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LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals. London: William Smith, 1840. 4° (273 x 210mm). 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Jane Webb Loudon. (Few plates misbound, occasional light mainly marginal staining and browning). Contemporary green calf gilt by Nettleton of Plymouth with his ticket, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (spine darkened, rubbed, headcap splitting). Provenance: P.E. Lyne (engraved armorial bookplate)-- Elizabeth Trafford Lyne (ink signature to title).
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LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals. London: William Smith, 1840. 4° (273 x 210mm). 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Jane Webb Loudon. (Few plates misbound, occasional light mainly marginal staining and browning). Contemporary green calf gilt by Nettleton of Plymouth with his ticket, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (spine darkened, rubbed, headcap splitting). Provenance: P.E. Lyne (engraved armorial bookplate)-- Elizabeth Trafford Lyne (ink signature to title).

Closed29 September 2011

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LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals. London: William Smith, 1840. 4° (273 x 210mm). 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Jane Webb Loudon. (Few plates misbound, occasional light mainly marginal staining and browning). Contemporary green calf gilt by Nettleton of Plymouth with his ticket, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (spine darkened, rubbed, headcap splitting). Provenance: P.E. Lyne (engraved armorial bookplate)-- Elizabeth Trafford Lyne (ink signature to title).

FIRST EDITION. Nissen BBI 1234; Great Flower Books (1990) p.115.