Lot 66: PAXTON, Sir Joseph (1803-1865). Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and register of flowering plants . London: Bradbury & Evans for Orr & Smith (vols.I-II) or W.S.Orr & Co. (vols.III-XVI), 1834-1849.

PAXTON, Sir Joseph (1803-1865). Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and register of flowering plants. London: Bradbury & Evans for Orr & Smith (vols.I-II) or W.S.Orr & Co. (vols.III-XVI), 1834-1849. 16 volumes, 8o (227 x 160 mm). Half-titles to vols. 11-13. 720 (of 723?) hand-colored engraved or lithographic flower plates by F.W. Smith or S. Holden, including numerous folding plates, 5 plates of designs for gardens, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Some plates shaved into image or imprint area as usual.) Modern half calf, edges gilt. Provenance: Francis Gray Smart (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of one of the most popular and successful Victorian botanical periodicals. The correct number of plates is not known with certainty; Stafleu and Cowan quote the New York Botanical Society copy (with 723 plates) but say that they "are not sure that 723 is the exact number of plates issued." Nissen calls for 768 plates. Nissen BBI 2351; Stafleu & Cowan 7554. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (16)

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