The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary. by GREEN, Thomas - [1823]: Containing an Account of all the known Plants in the World, arranged according to the Linnean System. Specifying the uses to which they are or may be applied, whether as food, as medicine, or in the arts and manufactures. With the best methods of propagat

London: Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, 1824. Hardcover. Good. Vol. 2 only, quarto, 11.5 x 9.25 inches, bound in early green cloth, good, does not have title page, begins on p. 8 but does have its frontispiece, and we count at least 46 colored plates (a complete set would have 106 plates total). Moderate wear to spine and joints, contents good to very good.

London: Printed at the Caxton Press, by Henry Fisher, 1832. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [iv], 790; 885, [1], 56 + frontispiece in each vol., extra engraved title-page in vol. 1, and 104 engraved plates (of a maximum of 106), one of them hand-coloured. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines divided by gilt rolls, other compartments decorated with central floral tools in gilt, edges sprinkled red. Some foxing and spotting, vol. 1 dampmarked at foot towards rear. Bindings slightly worn and marked, vol. 1 rear joint just cracking at foot (this sometime tidily filled with glue). A later issue of the second edition of Thomas Green’s Universal Herbal, initially published in 1816, the second following from 1824. The plates have their own imprints and dates across a range of years: in this copy they stretch from 1816 through 1832, with the majority of the plates dating to 1823 and 1828. Copies also vary in their complement of plates, with this example bound without three of the plates called for in… Read More

The Caxton Press, 1823. Hardcover. Good. . 2 volumes. Half brown leather with gilt lettering. Ex-lib, white-out label on spines, library bookplates on front pastedowns. Foxing to title pages, some foxing throughout, overall clean, most plates are clean and vibrant. Minor shelf wear to boards. Bindings sturdy.

Liverpool: Henry Fisher , 1820 A very good 2 volume set of the 1st edition, newly rebound in half calf with marbled boards. With 2 decorative frontispieces, 1 decorative title, and 106 hand coloured plates. The title pages are undated but Vol I has a preface dated 1820 and the 1st edition was produced between 1816 and 1820. This copy is in new half calf with gilt lines title labels and volume numbers to spines. The marbled paper matches the marbling on the page edges. New endpapers. All the plates are in very good clean condition and are well coloured. The paper quality varies with the paper in the first half of Vol II being noticeably toned and prone to light spotting. Contents - Vol I: frontispiece; decorative title; title; preface 2 pp; introduction, instructions on finding a plant, and text (to letters KYL) with 56 plates pp 1-790. There are a couple of ink corrections in the margins of pp 304-5 and 627. Paper lightly toned with light spotting circa p 700. Vol II: frontispiece; title; text pp… Read More