Beschreibung:

Hooker (William Jackson . Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our gardens, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1823-27, half title for volume II only, 228 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 233, lacking 4 plates, i.e. numbers 178-181, 2 plates numbered 163), occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, bookplates of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827-1919, economist and grandson of Dawson Turner), contemporary boards, modern green morocco rebacks, some light edge wear, 8vo (Qty: 3) Dunthorne 140; Great Flower Books p. 103; Nissen BBI 920; Stafleu & Cowan 2993. Author's presentation copy, inscribed at head of volume I title 'Elizabeth Palgrave, from her affectionate brother the author'. William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), botanist and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine became the first full-time director of Kew Gardens in 1841 married Maria Dawson Turner (1797-1872), eldest daughter of Dawson Turner in 1815; Lady Elizabeth Palgrave (1799-1852) was the second eldest daughter of Dawson Turner and married Sir Francis Palgrave in 1823.