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Rare and modern books

King, Ronald

The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton

1981

78.96 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1981
Place of printing
London. Weidenfield & Nicolson
Author
King, Ronald
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Nature - Botany botanical art
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

folio (37 x 27 cm); 111 pp, frontis (port), illus, 32 color plates, facsimile pages from original, bibliog. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (wear to spine, not price clipped), fine in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed and fascinating description of one of the most magnificent botanical books ever published. Originally published 1797-1807 in parts, with superb color flower plates by a number of the best artists of the day, the original, and even individual plates, are highly sought after and rare. King was Secretary to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. This is the best of several works on Thornton's famous work.