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SWEET, Robert (1783-1835).

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London: W.Simpkin & R.Marshall for the author [first series]; James Ridgway ["series the second"], 1823-1829, 1831-1838. Two series bound in 7 volumes, 8vo (230 x 145 mm). 712 hand-colored engraved plates (7 folding) by Weddell, F.W. Smith and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart and others. Uniform contemporary calf, covers with double-fillet border in gilt, spines in six compartments with raised bands, the bands highlighted with gilt roll-tool decoration, green or dark brown calf lettering pieces in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat overall decoration in gilt centering on a stylised flower-spray tool, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Condition: plates numbered 196 and 311 in the second series shaved at the outer margin with loss, very light old dampstaining to the first and second volumes of the first series and the third volume in the second series, occasional offsetting of text onto plates, heavier to the following plates in the second series 75, 85, 87, 95-100, 145, 147, 220, 315-319, 385-389, 393-396 and 409; joints weak, six split or partly split Provenance: Rev. Edward Powell Nicholl (1831-1902, armorial bookplate); Lynn Abbott Trust. a complete set of the first edition of this beautifully-illustrated work that is on a par with William Curtis's Botanical Magazine and Henry Andrews Botanist's Repository both in terms of the number and quality of the plates. Dunthorne 293; Great Flower Books (1990) p.141; Nissen BBI 1923; Stafleu & Cowan 13.545.(7)

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