Bidspirit auction | Loudon's ..Trees and Shrubs of

Loudon's ..Trees and Shrubs of Britain - 8 Volumes with 412 Engravings - This lovely eight volume work with 412 engravings is John Claudius Loudon's Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-Hardy ... with Their Propagation, Culture, Management... This is the second edition published by Henry G. Bohn in London in 1854. The volumes are bound in contemporary calf, gilt, green morocco labels to spines, marbled endpapers. There are 412 engravings on trees and shrubs. Provenance: Ownership inscription of W. S. Prestoe to front flyleaf of first volume. Paper Size: ~ 5 1/2” by 8 3/4” Paper Type or Special Features: 8 Volumes with 412 Engravings