THE BOTANIC GARDEN: CONSISTING OF HIGHLY FINISHED REPRESENTATIONS OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS, CULTIVATED IN GREAT BRITAIN, Volumes I-VI, by Benjamin Maund, F.L.S., published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, and Sherwood and Company, London, circa 1825-36. Hardcover octavos, 43 hand-colored plates with English text pages with red-speckled edges, all volumes hardbound in three-quarter green leather with marbled-paper sides, brown leather labels with gilt lettering and gilt borders to spines, five raised hubs to spines. Approximately 8 1/8" H x 6 3/4" W x 3/4" D.

PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, TN Collection.

CONDITION: Covers in overall good condition with general wear, varying degrees of wear to hinges, Volume IV with 1 3/4" x 1" area of separation to leather at bottom of spine, corners bumped. Pages in overall good, legible condition with toning, foxing spots, some pages are separated from binding, pencil inscriptions from previous owners. Volume I, IV, and V do not retain any plates, Volume II retains 7 plates, Volume III retains 15 plates, Volume VI retains 21 plates, some tissue paper guards remain intact. Volume V does not retain engraved title page.