Botany.- Curtis (William) & John Sims. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 1-42 only in 14, c.1770 engraved plates, of which c.70 folding and all but 4 hand-coloured, some tissue-guards, lacking at least plates numbered 532, 1080 & 1529, plates 506, 604, 632, 688 & 1193 essentially lacking with most of image excised/significant loss, vol. 3 lacking title, few vol. lacking Index f., first few vol. with front free endpaper torn away, plate 370 tear into image without loss and laid down, plate 1237 repairs to folds to verso, plate 1376 partially laid down on plate 1375 verso, few very small portions of text loss, mostly to vol. 34 with occasional abrasion marks to head also affecting some letters to title and plate 1416, text a few times trimmed, the odd light stain, occasional light offsetting, also from text to plates (mainly in first few vol.), some foxing and light browning to text and plates, other plates largely clean, ex-Royal College of Art Library with bookplates and small embossed stamp to first title of each vol., later half calf, sticker to foot of spines, rubbed, [Nissen BBI 2350], 8vo, 1787-1815; sold not subject to return.

⁂ The longest and greatest serial of botanical illustrations. Many plants received their first descriptive and illustrative publication in the magazine.