1790 SOWERBY ENGLISH BOTANY 'Monandria Diandria Triandria' Flowers 218 Plates 1790 SOWERBY ENGLISH BOTANY 'Monandria Diandria Triandria' Flowers 218 Plates Description These Sowerby's have been rebound to group their Species/Types, therefore the paginations and volume numbers are irrelevant. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, With Their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. To Which will be added, Occasional Remarks, by James Edward Smith. 'Volume One' containing Monandria, Diandria, Triandria. by James Sowerby. London. 1790. Printed for the Author, by J. Davis. Size: 23.8cm by 14.5cm Pages: iv, [2], ii, vi, [2], 218 hand colour plates, each with one page of text A selection of plates are first edition. Condition notes: Full leather binding, re-backed, with gilt title and decoration to spine. General wear to exterior as shown with some marks/scuffs to leather. Bookplate to frontpastedown. Pages with 218 hand colour plates, each with a page of corresponding text. Occasional ink annotations. Some age toning and the odd little mark/spot here and there, otherwise pages and plates are generally clean as shown. Please take a good look at the pictures as these will enable you to evaluate the condition.