Lot 258
Curtis, William. The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed, volumes 1-192 and 3 indexes (1828, 1906 and 1956), 11,934 plates, including 1227 folding, comprising; 9669 [of 9687] hand-coloured plates and 1116 coloured lithograph plates, 3 uncoloured and 1 tinted, 30 portraits, volumes 1-51 lacking title-pages, volumes 1-71 and volumes 72-90 in original cloth, volumes 167-184 in modern cloth, volumes 185-192 in original wrappers, the remainder in nineteenth century half calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly all edges gilt, 8vo, London: W. Curtis et al., 1787-1993, sold as a periodical, not subject to return
A near complete run of this highly regarded scientific periodical, one of the first with hand-coloured engraved illustrations.
The plates lacking are 1096, 1502-04, 1506-09, 2651-52, 2834, 6707, 8607-08 and 8761-64.
