HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). The Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical, and Geographical of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya...edited by Sir W.J. Hooker . London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-1851.
HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). The Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical, and Geographical of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya...edited by Sir W.J. Hooker . London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-1851. 2° (491 x 368 mm). Title with lithographic vignette, 30 hand-colored lithographic plates by Walter H. Fitch after Hooker, printed by Reeve & Nichols. Original green cloth, title in gilt on cover (hinges broken, spine defective, some light wear at extremities). FIRST EDITION . "An important work for both the botanist and horticulturalist since it contains descriptions and plates of many of the best Rhododendron species...and an account of their discovery" ( Great Flower Books ). Hooker spent several years exploring Sikkim, as well as parts of Nepal and Tibet. His field notes were sent to his father, Sir William Hooker (1785-1865) in England from India, who edited the text for this work. Hooker's "observations on the geology and meteorology of Sikkim are still fundamental, and he explained the terracing of the mountain valleys by the formation of glacial lakes. He succeeded in introducing into cultivation through Kew the splendid rhododendrons of Sikkim..." ( DNB ). The plates are by Walter Hood Fitch the most prolific of all botanical artists. His work produced in association with Sir Joseph Hooker and J.H. Hooker is among his finest. "Fitch had the greatest competence of any botanical painter who has yet appeared in drawing the rhododendron" ( Great Flower Books ). "In his lithographs he has captured the exuberant form and color of these flowering shrubs. Sometimes at the base of the plate, magnified views of the pistils, stamens and sections of the ovaries are presented. The first plate is unusually attractive because the plant... is shown in its native habitat, growing among the trunks of fallen trees against a hazy background of blue mountains." ( Oak Spring Flora ). Great Flower Books p.101; Nissen BBI 911; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 2969; An Oak Spring Flora 104.
HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). The Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical, and Geographical of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya...edited by Sir W.J. Hooker . London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-1851.
HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). The Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical, and Geographical of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya...edited by Sir W.J. Hooker . London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-1851. 2° (491 x 368 mm). Title with lithographic vignette, 30 hand-colored lithographic plates by Walter H. Fitch after Hooker, printed by Reeve & Nichols. Original green cloth, title in gilt on cover (hinges broken, spine defective, some light wear at extremities). FIRST EDITION . "An important work for both the botanist and horticulturalist since it contains descriptions and plates of many of the best Rhododendron species...and an account of their discovery" ( Great Flower Books ). Hooker spent several years exploring Sikkim, as well as parts of Nepal and Tibet. His field notes were sent to his father, Sir William Hooker (1785-1865) in England from India, who edited the text for this work. Hooker's "observations on the geology and meteorology of Sikkim are still fundamental, and he explained the terracing of the mountain valleys by the formation of glacial lakes. He succeeded in introducing into cultivation through Kew the splendid rhododendrons of Sikkim..." ( DNB ). The plates are by Walter Hood Fitch the most prolific of all botanical artists. His work produced in association with Sir Joseph Hooker and J.H. Hooker is among his finest. "Fitch had the greatest competence of any botanical painter who has yet appeared in drawing the rhododendron" ( Great Flower Books ). "In his lithographs he has captured the exuberant form and color of these flowering shrubs. Sometimes at the base of the plate, magnified views of the pistils, stamens and sections of the ovaries are presented. The first plate is unusually attractive because the plant... is shown in its native habitat, growing among the trunks of fallen trees against a hazy background of blue mountains." ( Oak Spring Flora ). Great Flower Books p.101; Nissen BBI 911; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 2969; An Oak Spring Flora 104.
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