Lot 238
Botany.- Sweet (Robert) Cistineae. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose, first edition, 1825-30.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Botany.- Sweet (Robert) Cistineae. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose, first edition, 112 hand-coloured engraved plates by S. Watts and Weddell after Mrs. Brown and J., M. & W. Hart, occasional light spotting, some offsetting to text, contemporary polished calf, spine gilt and with morocco label, small loss to spine head, rubbed, upper joint starting at head, [Great Flower Books p.141; Nissen BBI 1922], 8vo, 1825-30.
Description
Botany.- Sweet (Robert) Cistineae. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose, first edition, 112 hand-coloured engraved plates by S. Watts and Weddell after Mrs. Brown and J., M. & W. Hart, occasional light spotting, some offsetting to text, contemporary polished calf, spine gilt and with morocco label, small loss to spine head, rubbed, upper joint starting at head, [Great Flower Books p.141; Nissen BBI 1922], 8vo, 1825-30.
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