Sowerby (James)

English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, 36 vol., first editions, illustrated with 2,592 hand-coloured engraved plates, light age-toning to some plates, some foxing in a few places in vols 6 & 7 mostly, mostly to tissue guards, light offsetting to vol. 31 – 36 where there are no tissue guards, contemporary full tree calf, red and greed leather lettering labels, gilt, slightly rubbed, lower joint to vol. 24 slightly cracked, contemporary ownership signature to head of all title-pages of Esther Grimston, [Dunthorne 291; Henrey 1366; Hunt 717; Nissen 2225], 8vo, J.Davis, 1790-1814 (36)