LODDIGES (Conrad) and Sons. The Botanical... - Lot 93 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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LODDIGES (Conrad) and Sons. The Botanical... - Lot 93 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
LODDIGES (Conrad) and Sons. The Botanical Cabinet, consisting of coloured delineations of Plants from all Countries, with a short Account of each. Directions for management etc etc. Vol. 3. Published by John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Paternoster Row. and C Loddiges and Sons, Hackney, London, 1823. A scarce complete volume of Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, with 128 hand-colored plates engraved by George Cooke. Conrad Loddiges founded a plant nursery business in Hackney and the family became famous for exotic and rare plants. The mauve rhododendron that has become common in Great Britain today was imported by Conrad Loddiges. The Botanical Cabinet showcases the rare plants that they imported and grew. 128 colored plates on double sheet with explanatory text. The volumes usually contain 100 plates. Here there are 128 plates. Sought after, this album is in separate volumes, contemporary brown half calf, spine missing).
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