THORNTON, Robert John (1768-1837). Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist poet, Painter and Philosopher . London: for the author 1812. 4° (377 x 305mm). Engraved title on 2 leaves, 29 coloured engraved botanical plates, finished by hand, including frontispiece, and 2 allegorical plates. (Occasional light browning, some waterstaining and soiling at start.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers (rebacked, preserving most of old spine, edges restored, covers soiled and stained). Provenance : William Bennett (handwritten bookplate) -- Dulau and Co. (booksellers' label) -- Richard and Margot Walker (bookplate).
THORNTON, Robert John (1768-1837). Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist poet, Painter and Philosopher . London: for the author 1812. 4° (377 x 305mm). Engraved title on 2 leaves, 29 coloured engraved botanical plates, finished by hand, including frontispiece, and 2 allegorical plates. (Occasional light browning, some waterstaining and soiling at start.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers (rebacked, preserving most of old spine, edges restored, covers soiled and stained). Provenance : William Bennett (handwritten bookplate) -- Dulau and Co. (booksellers' label) -- Richard and Margot Walker (bookplate). The small format edition of the Temple of Flora . 'No two copies are alike because the plates were engraved by various processes, the impressions taken from them printed in colour and finished by hand, and altered in several instances' (Stafleu & Cowan). This copy contains an additional plate, 'Persian Cyclamen' not called for by Dunthorne. Dunthorne 302; cf. Nissen BBI 1955; Stafleu & Cowan 14.283.
THORNTON, Robert John (1768-1837). Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist poet, Painter and Philosopher . London: for the author 1812. 4° (377 x 305mm). Engraved title on 2 leaves, 29 coloured engraved botanical plates, finished by hand, including frontispiece, and 2 allegorical plates. (Occasional light browning, some waterstaining and soiling at start.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers (rebacked, preserving most of old spine, edges restored, covers soiled and stained). Provenance : William Bennett (handwritten bookplate) -- Dulau and Co. (booksellers' label) -- Richard and Margot Walker (bookplate).
THORNTON, Robert John (1768-1837). Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist poet, Painter and Philosopher . London: for the author 1812. 4° (377 x 305mm). Engraved title on 2 leaves, 29 coloured engraved botanical plates, finished by hand, including frontispiece, and 2 allegorical plates. (Occasional light browning, some waterstaining and soiling at start.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers (rebacked, preserving most of old spine, edges restored, covers soiled and stained). Provenance : William Bennett (handwritten bookplate) -- Dulau and Co. (booksellers' label) -- Richard and Margot Walker (bookplate). The small format edition of the Temple of Flora . 'No two copies are alike because the plates were engraved by various processes, the impressions taken from them printed in colour and finished by hand, and altered in several instances' (Stafleu & Cowan). This copy contains an additional plate, 'Persian Cyclamen' not called for by Dunthorne. Dunthorne 302; cf. Nissen BBI 1955; Stafleu & Cowan 14.283.
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