Ladies Botany

London: James Ridgway and Sons, [1840]. xvi, 300; viii, 280 + 16-ads, 50 hand-col plates. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo (230x145mm), later 20th century red qtr leather, with contrasting leather title pieces and gilt tooling to spines, green cloth boards. Plates slightly browned. 9cm closed tear to one text leaf. Occasional light spotting. From the library of Michael Bryant,… Read more about this item

London: James Ridgway, 1840. Hardcover (no dust jacket). Third edition. With plates. Worn and stained boards with a few bumps and scores. Spine ends are bumped. Nick on spine head. Leading corners are bumped and a little frayed. Tanned page block. Bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. Foxing at front and rear and at several further points. Front hinge is cracked… Read more about this item

London: Henry G.Bohn, 1865. Sixth Edition. Freeman p. 214. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 300; viii, 279. with half-titles. 50 hand-coloured engraved plates. A nice set in almost unblemished original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (very light wear to extremities, inner front hinge of Vol. I partly cracked, light foxing to some plates)

Cambridge University Press CUP , pp. 718 . Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume work by botanist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) was published between 1834 and 1837. Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for people, especially women and girls, 'who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need.

Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume work by botanist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) was published between 1834 and 1837. Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for people, especially women and girls, 'who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need.