3 (of 4) volumes only, folio. (Lacking vol.III).

Comprising:
Volumes I-II: Botanical Extracts or Philosophy of Botany. London: T. Bensley for the publishers, White, Johnson and Co. ...and the author, 1810. 2 letterpress titles with allegorical vignettes by Branston after Thurston. (Spotting throughout.) Contemporary green straight-grain morocco gilt (extremities rubbed, several scuffs to boards, some splitting to vol.2 joints). Provenance: John Cave (armorial bookplate); Salisbury Library (bookplates, stamps).

Vol. IV. A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus. London: T. Bensley, 1799. Engraved calligraphic title to each part, 88 engraved portraits and botanical plates, one folding, 3 engraved tables, and 2 engraved explanation leaves. (Spotting throughout, some dampstaining in gutter of second work.) Early cloth, uncut (hinge reinforced, extremities soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Leicester City Library (bookplate, embossed stamps). [With:] another copy.

Together, 4 works in 4 volumes (vol.IV in duplicate). FIRST EDITIONS of a mixed incomplete set in various contemporary bindings. Although there is some disagreement among bibliographers (Stafleu calls it "a "bibliographer's nightmare", as few copies are alike), the three components of this work are properly known together under the title The Philosophy of Botany. Cleveland Collections 744; Nissen BBI 1956; Pritzel 9235; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 14284-14285. Sold as is.