
Auction Closed
November 29, 03:25 PM GTNN
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
John Leonard Knapp
Gramina Britannica; or representations of British grasses. London: printed for the Author by T. Bensley, 1804
FIRST EDITION, 4to (315 x 240mm.), 119 coloured plates, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, leaves uncut, marbled endpapers, slightly foxed in places, joints cracked
"According to the minutes of the Linnaean Soc., 24 Mai 1825, only 100 copies were left after a fire at Bensley" (Stafleu).
LITERATURE:
Stafleu TL2 3750
PROVENANCE:
Joseph Neeld, bookplate; John Huish, 1871, inscription with price. Joseph Kneeld (1789-1856) was heir to the silversmith Phillip Rundell, enabling him to buy Grittleton House near Chippenham, where he formed an extensive collects ion; he was an MP and philanthropist, and brother-in-law of the famous Lord Shaftesbury
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