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BENJAMIN MAUND (1790-1863), The Botanic Garden...plants cultivated in Great Britain.., London 1825-81.
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8 000SEK
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15 000 - 20 000 SEK

The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain; With their Classification History, Culture and other interesting information.
Handcoulored botanical illustrations.
Contemporary binding in green leather with gilded decor and text (15).
Volumes 1-12, The Floral Register, part 1, The Auctarium of the Botanic Garden containing miscellaneous information connected with the cultivation of a garden and Natural history, part 1. The Fruitist, one part.

Benjamin Maund was a British pharmacist, botanist, printer, bookseller, fellow of the Linnean Society and publisher of the Botanic Garden and The Botanist.

Wear, stains, partly discoloured, six volumes with damage on binding.

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Exlibris: Palmer-Moorewood, Alfreton Hall, Derbyshire.

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