in the Year 1778, 1st edition, T. Cadell & G. Robinson, 1779, old ink inscriptions to half-title, some spotting throughout, modern wrappers, some spotting and glue stain marks to spine, 8vo, plus The Miscellaneous Tracts of the Late William Withering... , 2 volumes, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece and folding table to volume 1, frontispiece offset to title, some spotting throughout, heaviest at front and rear, pages uncut and partly unopened, ink library name stamps to preliminary leaf of each volume, early ink presentation inscription to both titles, contemporary boards, volume 1 rebacked, original printed paper labels, some soiling and wear, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous medical and natural history interest including some ex-Birmingham Medical Institute