Quarto; (11.5 x 9 inches) publisher's blue papered boards, paper label on upper board. Presentation copy from the author. 4 hand-coloured lithographic plates. Uncut. Boards rubbed and stained, presentation copy by the author (MS inscription to front pastedown -partially legible). Rare work on St. Vincent. Abbey records a contemporary prospectus for distribution of the work on the island, which states, "only a few copies have been sent for sale, but Mr. Draper will receive at the Gazette Office the names of those who are disposed to encourage the Bookseller who printed it." It is a detailed account of the Botanic Garden, with charming lithographic views, followed by an appendix comprising letters from Dr. Anderson to the Secretary of the Society of Arts relating to plants cultivated in the garden and a catalogue of plants (Abbey Travel). Guilding was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London and a Member of Edinburgh's Geological and Wernerian Societies. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. House of the Superindentent. 2. View of the Botanic Garden, St. Vincent, taken from the Superintendent's House. 3. Botanic Garden from the bottom of the Central Walk. 4. [Plan] A Diagram of the Botanic Garden in the Island of St. Vincent.