8 vols.
Loudon, John Claudius. Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign,... London: Printed for the Author, 1844-1838-1844. 8vo, orig. green cloth, blind-stamped covers, gilt-lettered spines. With 412 plates, numerous text illus. Scattered light foxing, dampstaining at heads of plates in vol. 6. Mixed issue, second edition of vols. 1, 5-8; first edition of vols. 2-4.
Encyclopedic, indispensable work on the subject.