FORBES, James (1809-1868). Salictum Woburnense: or a catalogue of willows, indigenous and foreign, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, [London]: 1829, 4°, LIMITED TO 50 COPIES, INSCRIBED COPY FROM THE DUKE OF BEDFORD TO EDWARD FORSTER, folding lithographed frontispiece (spotted), 140 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Hullmandel after R.C. Stratford (a few with minor spotting, discreet perforation stamp on title, accession number of following leaf), original roan-backed boards (lacking upper cover). [Brunet II, 1336; Nissen BBI 642; Pritzel 2960] Provenance: JCL

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FORBES, James (1809-1868). Salictum Woburnense: or a catalogue of willows, indigenous and foreign, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, [London]: 1829, 4°, LIMITED TO 50 COPIES, INSCRIBED COPY FROM THE DUKE OF BEDFORD TO EDWARD FORSTER, folding lithographed frontispiece (spotted), 140 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Hullmandel after R.C. Stratford (a few with minor spotting, discreet perforation stamp on title, accession number of following leaf), original roan-backed boards (lacking upper cover). [Brunet II, 1336; Nissen BBI 642; Pritzel 2960] Provenance: JCL

拍品专文

Edward Forster, a president of the Linnean Society, was of great assistance to the Duke of Bedford in the formation of his willow garden and he is referred to in Bedford's introduction.