[4], [i]-[iv] p., [30] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 60 cm.

"As is explained in the Preface, written by Joseph Banks, many additional species of plants had been added to the gardens at Kew since the publication of Hortus Kewensis, therefore necessitating a revision of that work. In the intermeaning time, it seemed prudent to publish the present work depicting some of the new plants that had been gathered. Although the Preface mentions the additions to the gardens at Kew by the settlement at New South Wales and the travels of William Bligh, the work focusses on the plants gathered by Francis Masson in South Africa with all the plates depicting ericas grown from seeds collected by Masson."--Donald Heald Rare Books, New York Book Fair 2015, catalog item 54.

"The work was originally published in three fascicules, with ten plates in each. The first part was issued in an edition of ninety copies ("but ten were spoilt"), the second in eighty copies, and the third fifty copies. The very limited number of copies, coupled with the disjointed printing accounts for the works great rarity on the market."--Donald Heald Rare Books, New York Book Fair 2015, catalog item 54.

Plates have imprint: Published by G. Nicol; 22 Jany. 1, 1793, six dated Jany. 1, 1800, and two dated Jany. 1, l801.

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