1816 The Class And Orders Of The Linnaean System Of Botany. First Edition. Georgian

1816 The Class And Orders Of The Linnaean System Of Botany. First Edition. Georgian'The Class And Orders Of The Linnaean System Of Botany' by Richard Duppa, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London in 1816. First edition thus. Complete in three volumes. With 240 engraved plates, 237 of which were hand coloured. This scarce set is three quarter bound in tan calf leather with marbled boards and gilt stamped title and banding to the spines. All volumes show signs of shelf wear but the boards remain firmly affixed and

the son of a Mason

After graduation she returned to Cumbria to earn her living as an artist and established a studio at Halfpenny

please note that the key does not work within the lock but is included for completeness

Weight: 190 grams

Length (fully drawn): 67

Total weight: 152 grams

An exceptional Neo-Gothic carved oak three-tier hanging shelf of superb proportions

Length: 55cm

Every side is exquisitely painted

'William Farmer & Co

There is a small loss to the wood on one of the braces but this is purely aesthetic and does not impact the mechanism in anyway (please see photographs)

blind stamped detail and gilt title/author panels