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London: Printed for J. Harris, Successor to R. Newberry, at the Original Juvenile Library, 1808. 16pp. With frontispiece and five further hand-coloured engraved plates depicting Flora (as a goddess) and her fairies, within detailed botanical scenes. Original printed wrappers, a little chipped and marked, some damp-staining to upper wrapper, contemporary previous owner's inscription to verso of frontispiece. 'Now on this grand occasion, 'twas Flora's desire, Each Fairy should put on her gayest attire, And convey to the elegant Garden at Kew, Ev'ry Plant which Dame Nature exhibit's to view.' A delightful, lesser-known botanical sequel to William Roscoe's immensely successful Butterfly's Ball (London, 1807), produced by Harris and following the goddess Flora on a May Day 'Review, at the Royal Botanical Garden in Kew' - in the same format - for a juvenile readership during the first decade of the nineteenth-century. The verse in this work, following the goddess Flora,…Read more

[s.i.]: [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] The waggon load of gold. Part II. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head title:] The house that jack built. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head tile:] Jack jingle. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head tile:] The child's new year's gift. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head tile:] Little red riding hood. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head tile:] Nursery rhymes. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head tile:] The history of the children in the wood. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d.] 8pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. [And:] [Drop-head tile:] Histor…Read more

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. In three volumes. xxiv, xxiii, [1], 576; viii, 617, [1]; [2], xxxii, 477pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 10 engraved folding plates, and 11 engraved folding maps. Bound by Vicary & Co. of Plymouth, Devon (tickets to FEPs) in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower board of Vol. I, spines sunned. Despite being competently bound, the large folding map of St. Domingo (96 x 66 cm) has at some point been naively folded, resulting in several short tears and significant protrusion from text-block, one further map detached, very occasional light spotting. A revised and expanded edition of a monumental historical survey of British West Indian colonies, first published in two volumes in 1783, by planter and politician Bryan Edwards (1743-1800). A comprehensive and important work - with a great deal of material relating to the prog…Read more