4 volumes, 8A (240 x 157 mm). Half-titles. 405 lithographic plates (of which 403 are printed in color and finished by hand, occasionally heightened with gum-arabic, 26 are folding, 2 are uncolored folding plates), numerous illustrations, some full-page. (Some spotting or offsetting, a few quires becoming loose or disbound.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (some wear, hinges starting).

FIRST EDITION. This fine periodical has a definite preference for the exotic: there are about 60 orchids shown, a similar number of bromeliads and many other plants suitable only for the hot-house in northern Europe. There is some confusion about the number of plates, caused by the double-numbering of most of the folding plates. Nissen calls for 430 plates, but Stafleu and Cowan record a number of double-numbered plates which are the folding plates in the present copy. Nissen BBI 2338; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 4376.