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<dl><dd>statement of responsibility: conducted by G. B. Knowles, and Frederic Westcott</dd>
<dd>No more published</dd>
<dd>Volume 1 (1837) includes added illustrated title page and plates numbered 1-45; v. 2 (1838) includes plates numbered 46-90; v. 3 (1840) includes plates numbered 91-137</dd>
<dd>Hand-colored lithographed plates with blank guard-sheets</dd>
<dd>"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--Verso of t.p</dd>
<dd>Plates illustrated by R. Mills, A. &amp; W. Green, Miss Green, Miss Clowes, F. Cameron, H.N. Humphreys, and Mrs. Withers; engraved by J. Graf; printed by Day &amp; Haghe</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 2229</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Stafleu &amp; Cowan. Taxonomic lit. (2nd ed.), 3771</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Atwood, A.C. Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith, p. 29</dd>
<dd>citation/reference: Dunthorne, G. Flower &amp; fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries, 173</dd>
<dd>action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX</dd>
<dd>Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration</dd>
<dd>Stafleu &amp; Cowan. Taxonomic lit. (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Atwood, A.C. Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith</dd>
<dd>Dunthorne, G. Flower &amp; fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy (v. 1, 39088017263203; v. 2, 39088017263245; v. 3, 39088017263286) was complete with added title page and all numbered plates at time of recataloging (March 2014)</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Ex libris quos Institutioni Smithsonianae anno MCMV donavit John Donnell Smith; another bookplate (details not visible) is pasted under the Smith bookplate</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has stamp on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution Special Collections; Sep. 13, 1929. Autograph of a former owner on t.p. of v. 1: W. Henry Baxter[?]</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has later gilt-tooled green half-leather binding with green embossed cloth-covered boards; raised bands; marbled endpapers; and all edges gilt. Some of the margins are closely cropped</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Plants, Ornamental; Plant introduction; Botanical illustration; Botany; Gardening</div>
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<dl><dd>Knowles, G. B. (George Beauchamp), 1829-1852</dd>
<dd>Westcott, Frederic, -1861</dd>
<dd>Baxter, W. Henry, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Smith, John Donnell, 1829-1928, donor. DSI</dd>
<dd>Bradbury &amp; Evans, printer</dd>
<dd>Day &amp; Haghe, printer of plates</dd></dl></div>
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