HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911), The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, being an account...of the rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya... edited by Sir W. J. Hooker . London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-51. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (496 x 365 mm). Title with hand-coloured lithographic vignette, 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Walter H. Fitch after Hooker, printed by Reeve and Nichols. (Plate I slightly soiled, one vertical fold through title, light spotting to plate 24, occasional spotting of text.) Original cloth, gilt edges (wornh, upper cover detached). Provenance : B. Quaritch (collation note at rear). HOOKER'S IMPORTANT WORK ON RHODODENDRONS, second edition of part I, first edition of parts II and III. '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 England from India to his father, Sir William Hooker (1785-1865), 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 succeded in introducing into cultivation through Kew the splendid rhododendrons of Sikkim...' ( DNB ). The plates are by Walter Hood Fitch who 'had the greatest competence of any botantical painter who has yet appeared in drawing the rhododendron...' ( Great Flower Books ). Brunet III, 302; Desmond, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1999) pp. 178ff.; Sitwell & Blunt, Great Flower Books (1990) p.101; Nissen, BBI 911; Stafleu & Cowan II, 2969; Tongiorgi Tomasi, An Oak Spring Flora 104.
HOOKER, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911), The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, being an account...of the rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya... edited by Sir W. J. Hooker . London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-51. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (496 x 365 mm). Title with hand-coloured lithographic vignette, 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Walter H. Fitch after Hooker, printed by Reeve and Nichols. (Plate I slightly soiled, one vertical fold through title, light spotting to plate 24, occasional spotting of text.) Original cloth, gilt edges (wornh, upper cover detached). Provenance : B. Quaritch (collation note at rear). HOOKER'S IMPORTANT WORK ON RHODODENDRONS, second edition of part I, first edition of parts II and III. '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 England from India to his father, Sir William Hooker (1785-1865), 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 succeded in introducing into cultivation through Kew the splendid rhododendrons of Sikkim...' ( DNB ). The plates are by Walter Hood Fitch who 'had the greatest competence of any botantical painter who has yet appeared in drawing the rhododendron...' ( Great Flower Books ). Brunet III, 302; Desmond, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1999) pp. 178ff.; Sitwell & Blunt, Great Flower Books (1990) p.101; Nissen, BBI 911; Stafleu & Cowan II, 2969; Tongiorgi Tomasi, An Oak Spring Flora 104.
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