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robert john thornton. NEW FAMILY HERBAL. richard phillips, 1810.
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: hardback book in fair condition,front panel is separated,chipped,held to book by 2 wrap around pieces of tape,around to rear panel which is held in place by the tape
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 23cm x 15cm, xvi, 901 pp, [3 (publisher's advertisements) top edge gilt pages uncu. Wood-engraved illustrations of the plants drawn from nature by Henderson and engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. Some spotting to the first and last few pages. the contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Bound in later (not recent) in a full morocco gilt ruled to board edges and spine bands, some light surface rubbing. the binding tight with no splits or chips. A Family Herbal, offering illustrated descriptions of plants and their medicinal uses.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in Very Good repaired condition, large 8vo, pages: xvi,901. professionally rebound, 1/2 leather, marbled paper boards, leather spine labels, top edge gilt, plants drawn from nature by Henderson and engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick; Newly re-bound, contents very good, some leaves slightly tanned, half-title torn and repaired, last 2 leaves of index w/tears and minor loss, prior owner name on verso of half-title "Francis Halleys / October 1811". Bookseller accession no.: 17345. Extra postage required for international shipping of this heavy volume.
Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. Wood-engraved illustrations throughout by Thomas Bewick. xvi, 901, [1, ad, affixed to rear blank] pp. Contemporary calf, covers with outer border of gilt double-fillet and scallop roll in blind, diamond centerpiece device stamped in blind, flat spine gilt in compartments with black morocco spine label, marbled endpapers; light wear to joints, ink splatter to front cover and small portion of textblock fore-edge and margins of index at rear, contents leaves toned, else internally clean First edition of the Thornton's reference on the medicinal uses of plants, with copious illustrations by Thomas Bewick.PROVENANCE: Willoughby C. Newton (armorial book-plate, initials to verso of ffep)
Seller: Bull's Head Rare Books, ABAA, ILAB, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$875.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Half-title, 901pp., [17]pp. publisher's ads. plants drawn from nature by Henderson and engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick, who brought the art of engraving on wood back into popularity. His wood engravings of birds and animals were exquisite. Wood engravings were also less expensive than those by copper plate. One of his most famous works was A General History of Quadrupeds published in 1790. He was also known to use his fingerprint below his name, the present work does not have one. A very nice copy bound in full calf, early rebacking with old gilt decorated spine laid down, marbled endpapers, Light pencil notes to front free endpaper, previous owner's name to upper corner of title page dated 1863, text is very clean with just a hint of toning.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A New Family Herbal: or Popular Account of The Natures and Properties of the Various Plants by Robert John Thornton M.D. Plants drawn by Henderson and engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. Publisher: Printed for Richard Phillips, London, 1810. 888 pages. First edition in original full leather binding. In text black and white plant illustrations. Contents clean, title-page cropped by 2 inches at the bottom (no loss of text). Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine edge cracked by solid. Inventory #22-096. Price: $950.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.