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Grigson, Geoffrey, With Bibliographical Notes By Handasyde Bucha, Nan

Thornton's Temple of Flora

1951

229.36 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1951
Place of printing
London. Collins
Author
Grigson, Geoffrey, With Bibliographical Notes By Handasyde Bucha, Nan
Keyword
Nature - Botany Art botanical art
Languages
English

Description

folio [43 x 31 cm]; viii, 20 pp, 12 fine color plates, 24 monochrome collotype plates, all with tissue guards. orig cloth-backed boards, leather spine labels with gilt letters, orig printed paper title label on front cover, lower cover lightly soiled, dj with orig mounted color plate, dj (worn, old tape repair, large chip), slightly foxed, near fine in good dj. A Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora was first published in 1807 and is the most famous and impressive flower book of the period. The introduction gives the story of the book and an historical perspective. There are detailed notes about each plate. There are botanical notes by William T. Stearn. This is the best edition since the original of 1807, finely and carefully produced, being much larger than the 1972 edition, with finer plates. The jacket, although quite worn with 5 by 9 cm chip, is often lacking.
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