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CURTISS BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. A Complete Set from 
the commencement in 1787 to 1885, with Index to Vols. 1 to 53. Total, 112 vols. 
bound in 95 vols., containing 6,852 Large Plates of Flowers, all BEAUTIFULLY ; 
PAINTED BY HAND. Full dark blue straight-grained morocco, extra gold edges, ~ 
VERY FINE STATE. £105 (cost £270), 1787-1885. Large 8vo. 
FUCHSIUS: DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM. THE RARE 
EDITIO PRINCEPS, in FINE PERFECT STATE, illustrated with hundreds of 
well drawn and beautifully engraved woodcuts, including the portraits of the 
author, the artists Fullmaurer and Meyer, the engraver Speckle, and the trade 
device of the printer Isingrin, of Basle. Full bound in coeval calf. VERY TALL 
AND CLEAN. £32. Basle. 1542. Small folio. 
GERARDE (JOHN): THE HERBALL, or GENERALL 
HISTORIE OF PLANTES. [Illustrated with a very fine ORNAMENTAL 
TITLE-PAGEH, engraved on copper by John Payne, and hundreds of fine wood 
engravings of plants. Newly full bound in dark red Levant morocco, crushed and 
polished, tooled in the antique style, gold edges, VERY FINE STATE, £18 18s. 
1633. Thick folio. 
MAUND’S BOTANIC GARDEN. 16 vols. A COMPLETE SET 
of the ORIGINAL ISSUH, including the Floral Register, Fruitist, and Auctariwm. 
Illustrated with 250 LARGE PLATES, on which are figured about 1,300 flowering 
plants and fruit, all of which are beautifully COLOURED BY HAND. Uniformly 
half bound in green morocco, gold edges, VERY FINE STATE, £15 15s. (original 
cost, £30 12s.). 1824-50. _ Small 4to. 
WARNER’S SELECT ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. Both 
Series illustrated with 79 LARGE COLOURED PLATES. 2 vols., half bound in — 
red morocco, top edges gilt, CLEAN AND PERFECT, £7 7s. (published £14 14s) | 
1862-75. : pet Folio. rs 
GOULD’S BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 5 vols. Illustrated 
with 367 LARGH PLATES of the Birds, male, female, and young, all of which © 
are BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY HAND. Full bound in the best morocco, 
elaborately tooled, gold edges, the BINDING WELL PRESERVED and the 
PLATES UNSPOTTED. £60 (original cost, £103 15s.) 1878. Folio. 
GOULD’S MONOGRAPH OF THE TROCHILIDA, or, 
FAMILY OF HUMMING BIRDS, 65 vols. Illustrated with 360 LARGE 
PLATES, on which are figured about 1,000 examples of male, female, and young 
birds, among the rich flowers and plants which they habitually affect. All carefully 
drawn and ACCURATELY COLOURED BY HAND. Full bound in green 
morocco, elaborately tooled, gold edges. FINE STATE, both inside and out. 
£60 (original cost, £108 15s.). 1861. Folio, 
MORRIS (F.O.): HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 6 vols. 
Also, THE NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. 8vols. Total, 
9 vols., illustrated with 223 HAND COLOURED PLATES. FIRST EDITION, 
half bound in green calf, £8 8s. 1851-57. Royal 8yo, © 
DONOVAN’S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH IN- 
SECTS. Illustrated with 360 FINE PLATES, on which are figured about 1,200 
Specimens, ACCURATELY PRINTED BY HAND. 10 yols., bound in 5, coeval 
Russia, FINE STATE, £3 3s, (published £15). 1802. Royal 8vo. 
THE ROYAL NATURAL HISTORY. Edited by R. Lypexker. 
12 vols. Ilustrated with 72 FINE COLOURED PLATES, and 1600 Wood 
Engravings. Original cloth, £3. 1894-96. Royal 8vo. 
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