103. Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed…, vol.1-184 and Index, bound in 167 vol. (vol.1-42 bound two to a vol.), 10,569 plates, of which 9,684 are hand-coloured engravings or lithographs, the remainder colour-printed, 408 folding, vol.154-184 with portrait frontispieces and original wrappers bound in, some offsetting, occasional spotting, uniformly bound in half morocco, spines gilt, early vol. spines rubbed, some a little marked, [Nissen BBI 2350; Hunt 689], 8vo, Stephen Couchman for W. Curtis, 1793-1983; sold not subject to return *** "The first and most important botanical magazine made up of 'figures' of plants and their descriptions. Provides a storehouse of exotics paralleling the indigenous plants similarly treated in Smith and Sowerby's English Botany." Hunt
est. £15000 – £20000