dutton thomas active 1846 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Unique. Unique. Hardcover. With exquisite detail, Thomas Dutton, active 1846, was an English botanical illustrator. His more well-known illustrations are featured in "Pictorial flora: comprising the Phaenogamous or flowering plants and the ferns indigenous to Great Britain. Illustrating the descriptive works on English botany by Sir Smith, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Lindley, Withering and other authors. It appears this manuscript is an unpublished work and/or the illustrations for another book by Joseph Dalton Hooker, the great British botanist. The title also shares the name with William Baxter's British Phaenogamous Botany. The native flora more specifically, are flowering plants (Ranunculaceae), such as Buttercup, Hellebore, Clematis, Aconite, Larkspur.The examples of additional orders present are: Nymphaeacea (Water lilly); Fumariaceae (perennials as creeping plants); Berberidaceae (Evergreens and shrubs, i.e. Barberry); Papaveraceae and Cruciferae (Poppies) and (Crowned flowers) or mustards, like radish, woads. With over 154 leaves of plates, a remarkable example of pen and ink British plant and flower specimens with caption title genus and classification. Dutton penned himself on the title with "MLBS" perhaps a member of the London Botanic Society, or Royal Botanical Society. Absolutely stunning. Even shelfwear/edgewear and rubbing to boards, starting hinge, but intact, chipped spine, light toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Half brown Morocco over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers, gilt spine titling, five bands. 4to. [154] leaves, 3pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.