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William Withering : An Arrangement of British Plants, According to the Latest Improvements of the Linnaean System; with an Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany. Illustrated by Copper Plates

Robert Scholey, London, 1818

Contemporary ¼ gilt calf with marble boards; spine with 6 compartments separated by gilt tooled bands, text in 2 and 5, red morocco label in 2. Edges tinted red. , Occasional mild browning, otherwise a very good set., 8vo, Volume 1. P. (4), half-title, (1), title, printer’s imprint, advertisement, (1), preface vii-xvii, acknowledgements xix-xx, errata (3), advertisement, 1-402, (2); Volume 2. P. (4), half-title, (1), title, printer’s imprint, 1-595, (3); Volume 3. P. (2), half-title, (1), title, printer’s imprint, 597-1138, (2), index (34), (2); Volume 4. P. (2), half-title, (1), title, printer’s imprint, 1-481, (1), index (17), plates index, (2)., Volume one contains 17 copper plates, including one fold-out; volume two contains 12 copper plates; volume three has 3 copper plates; volume four has 2 copper plates. All volumes complete. The plates are diagrams of various plants and flowers., Volume : Four

This was the first classification and description of British plants in the English language, representing a lifetime’s work. Plate numbers are not meant to be in numeric order, as noted on the final page of vol. 4., Freeman 4062.

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