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THORNTON, Robert John. New Illustration of the Sexual System of... Linnaeus... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. London: T.Bensley for the publisher, [1798-1801]. Original parts I-X only, large 2° (circa 590 x 480mm). Some letterpress text. Engraved title and dedication, 10 PLATES COLOUR-PRINTED IN AQUATINT AND MEZZOTINT AND FINISHED BY HAND. (Occasional light soiling, marginal in the main.) Original light grey-green thin card or paper wrappers with engraved titles on pink paper labels on each front cover (some soiling, some tears, some leaves disbound), modern cloth portfolio. [ Comprising :] Earlom (engraver) after Reinagle. Tulips . May 1, 1798. Bound in part I, engraved title ( Picturesque Botanical Plates... ) and dedication leaf. W.Ward (engraver) after Reinagle. The Suberb Lily . June 1, 1799. Bound in part II. No text. Medland (engraver) after Reinagle. The Aloe . May 1, 1798. First state. Bound in part III. No text. Stadler (engraver) after Reinagle. Large Flowering Sensitive Plant. Dec. 1, 1799. First state. Bound in part IV. No text. Caldwell (engraver) after Reinagle. The Blue Passion Flower. Jan. 1800. Third state. Bound in part V. No text. Dunkarton (engraver) after Reinagle & Pether. The Night-Blowing Cereus. May 20, 1800. Plate B second state. Bound in part VI, 1p. text (verso blank). Stadler (engraver) after Henderson. The White Lily . Aug. 1, 1800. First state. Bound in part VII, 1p. text (verso blank). Caldwell (engraver) after Reinagle. The oblique-leaved Begonia. July 1, 1800. Bound in part VIII, 1p. text (?only, verso blank). Warner (engraver) after Henderson. The American Cowslip . May 1, 1801. First state. Bound in part IX, 2pp. text on 2 leaves (versos blank). Warner (engraver) after Sydenham Edwards. Hyacinths. June 1, 1801. Second state. Bound in part X. (?Lacks 1p. text). [ Together with :] Original parts I-X of the smaller format A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus. , modern cloth portfolio. (18)