[Botanica] J.C. Loudon. 1844

Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or the Trees and Shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically described, with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening. (...). J.C. Loudon. [Eight volumes]. Second edition. London, printed for the author and sold by Longman [et al.], 1844.

8vo, 8 volumes, uniformly bound, halfmorocco, title on spine in green and gilt stamping, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, complete with 4 text vols. with 2694 pp. and 4 plate vols. with more than 400 b/w engravings, several of which folding. Bindings with minor imperfections, plate vols. with usual staining. Lovely and complete set of this 1844 edition. (total 8)