illustrated books: letterpress and hand-coloured engravings
Measurements
(a) 23.3 × 13.3 cm (page) 24.2 × 15.2 × 4.8 cm (closed) (b) 23.3 × 13.3 cm (page) 24.2 × 15.2 × 4.4 cm (closed)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Printing/Publishing
printed by J. Davis, London
Inscription
(a) stamped in gold on spine: SOWERBY’S / ENGLISH / BOTANY stamped in gold on spine l.c.: VOL. / I-II stamped in gold and printed in ink on title page of volume I u.c.: ENGLISH BOTANY; / OR, / COLOURED FIGURES / OF / BRITISH PLANTS printed in ink on title-page of volume I l.c.: BY / JAMES SOWERBY, F. L. S. / LONDON: / PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY J. DAVIS; / And sold at No.2, Mead Place, near the Asylum; by Messrs. WHITE, / Booksellers, Fleet-street; JOHNSON, St. Paul’s Church-yard; / DILLY, in the Poultry; and by all Booksellers, &c. / in Town and Country / MDCCXC (b) stamped in gold on spine: SOWERBY’S / ENGLISH / BOTANY stamped in gold on spine l.c.: VOL. / III-IV printed in ink on title-page of volume III u.c.: ENGLISH BOTANY; / OR, / COLOURED FIGURES / OF / BRITISH PLANTS printed in ink on title-page of volume III l.c.: BY / JAMES SOWERBY, F. L. S. / VOL. III / LONDON: / PRINTED BY J. DAVIS, CHANCERY-LANE; / And sold by the Proprietor, J. SOWERBY, at No.2, Mead Place, / Lambeth; by Messrs. WHITE, Fleet-street; JOHNSON, St. / Paul’s Church-yard; DILLY, in the Poultry; and by / all Booksellers, &c. in Town and Country / MDCCXCIV
