10th Aug, 2022 12:00

A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection

 
  Lot 643
 

ANDREW'S BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY VOLS. 1 & 5

THE BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY VOL. 5, ANDREWS (H.C.),
comprising coloured engravings of new and rare plants only with botanical descriptions, pub. London, 1803, rebound in half Morocco with marble boards, along with a collation of Botanist's Repository plates, text and publishing pages loose in a vol. 1 binding (2 vols.)

Provenance: Ex-Libris Thomas Watkin Forster.

 

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Sold for £460
Estimated at £300 - £500


Condition Report

The loose collation contains approximately 62 plates of varied number from under 100 to over 300; Volume 5 is complete with 72 plates.

 
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