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CURTIS, William (1746-1799). The Botanical Magazin

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London: For W.Curtis, 1790-1794. 6 volumes various, comprising vols.I-IV, VI, VII,8vo (235 x 140 mm). 300 hand colored copper engraved plates. Red half morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and leather labels to spine, fore and lower edges stained yellow. Condition: rubbing to extremities, occasional light browning. Provenance: Lynn Abbott Trust. Six early volumes from what went on to become the longest running botanical periodical of all time. Cf. Hunt 689; cf. Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Blunt (1994), pp.211-217; Great Flower Books (1990), pp. 156-7. See also R. Desmond A celebration of flowers: two hundred years of Curtis's Botanical Magazine [London]: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1987. (6)

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