62 - Biology - Botany - Paxton, Joseph. Magazine of Botany. Volumes 2-12 (of 16) in 11. With 508 (20 double-page) engraved or lithographed plates in splendid old coloring, 4 (3 tinted) garden plates and numerous wood engravings in text. London, Orr & Smith, 1836-46. 24 x 16 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with gilt-stamped spine title, gilt spine and gilt edges (rubbed and bumped, inner joints partly cracked, 2 volumes broken, 1 back cover loose).

Biology - Botany - Paxton, Joseph. Magazine of Botany. Volumes 2-12 (of 16) in 11. With 508 (20 double-page) engraved or lithographed plates in splendid old coloring, 4 (3 tinted) garden plates and numerous wood engravings in text. London, Orr & Smith, 1836-46. 24 x 16 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with gilt-stamped spine title, gilt spine and gilt edges (rubbed and bumped, inner joints partly cracked, 2 volumes broken, 1 back cover loose). Extensive section of the English gardening magazine for professional growers of the upper class. - Nissen, BBI 2351 - Stafleu-Cowan 7554 - Some plate captions trimmed, especially the double-page plates, otherwise clean and well-preserved inside. - In addition: The same & J. Lindley. Flower Garden. Volume I (of 3). With 36 chromolithographed plates. London 1850/51. 27 x 20 cm. Contemporary half leather binding with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt spine (rubbed and bumped, covers waterstained). - Somewhat browned and fingerstained.