[Curtis, William]. The botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden displayed. In which the most ornamental plants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, will be accurately represented in their natural Colours... Continued by John Sims. London, printed by Fry and Couchman for T. Curtis, 1787 - 1837. 56 vols. in 36 with index-vol. With engr. portrait frontis. and 3025 copperplates with old colouring, some folded. Cont. hf. leather with gilt spine, lrg. oct. (binding bumped and rubbed, 2 vols. re-backed, upper cover of 2 vols. loose). Nissen BBI, 2350. On hand: Vols. 1-52 in 32 vols. and index-vol. (vol. 43 is also vol. 1 of new series), with plates 1 to 2606, and vols. 60-64 in 5 vols. Vols 60 ff. by Edward Couchman for the proprietor, Samuel Curtis. In addn. 37 vols. with 3025 copperplates in old colouring. Vols. 1 to 42 are bound in 21 vols, vol 43-52 in 1 vol.

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Lot 2597
[Curtis, William]. The botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden displayed. In which the most ornamental plants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, will be accurately represented in their natural Colours... Continued by John Sims. London, printed by Fry and Couchman for T. Curtis, 1787 - 1837. 56 vols. in 36 with index-vol. With engr. portrait frontis. and 3025 copperplates with old colouring, some folded. Cont. hf. leather with gilt spine, lrg. oct. (binding bumped and rubbed, 2 vols. re-backed, upper cover of 2 vols. loose). Nissen BBI, 2350. On hand: Vols. 1-52 in 32 vols. and index-vol. (vol. 43 is also vol. 1 of new series), with plates 1 to 2606, and vols. 60-64 in 5 vols. Vols 60 ff. by Edward Couchman for the proprietor, Samuel Curtis. In addn. 37 vols. with 3025 copperplates in old colouring. Vols. 1 to 42 are bound in 21 vols, vol 43-52 in 1 vol.

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[Curtis, William]. The botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden displayed. In which the most ornamental plants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, will be accurately represented in their natural Colours... Continued by John Sims. London, printed by Fry and Couchman for T. Curtis, 1787 - 1837. 56 vols. in 36 with index-vol. With engr. portrait frontis. and 3025 copperplates with old colouring, some folded. Cont. hf. leather with gilt spine, lrg. oct. (binding bumped and rubbed, 2 vols. re-backed, upper cover of 2 vols. loose). Nissen BBI, 2350. On hand: Vols. 1-52 in 32 vols. and index-vol. (vol. 43 is also vol. 1 of new series), with plates 1 to 2606, and vols. 60-64 in 5 vols. Vols 60 ff. by Edward Couchman for the proprietor, Samuel Curtis. In addn. 37 vols. with 3025 copperplates in old colouring. Vols. 1 to 42 are bound in 21 vols, vol 43-52 in 1 vol.

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