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Very good set of the first seven volumes (of 11 published) with approx. 580 plates.
The most important survey of British wild flowers in the Victorian era, far more comprehensive than Jane Loudon's or John Sowerby's.
The hand-coloured lithographic plates by Charlotte Gower and Worthington George Smith.
Robert Hogg (1818-1897) was a Scottish nurseryman and botanist. He was known as a pomologist who contributed to the science of classification. His other works include British Pomology (1851) and the magazine The Florist and Pomologist (1863~).
George William Johnson (1802-1886), was a British writer on gardening.
Charlotte Gower, fl. 1860-1880, was a British botanical artist known for her collaboration with Robert Hogg.
Worthington George Smith (1835-1917) was an English cartoonist, book illustrator, archaeologist, plant pathologist, and mycologist. His botanical works include Gardener's Chronicle from 1869, Mushrooms and Toadstools (1879), Illustrations of the British Flora (1880), etc.
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Plate 17. Costume dessiné a la foire de St. Gorgon près de Rouen.
Charming fashion copperplate of a woman in her Sunday Best attending the Fair at St. Gorgon near Rouen. She wears a tall bonnet trimmed with lace, long gloves and holds ridicule or drawstring bag.
From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827.
The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux
The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets that dated back to the middle ages.
"Benoit Pécheux, a renowned painter, a specialist in Italian frescoes had worked in France since the Italian campaign and ran a workshop of itinerant Italian painters. In 1811, the church of Yvetot contacted him to decorate the chapel of the Virgin. The same year, he decorated the dome of Saint-Romain in Rouen. He was also called to Limpiville, Fécamp and Le Havre. On Sundays and holidays, he rubs shoulders with Cauchoises adorned… Read More

Plate 28. Costume des environs de Dieppe
Charming fashion copperplate of a Dieppe woman in her Sunday Best wearing a tall bonnet with lace drapes, holding a bouquet of roses.
From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827.
The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux
The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets that dated back to the middle ages.
"Benoit Pécheux, a renowned painter, a specialist in Italian frescoes had worked in France since the Italian campaign and ran a workshop of itinerant Italian painters. In 1811, the church of Yvetot contacted him to decorate the chapel of the Virgin. The same year, he decorated the dome of Saint-Romain in Rouen. He was also called to Limpiville, Fécamp and Le Havre. On Sundays and holidays, he rubs shoulders with Cauchoises adorned with original headdresses and draws them before returning to Paris.
"La Mésangère, who… Read More

Plate 10. Cauchoise
Charming fashion copperplate of a woman in her Sunday Best seaed on a stone wall. She wears a tall conical hat trimmed with lace, ruff collar, and simple black dress with puff sleeves.
From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827.
The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux
The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets that dated back to the middle ages.
"Benoit Pécheux, a renowned painter, a specialist in Italian frescoes had worked in France since the Italian campaign and ran a workshop of itinerant Italian painters. In 1811, the church of Yvetot contacted him to decorate the chapel of the Virgin. The same year, he decorated the dome of Saint-Romain in Rouen. He was also called to Limpiville, Fécamp and Le Havre. On Sundays and holidays, he rubs shoulders with Cauchoises adorned with original headdresses and draws them before returning to… Read More

Plate 29. Costume des environs de Dieppe
Charming fashion copperplate of a woman of Dieppe in her Sunday Best, seated on a bench reading an almanach.
From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827.
The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux
The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets that dated back to the middle ages.
"Benoit Pécheux, a renowned painter, a specialist in Italian frescoes had worked in France since the Italian campaign and ran a workshop of itinerant Italian painters. In 1811, the church of Yvetot contacted him to decorate the chapel of the Virgin. The same year, he decorated the dome of Saint-Romain in Rouen. He was also called to Limpiville, Fécamp and Le Havre. On Sundays and holidays, he rubs shoulders with Cauchoises adorned with original headdresses and draws them before returning to Paris.
"La Mésangère, who ran the Journal des Dames… Read More

Plate 39. Costume de Bolbec
Charming fashion copperplate of a woman of Bolbec leaning on a chair reading an almanach. The rear view shows the cascade of lace frills descending from her tall bonnet.
From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827.
The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux
The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets that dated back to the middle ages.
"Benoit Pécheux, a renowned painter, a specialist in Italian frescoes had worked in France since the Italian campaign and ran a workshop of itinerant Italian painters. In 1811, the church of Yvetot contacted him to decorate the chapel of the Virgin. The same year, he decorated the dome of Saint-Romain in Rouen. He was also called to Limpiville, Fécamp and Le Havre. On Sundays and holidays, he rubs shoulders with Cauchoises adorned with original headdresses and draws them before returning to… Read More

Plate 28. Costume de Saint Lo
Charming fashion copperplate of a woman of Saint Lo in her Sunday Best wearing a tall lace bonnet, check shawl and red dress.
From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827.
The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux
The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets that dated back to the middle ages.
"Benoit Pécheux, a renowned painter, a specialist in Italian frescoes had worked in France since the Italian campaign and ran a workshop of itinerant Italian painters. In 1811, the church of Yvetot contacted him to decorate the chapel of the Virgin. The same year, he decorated the dome of Saint-Romain in Rouen. He was also called to Limpiville, Fécamp and Le Havre. On Sundays and holidays, he rubs shoulders with Cauchoises adorned with original headdresses and draws them before returning to Paris.
"La Mésangère, who ran the Journal des… Read More

Illustrative of Granger's Biographical History of England, Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, Burnet's History of his own Time, Pennant's London, etc.
Very good copy of the First Edition complete with all 200 copperplate engravings
An eclectic collection of engraved portraits of "persons celebrated for their diplomatic services, military or naval achievements, literary acquirements, eccentric habits, or some peculiar feature in their lives." Includes many equestrian prints from the Illustrated Clarendon, 12 portraits of King Charles I and II, printers Laurence Koster, William Caxton and John Guttemberg, poets Geoffrey Chaucer and John Milton, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, assassinated bishop Thomas Becket with a sword in his head, Kings Edward I-VI, several portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, Guy Fawkes and his conspirators, pickpocket Cut-Purse Moll, Kings Henry I-VIII, death of King James I, Mary Queen of Scots, water-spouter Floram Marchand, the great eater Benjamin Marriott, dandy Nym the… Read More