HERBAL, BOTANY. A collection of 48 vols. related to Herbs an...

HERBAL, BOTANY. A collection of 48 vols. related to Herbs and Herbology, including: SOWERBY, John E (illust.); JOHNSON, C. Pierpoint. The Useful Plants of Great Britain: A Treatise, London: Robert Hardwicke, n.d., [c.1862], 25 hand-coloured engr. plates, orig. embossed cloth gilt, rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo; BARTON, Benjamin H. & CASTLE, Thomas. The British Flora Medica, a new edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1877, 48 coloured plates, orig. cloth, scuffed & toned, 8vo; FRIEND, Hilderic. Flowers and Flower Lore, second edition, London: W. Swann Sonnenschein & Co., 1884, illustrations, orig. blue cloth gilt (spine toned with some restoration), new endpapers, t.e.g., 8vo; WILLS, George S. V. A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica, sixth edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1883, lacks frontis. and habitat map, 24 coloured plates, with numerous contemp. ink and pencil annotations and tipped-in samples, orig. cloth gilt, scuffed, tape-repairs to hinges, 8vo; STEP, Edward. Herbs of Healing, 1st ed., London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1926, illustrations, orig. green cloth, 8vo; LEYEL, C. F. Herbal Delights, 1st ed., London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1937, illustrations, orig. green cloth, dj, 8vo; with 8 others by Leyel; JACOB, Dorothy. A Witch's Guide to Gardening, 1st ed., London Elek Books, 1963, illustrations, orig. cloth, dj (clipped), 8vo; IDEM. Cures and Curses, 1st ed., ibid, 1967, orig. cloth, dj, 8vo; and numerous others, primarily C20th, some with ink ownership inscriptions etc., (5 pbk). [sold as a collection with all faults] (48)

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