Botany.- Sowerby (James) & James Edward Smith. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, 22 vol. only, comprising vol. 1-19, vol. 36 (with volume no. amended to 20 in pencil) & 2 vol. manuscript Index, first edition, over 2500 hand-coloured engraved plates, of which 4 folding, bound roughly in systemical order not plate-number order, General Indexes to the Thirty-Six Volumes of English Botany (1814) bound in vol. 1, each text f. with pencil number and occasional annotation, few text ff. frayed at margins, some water- and other staining, mainly to vol. 7, 9 & 14, some light offsetting to and from plates, some foxing and light browning, still many plates clean and bright, ex-Royal College of Art Library with bookplate and embossed stamp to foot of titles, 19th century half calf, most vol. rebacked preserving original backstrips, new red morocco spine labels, one or two tape repairs, rubbed and worn in places, few joints cracked but covers holding, [Nissen BBI 2225], 8vo, 1790-1814; sold not subject to return.

⁂ Despite having the title pages to only 20 vol., the plates appear to be taken from across all 36 vol. of the series, bound roughly in systemical order (for example, vol. 19 mostly plates of seaweeds).