Bidspirit auction | Edwards - Botanical Register, 2

Edwards - Botanical Register, 2 volumes - Edwards, S. The Botanical Register: Consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants, cultivated in British gardens with their history and mode of treatment. Vols. IV and VII in 2 vols. London, Ridgway, 1818-21. With 172 (171 coloured, 21 folded) copperplate engravings. Large octavo. New half-leather bindings using the old covers. Nissen, BBI 2379; Pritzel 2621. - First edition. - With the magnificent botanical engravings predominantly by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), who founded the Botanical Register in 1815 under his own editorship. - Contains plates 264-349 and 521-605.