8 Volume Set - Octavo
Info from title page is as follows:
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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM;
OR,
THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN,
Native and Foreign and Half-Hardy,
PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED,
AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED;
WITH,
THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTURE, MANAGEMENT,
AND USES IN THE ARTS, IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, AND IN
LANDSCAPE-GARDENING;
PRECEDED BY A
HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE
OF THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF TEMPERATE CLIMATES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

BY J.C. LOUDON, F.L. & H.S., & C.
author of the ENCYCLOPAEDEAS OF GARDENING AND OF AGRICULTURE,
AND CONTUDTOR OF THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE

in EIGHT VOLUMES:
FOUR OF LETTERPRESS, ILLUSTRATED BY ABOVE 2500 ENGRAVINGS;
AND FOUR OF OCTAVO AND QUARTO PLATES

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR;
AND SOLD BY
LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS;
THE PARTIALLY COLOURED AND COLOURED COPIES, BY
JAMES A RIDGWAY AND SONS,
1838.

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Book Plates in each book are Joseph Gould, Balliol College and one is signed J. Gould

The books are in really nice condition with a little toning and they do have some spotting or foxing but otherwise nice condition.  See photos for more details of condition

NOTE:  THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE NOT HAND COLORED.  THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS TAKEN FROM THE TITLE PAGE AND IT SEEMS SOME WERE OFFERED COLORED...THESE ARE NOT.