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<dl><dd>Edited by Sir Joseph Paxton</dd>
<dd>The number of plates can vary from copy to copy, although Stafleu &amp; Cowan cite 723 leaves of colored plates (copper engravings and lithographs) in their standard copy. This publication also has numerous uncolored woodcut illustrations printed within the text block area</dd>
<dd>Engravings by F.W. Smith; lithography by S. Holden; and woodcuts by C.J. Flemin[g] and O. Jewitt</dd>
<dd>"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers"--Verso of t.p</dd>
<dd>Plates accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets</dd>
<dd>Stafleu &amp; Cowan. Taxonomic lit. (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration</dd>
<dd>General indexes and indexes of the coloured figures of plants. in v. 15</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>CHMRB has: v. 1-4, v. 7-13 (1834-1846), Feb.-Dec. 1846, only</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB has two copies, both containing v. 1-16</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 (formerly QK1 .P342 HORT v. 1-16) is imperfect: the title leaf for v. 15, and pages 265-314 of the same volume, are wanting. Some of the folded plates in this copy were inadvertently sewn into the gutter during rebinding, and the edges are closely cropped</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has stamps on t.p.: 1. Library, U.S. Patent Office, Jul. 2, 1885 (accession nos. 51,555-51,570); 2. Smithsonian Libraries, Apr. 12, 1978</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has modern smooth brown buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines; each volume (except for v. 4) is housed in an archival paperboard box for preservation</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 (formerly 580.542 .P34 J.D.S. BOT v. 1-16) has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution Special Collections, Feb., 1930, J.D.S. [John Donnell Smith]. Volumes 5 and 7 have the illegible handwritten autograph of a former owner in ink: [...]igby</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 has modern embossed brown buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines and all edges gilt</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Botany</div>
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<dl><dd>Paxton, Joseph, Sir, 1803-1865</dd>
<dd>Smith, Frederick William, engraver</dd>
<dd>Holden, S., active 1834-1849, lithographer</dd>
<dd>Fleming, C. J., active 1834-1849, engraver</dd>
<dd>Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, engraver</dd>
<dd>Smith, John Donnell, 1829-1928, donor. DSI</dd>
<dd>Bradbury &amp; Evans, printer</dd>
<dd>United States. Patent Office. Library, former owner. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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