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British Phaenogamous Botany; British Flowering Plants. 4 Vols.Stock informationGeneral Fields
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Local Description4 vols. 322 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary half roan. Marble boards. Wear at top of two spines. A rare work containing 322 delicate hand-coloured plates.
DescriptionComplete with 509 hand-coloured copperplates engraved by Charles Mathews after botanical illustrations by Mathews, Isaac Russel (an Oxford glass painter) and William Alfred Delamotte. The plates were reputedly hand-coloured by Baxter's daughters and daughter-in-law. Author descriptionCurator of the Oxford Botanic Garden. |