Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-Four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants.

Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-Four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants. Darton, Harvey, and Darton. Gracechurch Street. London. 1813. [iv] (last blank), 96 pages plus 48 uncoloured wood-engraved plates (page 79 with very small marginal closed tear). 'A very rare [miniature] children's book on botany with very attractive and delicately coloured flower plates, including a few mosses and mushrooms' (Spielmann: 'Catalogue of the Library of Miniature Books collected by Percy Edwin Spielmann', page 23). Darton attributes authorship to Benjamin Meggott Forster, based on an advertisement in another Darton publication (Darton: 'The Dartons. An Annotated Check-list of Children's Books issued by Two Publishing Houses, 1787-1876', page 102). 69 x 81 mm. Original red morocco a little rubbed at the extremities; sides bordered with a double fillet in blind; spine lettered and ruled in gilt; covers slightly patinated and a little marked; Spielmann, 65. Welsh, 1418. OCLC, 22607015. WorldCat locates 15 copies worldwide.