Jane Loudon (1807-1858) The Ladies Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. London: Bradbury & Evans for William Smith 1848. 4° (285 x 220mm). Half-title. 42 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Day & Haghe after Mrs. Loudon. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (spine faded and chipped), modern cloth box with morocco spine label. The first edition of the finest of all Mrs. Loudon's works. As Mrs. Loudon points out in her introduction 'The plants I am now about to describe are, generally speaking, more beautiful than any included in my previous works, as they are natives of countries where the sun has most power, and where consequently colours are brightest'. The work concentrates on exotics (from Japan, Australia, the East Indies, South Africa, South America and elsewhere) that can only thrive in Great Britain in a greenhouse environment. The present work is the final title in a series of five highly popular botanical works written by Jane Loudon between 1840 and 1848. Great Flower Books (1990) p. 115; Nissen BBI 1236.
Jane Loudon (1807-1858) The Ladies Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. London: Bradbury & Evans for William Smith 1848. 4° (285 x 220mm). Half-title. 42 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Day & Haghe after Mrs. Loudon. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (spine faded and chipped), modern cloth box with morocco spine label. The first edition of the finest of all Mrs. Loudon's works. As Mrs. Loudon points out in her introduction 'The plants I am now about to describe are, generally speaking, more beautiful than any included in my previous works, as they are natives of countries where the sun has most power, and where consequently colours are brightest'. The work concentrates on exotics (from Japan, Australia, the East Indies, South Africa, South America and elsewhere) that can only thrive in Great Britain in a greenhouse environment. The present work is the final title in a series of five highly popular botanical works written by Jane Loudon between 1840 and 1848. Great Flower Books (1990) p. 115; Nissen BBI 1236.
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