Sydenham Edwards | The New Flora Britannica, 1812, straight grain morocco gilt

Sydenham Edwards

The New Flora Britannica, London: John Stockdale, 1812

4to (288 x 231mm.), 2 volumes in one, continuous pagination, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates by Sydenham Edwards, numbered 1-60 (and 19*), contemporary brown straight grain morocco gilt, gilt edges, some light marginal foxing, covers slightly stained with repaired scuff to lower cover, hinges strengthened, extremities rather rubbed

Exceptional collection of coloured botanical plates by the prolific natural history illustrator, Sydenham Edwards, who also produced the Cynographia Britannica.