Sketches of Flowers from Nature. By Mary Lawrance, teacher of botanical drawing, No. 86, Queen Ann-Street East, Portland-Place.
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Book
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Category
Main Collection pre-1900
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Publication Year
1801
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Description
(GEN) Two leaves text (title-leaf and introduction with index of plates on verso), eleven plates of etchings with engraving and stipple, the first in three states: uncolored, with first layer of wash coloring, and fully colored with added bodycolor, the remainder in two states, uncolored and colored, on two different paper stocks, watermarked 'E & P 1800' and 'Whatman 1794,' all signed in the plate, a few plates undated, the others dated 1 June, 1 Nov. or 9 Dec. 1800 or 1 May 1801, misbound. The five plates not listed by Dunthorne depict: Wall-flower; Crocus and Snowdrop; Primrose; Marbled Rose, Sweet Pea, Wood Sorrel and Ixia; Double Velvet Rose, Square leaved Corn Flag, and Winged Mahernia.||(REF) Dunthorne 178 (6 plates only, without text); Henrey III:949 (1 copy, Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew), and Vol. II, pp. 577-580; Nissen BB1 1153. Not in NUC; no copies have been sold at auction, according to ABPC, in the past 60 or more years.||(BIN) Modern blue straight-grained half morocco antique, marbled boards, gilt lettering, blue leather cover label.
Biblio Notes
1 v. ; 4to.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 3275 | 1 | ST1/OS3 | Yes |