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London: William Smith, 1847.. 4to. Original green cloth, spine and front cover designed in gilt. Yellow coated end papers. Sixty hand-coloured lithographic plates, most with the tissue guards intact. The binding is rough, with old repairs to the outer front hinge, as well as the inner hinges; tape residue on the inner front hinge, back cover dampstruck. Plates are clean and attractive, occasional very light foxing, slight wear to the outer margin of the final plate. An early printing; the first edition was dated 1846. This copy has the imprint of William Smith, but at the base of the spine has "Wm. S. Orr & Co"

London: William S.Orr & Co., [1855]. Second Edition. Mrs. Loudon was the wife of landscape gardener and horticultural writer, John Loudon, who designed the Birmingham Botanical Garden. She began to write popular botanical books to help pay off the debts that her husband incurred in publishing his Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum. Nissen 1233. cfPritzel 5636. 4to. pp. xvi, 311. 60 lithographed plates printed in colour & finished by hand. modern half calf, original cloth sides bound in

London: 113, Fleet Street.: William Smith , 1840. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. LOUDON Mrs.. VG+, 5 volumes in 6, 1840-1860, 304 (complete) hand coloured plates, depicting 1,582 flowers! Ornamental Annuals, 1840, 1st ed, 48 pls (hand coloured), lacks half title, [5], (viii-xvi), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 2-272 pp, 207*269 mm, ink name to verso TP. Ornamental Bulbous Plants, 1841, 1st ed, 58 pls (hand coloured), lacks h/t, [3], (vi-x), [1], 2-270 pp, 251*269 mm, marbled endpapers. Ornamental Perennials, 1843 & 1844, 1st ed, 96 pls (in total & hand coloured), half title, [2], [3], (iv-x), [1], 2-190 pp, 45 pls; half title, [5], (vi-x), [1], 51 pls, book marks to fpds & ink name to feps, a.e.g. British Wild Flowers, 1846, 1st ed, 60 pls (hand coloured), lacks h/t, [3], (vi-xvi), [1], 2-311 pp, 216*274 mm. Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, 1860, 3rd ed, 42 pls (hand coloured), half title, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-215 pp, 231*299 mm, bookplate to fpd.… Read More

London: Stewart & Murra for William S.Orr & Co, 1855. 5 works in 5 volumes, 4to. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). 300 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Uniformly bound in contemporary dark green morocco boards elaborately tooled and bordered in gilt, spines with raised bands in six compartments gilt tooled and lettered, gilt turn-ins, purple watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt A complete set of Early Editions of Jane Loudon's widely regarded gardening manuals that made the world of botany and gardening more approachable to a diverse readership, particularly for women interested in horticulture. 1.) The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals. London: William S. Orr and Co. Second Edition. viii, xvi, 272 pp. 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates (plate 42 bound in as frontispiece). 2.) The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials. London: William S. Orr and Co. Second Edition. xv, [1], 341, [3] pp. 90 hand-coloured lithographed plates (plate 38 bound in as frontispiece) 3.) The Ladies'… Read More