CURTIS, William (1746-1799). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed . London: 1787-[1798].
CURTIS, William (1746-1799). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed . London: 1787-[1798]. Volumes 1-12 bound in 6 vols, 8° (230 x 135mm). 432 engraved plates, all but one hand-coloured, one folding, 17pp. general index to first 10 vols bound in at end of 5th vol. (Lacking index leaf to vol. 3 and title and index to vol. 12, two plates misbound, occasional insignificant spotting and even browning.) Contemporary tree calf, gilt spines and turn-ins (corners faintly rubbed, otherwise a fine set). Provenance : Catherine Smitheman (ownership inscription dated February 1799 at front) -- Sir Henry Hope Edwards, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). AN EXTREMELY HANDSOME SET with fine hand-coloured plates of one of the oldest scientific periodicals of its kind. The work was immediately successful (its publication continuing almost without interruption until 1983), endorsing Curtis's theory that his clients, who refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants, would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured showy plants that filled their gardens. Hunt 689; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Blunt (1994) pp.211-217; Great Flower Books (1990), pp.156-7. See also R. Desmond A Celebration of Flowers: two hundred years of Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1987).
CURTIS, William (1746-1799). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed . London: 1787-[1798].
CURTIS, William (1746-1799). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed . London: 1787-[1798]. Volumes 1-12 bound in 6 vols, 8° (230 x 135mm). 432 engraved plates, all but one hand-coloured, one folding, 17pp. general index to first 10 vols bound in at end of 5th vol. (Lacking index leaf to vol. 3 and title and index to vol. 12, two plates misbound, occasional insignificant spotting and even browning.) Contemporary tree calf, gilt spines and turn-ins (corners faintly rubbed, otherwise a fine set). Provenance : Catherine Smitheman (ownership inscription dated February 1799 at front) -- Sir Henry Hope Edwards, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). AN EXTREMELY HANDSOME SET with fine hand-coloured plates of one of the oldest scientific periodicals of its kind. The work was immediately successful (its publication continuing almost without interruption until 1983), endorsing Curtis's theory that his clients, who refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants, would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured showy plants that filled their gardens. Hunt 689; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Blunt (1994) pp.211-217; Great Flower Books (1990), pp.156-7. See also R. Desmond A Celebration of Flowers: two hundred years of Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1987).
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