LODDIGES (Conrad) and Sons. The Botanical Cabinet, consistin - Lot 35

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. 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, 8°, 128 planches en coloris sur double feuillet avec texte explicatif, demi-veau brun de l’époque (dos manquant). Les volumes comprennent habituellement 100 planches. Ici il y en a 128. Recherché, cet album se trouve en volumes séparés. « A scarce complete volume of Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, with 128 hand coloured 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 ».