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Two English Botanical Books
Two English Botanical Books
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Two English Botanical Books

William Hanbury (1725-1778), A Complete Body of Gardening and Planting
London: the author, sold by Ed. & Chas. Dilly, 1770-1771, folio, in two volumes, with engraved frontispieces and twenty botanical plates, in full brown leather, the (later) flat spine with gilt fillet and embossed Greek-key rule, red panel and gilt lettering and floral decoration, the edges cut, with bookplate of the Horticultural Society of New York, bequest of Kenneth K. Mackenzie, October 1834, leaf 42.1 x 26.1 cm; overall 43.0 x 28.0 cm
[Cleveland 499; Hunt 615]

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Thomas Green, The Universal Herbal, or Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary
Liverpool: Nuttall, Fisher & Co., March 1816 (vol. 1), Henry Fischer, July 1820 (vol. 2), quarto, in two volumes, with engraved frontispieces, title page (vol. 1) and 108 hand-colored engraved plates, in full mottled brown calf with decorative gilt fillet, the (later) flat spine with raised bands and embossed lettering and rule, the edges cut and marbled, with marbled endpapers, leaf 26.7 x 20.8 cm; overall 27.5 x 22.3 cm
[Cleveland 793; Nissen BBI 754; Stearn, p. 97]


Provenance: Estate of Richard Anthony Goula, proceeds to benefit the Thistlewood Foundation, Lafayette, Louisiana.
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