William J. Hooker - Curtis's Botanical Magazine - 1853

William J. Hooker Ed., Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. IX of the third series, or Vol. LXXIX of the whole work, London, 1853.

Complete volume with 69 hand-colored plates numbered 4689-4757, of which 3 are folding (text and plates collated complete). Original half leather binding in very good condition with only a little rubbing to the edges. Binding sound and firm. Inside in excellent, very clean condition. No spotting, staining or water marks. The folded plates in pristine condition, without any of the creasing one often finds as a result of careless handling.