Botany

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834. eighth edition Good Condition. 12 mo. 3/4 dark green tooled leather with cloth spine. Corners bumped. Black paper label [BOTANY] in gold. Hand-marbled end papers and fore-edge. The interior of the front and verso covers are repaired with dark blue binding tape Slight soiling to the first few pages and minor slight soiling and offset to the plates. [i-v], contents [vii-xi], lists of plates, explanation of the table of the classes, pronunciation of the Latin Names of Plants [xii-xvi], 1-284, Based on Sir James Edward Smith's English Flora, this delightful work was organized for children, in an effort to teach the study of botany through the Linnaean classification system. The method for the lesson, as the name states, was through a series of conversations between 'Mother' and her son, 'Edward.' Nicely illustrated with 22 full page bright hand-colored copperplate engravings by Sowerby. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner, 1972. First printing A Fine copy in a Fine D/J. Octavo ( 5 x 7.5 in., 127 x 190.5 mm). Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Pp. 284. An in depth guide to common and botanical plant names. more information

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London: Firefly books, 2003. First printing A Fine copy in Fine D/J. Large quarto (10.75 x 11.25 in. 273 x 285.75 mm). White buckram with blue lettering on spine. Pp. 336. Fully illustrated with colored plates. A beautiful guide to plant discovery filled with fabulous full color plates throughout. more information

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London: Wm S. Orr & Co., 1837. First edition A Fine original hand-colored engraving by Frederick W. Smith. Fine Condition. Folio (12.5 x 9 inches). Presented and sold in Lowry-James' elegant signature matting treatment of a single Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to 16 x 20 inches and suitable for framing. Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also featured the favored British cultivars. Joseph Paxton was, at one time, superintendent of the gardens at Chatsworth House, owned by the Sixth Duke of Devonshire. In addition to horticulture, Sir Paxton's talents extended to Victorian garden design and architecture, which was evidenced by the creation of the Crystal Palace for the Exposition of 1851. An immense iron and glass structure, the Crystal Palace was the unparalleled showcase of Victorian innovation and design, the inspiration for which was Paxton's own Lily House at Chatsworth, where he displayed his prized Water Lilies. Paxton's design and creation of the Crystal Palace was a monumental achievement, for which he was knighted. (DeBelder, Sitwell: Great Flower Books)  more information

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London: Wm S. Orr & Co., 1837. First edition A Fine original hand-colored engraving by Frederick W. Smith. Fine Condition. Folio (12.5 x 9 inches). Presented and sold in Lowry-James' elegant signature matting treatment of a single Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to 16 x 20 inches and suitable for framing. Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also featured the favored British cultivars. Joseph Paxton was, at one time, superintendent of the gardens at Chatsworth House, owned by the Sixth Duke of Devonshire. In addition to horticulture, Sir Paxton's talents extended to Victorian garden design and architecture, which was evidenced by the creation of the Crystal Palace for the Exposition of 1851. An immense iron and glass structure, the Crystal Palace was the unparalleled showcase of Victorian innovation and design, the inspiration for which was Paxton's own Lily House at Chatsworth, where he displayed his prized Water Lilies. Paxton's design and creation of the Crystal Palace was a monumental achievement, for which he was knighted. (DeBelder, Sitwell: Great Flower Books)  more information

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London: John Van Voorst, 1863. Second revised A Near Fine Copy. Octavo ( 6.5 x 9.5 inches). Green embossed publisher's cloth with gilt emblem on cover and lettering on spine. Head and foot of spine softened, corners lightly frayed. AEG. Tidy owner's signature and location dated 1868 on prelim. A fine reissue of Sowerby's classic work on British Wild Flowers, to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter, ALS, FGS and the Ferns, Horsetails and Club-mosses by John E. Sowerby. Pp. xlix, 186, with frontispiece and 86 hand-colored steel engraved plates representing 1780 botanical specimens in total. The richly colored frontispiece is a fine bouquet of Wild Flowers in the style of Jane Webb Loudon. The accompanying plates are vibrant and clear throughout, not pale as often the case with this type of wild flower compendium. A fine work by one of the Sowerby family, major contributors to the illustration and documentation of 19th-century British horticulture. more information

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