1970s Richard Blanche's British Botanical and Horticultural Literature - 3 Book Slipcase Set

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Title: British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800.
Description: Comprising a History of Botanical and Horticultural Books Printed in England, … more Title: British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800.
Description: Comprising a History of Botanical and Horticultural Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the Earliest Times Until 1800. [3 volume slipcase set] by Henry, Blanche, Published by Oxford University Press, 1975.

About this Item: First edition publisher's cloth hardbound volume set and slipcase, gilt title stamped/embossed spine covers. Volume I: The 16th and 17th centuries History and Bibliography, pp. xxvi + 290, color frontispiece and 62 b/w plates. Volume II: The 18th century History, pp. xvi + 748, b/w frontispiece, 30 color plates and 146 b/w plates. Volume III: The 18th century Bibliography, pp. xvii + 142, color frontispiece. Cloth gilt.

Measures: 11 in. x 7.5 in. each volume.

Condition notes: Fine; clean and bright cloth and interior text. Slipcase condition: Very good; worn at corner tips and pasted label cover paper torn, .75in at lower right corner. Language: eng. less