Grosvenor Prints

[Anemone and Flowers.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 205 x 185mm (8 x 7¼'').
A very fine amateur illustration of wild flowers.
[Ref: 51073] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Charlotte Auricula.
Printed for Carington Bowles, N.o 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Fine & very rare mezzotint. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). False margins added. A tiny amount of time staining in the publication line.
A fantastic image. Still life of a pink primula auricula in a plant pot. A bird, likely a bullfinch, perches on the lip of the pot and a butterfly, possibly a monarch, sits on the leaves.
Gordon Dunthorne Flower and Fruit Prints p223.
[Ref: 54818] £1,800.00

[Carnations] 3.eme Feuille de 4.eme Cahier.
Carle delin. Bonnet direx.
A Paris, Chez Bonnet, rue St Jacques, au coin de celle de la Parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Fine crayon-manner etching, printed in colours. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), large margins.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from separate plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. See Ref: 58812, 58814
[Ref: 58813] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Frontispiece] A Collection of Flowers drawn after Nature & disposed in an Ornamental & Picturesque Manner, by J: Edwards, F.S.A.
John Edwards Inv.t et Sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 15.th 1783
Stipple engraving with mezzotint border, platemark 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Slight foxing.
Three putti garlanding a monument on which sits a vase of flowers, with an easel and brushes in front. Frontispiece to John Edwards' extremely rare work 'A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature and disposed in an ornamental and picturesque manner', which was published complete in 1801 and described by Dunthorne as 'a superb and extremely rare work by a great artist, whose craftmanship is equal to the best of the 18th Century'.
Dunthorne 105; for other plates from this volume see refs. 18189 and 18190
[Ref: 31374] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

White Strip'd Roses.
[Drawn & etched by John Edwards.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching with original hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on laid paper watermarked 'J. Whatman', very large margins. Tears in wide margins, paper spotted and toned.
A bouquet of roses tied with a blue ribbon. A plate from John Edwards' extremely rare work 'A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature and disposed in an ornamental and picturesque manner', published complete in 1801, but the laid paper suggests this was printed much earlier.
Dunthorne, 105: "A superb and extremely rare work by a great artist...''. Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 44103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Carnations.] No 23. [etched in reverse.]
[Drawn and etched by John Edwards.]
[Published 1783-1801.]
Etching with fine original hand colour. Printed area 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on laid paper watermarked 'J. Whatman' very large margins, mint.
A plate from John Edwards' extremely rare work 'A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature and disposed in an ornamental and picturesque manner', published complete in 1801, but the laid paper suggests this was printed much earlier.
Dunthorne, 105: "A superb and extremely rare work by a great artist...''. Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 40214] £420.00

[Ornamental flower plate.] No 33.
Edwards del.t et sculp.
Pub.d as the Act directs Dec.r 24, 1788.
Hand coloured etching. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
A plate from John Edwards' extremely rare work 'A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature and disposed in an ornamental and picturesque manner', published complete in 1801. Finely-coloured garlands are draped over an ornamental design containing an allegorical figure of a muse, with one vignette of a music book, pipe and horn above, and another of a painter's palette and a lyre below. The whole is presented in an oval with a blue-washed border.
Dunthorne, 105: ''A superb and extremely rare work by a great artist... The colouring is particularly fine owing to the use of a pale printer's ink''.
[Ref: 18189] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Ornamental flower plate.] No 59.
Edwards del.t et sculp.
Pub.d as the Act directs June 24th, 1795.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed, pin holes in unprinted corner.
A plate from John Edwards' extremely rare work 'A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature and disposed in an ornamental and picturesque manner', published complete in 1801.
See: Ref 18189. Dunthorne, 105: "A superb and extremely rare work by a great artist...''.
[Ref: 18190] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Flora's Dictionary [Frontispiece] Presented to Miss Mary A. Eaton by her Friend G.W.H.
Fielding Lucas Jr. Baltimore
Lithograph with hand-colouring and ms, sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Rare.
Frontispiece to 'Flora's Dictionary' by Elizabeth Gamble Wirt (1784-1857), first published anonymously in 1829, a dictionary of flowers
[Ref: 40087] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Set of Twelve Months. Flowers.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Twelve mezzotints. Sheets c.120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½").Mezzotint. Sheet: 120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plates, some small pin holes.
Extremely rare & fine set of 18th century flower prints, depicting a vase of flowers for each month set in an oval, accompanied by names of flowers depicted. In a similar fashion to Robert Furber's famous set of twelve months, these plates might be providing information as to what seeds or flowers are available in the various months.A set of twelve months depicting a vase of flowers for each month set in an oval, accompanied by names of flowers depicted. In a similar fashion to Robert Furber's famous set of twelve months, these plates might be providing information as to what seeds or flowers are available in the various months.
[Ref: 37477] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

[Bouquet with chrysanthemums, tied with a ribbon.]
[n.d., c.1650.] Bit later.
Etching. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into the printed border.
Similar in style to the series of flower studies after Nicolas Guillaume Delafleur (1608-63), first published by Cornelis Danckerts in 1638.
[Ref: 51473] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Bouquet with tulip and carnation, tied with a ribbon, with butterfly.]
[n.d., c.1650.] Bit later.
Etching. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into the printed border.
Similar in style to the series of flower studies after Nicolas Guillaume Delafleur (1608-63), first published by Cornelis Danckerts in 1638.
[Ref: 51471] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Bunch of Flowers] Quatriéme Cahier de Principes de Fleurs coloriées. La Girofflée set fait de Laque pure [...]
Carle delin. Bonnet direx.
[Paris: Louis Marin Bonnet, c.1780.]
Crayon-manner etching, printed in colours. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), very large margins.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from separate plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. See Ref: 58812, 58813
[Ref: 58814] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Flowers from Nature.
[n.d., 1830s.]
Sketchbook, 4to, original full morocco gilt, title (as above) on front board, all edges gilt; 24 floral watercolours on card, interleaved with paper, album completed. Edges of binding scuffed and worn.
An album of 24 good amateur watercolours of bouquets of flowers, each signed by either 'Emma', 'Alice', 'Bessie' or 'George', suggesting a family.
[Ref: 37173] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

[Set of four fruit prints, presented within separately-printed rococo borders.]
[Fruit after Johann Wilhelm Weinmann.]
[Regensburg: Hieronymus Lentz, 1737-1745.]
Four very decorative engravings, printed in colours and hand-finished, trimmed with horticultural-themed etched borders pasted over. Total printed area 480 x 350mm (19 x 13¾"). Some spotting, worm holes in margins, two plates with fruits named in old ink mss.
Four fine fruit prints in a unique presentation, within identical, near-contemporary extra borders designed for such usage. The same design is printed on the reverse of the sheet. The fruit come from volumes three and four of Weinmann's 'Phytanthoza iconographia', a work famous for the quality of its colour printing.
See: Ref 58811
[Ref: 52949] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

Fleurs a l'Aquarelle. 6.
D'apres Mad.e P. Girardin. Imp. Lemercier Paris.
Publié par Goupil et C.ie, Paris. New York, Londres, Berlin. [n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 490 x 330mm (19¼ x 13"), large margins with publisher's blind stamp. Some spotting.
After Pauline Girardin von Schultz.
[Ref: 50367] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Carnations] Fleurs a l'Aquarelle. 5.
D'apres Mad.e P. Girardin. Imp. Lemercier Paris.
Publié par Goupil et C.ie, Paris. New York, Londres, Berlin. [n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 490 x 330mm (19¼ x 13"), large margins, publisher's blind stamp. Some spotting.
After Pauline Girardin von Schultz.
[Ref: 50366] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Roses] Fleurs a l'Aquarelle. 1.
D'apres Mad.e P. Girardin. Imp. Lemercier Paris.
Publié par Goupil et C.ie, Paris. New York, Londres, Berlin. [n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 490 x 330mm (19¼ x 13"), large margins, publisher's blind stamp. Pinhole in image, some spotting.
After Pauline Girardin von Schultz.
[Ref: 50365] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Hibiscus. [in pencil.]
[JB 26?][Signed with chinese character.]
[n.d., c.1805.]
Watercolour. J. Whatman 1805 watermark. Sheet: 370 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"). Some staining around edges.
A painting of a hibiscus flower, probably a chinese export painting made by Chinese artists and exported to Europe, these paintings typically depicted natural history subjects and chinese life.
[Ref: 44813] £650.00

[Hollyhocks.]
March 10 1857. G Baxter Proprietor and Patentee London. [after Bartholomew Valentine.]
A fine Baxter print, with vibrant colour. Image 370 x 265mm (14½ x 10½"), on backboard. Backboard stained at edges.
A group of Hollyhocks after Valentine Bartholomew (1799-1879), 'Flower Painter in Ordinary to the Queen' from 1837. His 'Azaleas ' and 'Camellias' are in the Victoria & Albert Museum. A fine example of a Baxter print, in which oil-based paints were printed from multiple woodblocks over an etched or aquatint outline. Despite the fine results the process was soon superceded by chromolithography, which was much more cost-effective.
CL 276A
[Ref: 51307] £420.00

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 10. 1. Loasa Aurantiaca._ 2. Loasa ambrosioefolia._ 3. Loasa Placei._ 4. Blumenbachia insignis._ 5. Bartonia Aurea.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Features Lindley's blazingstar. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59178] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 12. 1. Iberis umbellata._ 2. Iberis umbellata var sanguinea._ 3. Iberis umbellata var alba. 4. Iberis pinnata._ 5. Iberis cosonasia.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Features candytufts. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59176] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 16. 1. Hibiscus Africanns. _ 2. Malope trifida var alba. _ 3. Palavia rhombifolia. 4. Malope grandiflora._ 5. Lavatera trimestris._ 6. Malva moschata var alba.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Features White annual mallow, Rose mallow and White Musk Mallow. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59175] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 18. 1. Calandrinia speciosa._ 2. Calandrinia disoloi._ 3. Calandrinia arenaria. 4. Calandrinia grandiflora._ 5. Mesembryanthemum pomeridianum._ 6. Mesembryanthemum tricolor.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Features purslanes, afternoon carpanthea and Purple-eyed fig marigold. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59173] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 23. 1. Lathyrus odoratus._ 2. Lathyrus Tingitanus._ 3. Lathyrus sativus._ 4. Lathyrus articulatus. 5. Lathyrus Nissolia._ 6. Lathyrus amphicarpos._ 7. Vicia atropurpurea. 9. Lotus Tetragonolobus._ 10. Lotus Jacobaeus._ 11. Astragalus sinicus._ 12. Lablavia vulgaris.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½"). Slightly time stained.
Features sweat pea, Tangier pea, Indian pea, Pink pea, grass vetchling, asparagus-pea and Chinese milkvetch. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807 - 1858). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59182] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 24. 1. Balsamina Mastersiana._ 2. Mirabilis Jalapa._ 3. Impatiens noli-me-tangere.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½"). Slightly time stained.
Features the four o'clock flower and Touch-me-not balsam. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807 - 1858). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59181] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 26. 1. Convolvulus elongatus._ 2. Convolvulus tricolour._ 3. Ipomoea bona-nox._ 4. Convolvulus siculus. 5. Ipomoea barbigera. 6. Convolvulus purpureus var elatior._ 7. Ipomoea rubra cerulea._ 8. Convolvulus involucratus. 9. Ipomea coccinea._10. Ipomea Luamloclit.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½"). Slightly foxed.
Features Dwarf morning-glory, Heavenly Blue morning glory, Hewittia malabarica and redstar. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59165] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 3. 1. Delphinium tenuissimum. 2. Delphinium Ajacis flore pleno. 3. Delphinium Ajacis fl. pl. purpurascens. 4. Delphinium Ajacis fl. pls alba. 5. Delphinium consolida.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Features larkspur. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59163] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 4. 1. Papaver hossidum. 2. Papaver setigerum. 3. Papaver nudicaule. 4.Papaver somniferum. 5. Papaver Rhoeas. 6. Papaver Persicum.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½"). Some foxing.
Features different poppies. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59152] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 5. 1. Roemaria hybrida. 2. Glaucium luteum. 3. Glaucium Phoenicium. 4.Aigemone Mexicana albi flora. 5. Aigemone Mexicana.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½"). Some foxing.
Features the yellow horned poppy / sea poppy, the red horned poppy, the white prickly poppy and the Mexican prickly poppy. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59155] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 6. 1. Eschscholtzia californica. 2. Eschscholtzia crocea 3. Platystigma lineare.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½"). Some foxing.
Featuring poppies (Eschscholzia). From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59147] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals.] Pl. 9. 1. Clarkia pulchella._ 2. Clarkia pulchella var alba._ 3. Clarkia elegans._ 4. Clarkia elegans var: rosea._ 5. Clarkia rhomboidea _ 6. Eucharidium concinnum.
[by Mrs. Loudon.] Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLII [1842]]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Features pinkfairies, mountain garland and diamond clarkia. From 'The Ladies Flower-Garden or Ornamental Annuals,' by Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-58). Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful series.
[Ref: 59179] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Papyrus.
Designed by W. Daniell.
[n.d., c.1807.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed to platemark
A view illustrating the natural habitat of the papyrus plant, shown alongside two egrets with the pyramids in the distance. An illustration from 'Zoography' by W. Wood published in 3 vols. 1807.
[Ref: 45960] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Bouquet de Roses.
Carle delin. Duruisseau Sc. Bonnet direx.
A Paris, Chez Bonnet, rue St Jacques, au coin de celle de la Parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Crayon-manner etching, printed in red and green, fantastic piece of colour printing. Sheet 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from two plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789. The engraver, L. F. Duruisseau, also engraved for Pierre-Joseph Redouté.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. Collection J. Herold.
[Ref: 54911] £390.00

[Rose] Onzieme Bouquet de Fleurs varieés.
Carle delin. Bonnet direx.
A Paris, Chez Bonnet, rue St Jacques, au coin de celle de la Parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Scarce crayon-manner etching, printed in colours. Sheet 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, a few spots.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from separate plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. See Ref: 58813, 58814
[Ref: 58812] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Webbs' Superb Strains of Florists' Flowers. Webbs' Excelsior Gloxinia. Webbs' Perfection Cyclamen. Webbs' Exquisite Primula. Celosia Huttoni. Webbs' New Petunia. Webbs' Superb Calceolaria. Webbs' Superb Cineraria.
G. Severeyns, Chromolith. Brussels.
Webb & Sons, The Queen's Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge [n.d., c.1885].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Glue stains on right edge, laid on album paper.
A sheet from a seed catalogue.
[Ref: 41842] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Seeds of these splendid varieties are included in Webbs' Popular Boxes of Floral Gems at 5/, 7/6 & 10/6 each. Post Free.
G. Severeyns, Chromolith. Brussels.
Webb & Sons, The Queen's Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge [n.d., c.1885].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Glue stains on left, laid on album paper.
A sheet from a seed catalogue.
[Ref: 41843] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Sutton's Strains of Florist's Flowers. Double Portulaca. Cineria. Dianthus. Calceolaria. Giant Cyclamen.
Ben George, London.
Sutton & Sons, The Queen's Seedsmen, Reading. [n.d., c.1890.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A sheet from a seed catalogue.
[Ref: 41841] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Sutton's Tuberous-Rooted Begonias.
Ben George, London.
Sutton & Sons, The Queen's Seedsmen, Reading. [n.d., c.1885.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A sheet from a seed catalogue, with illustrations of six varieties, all red.
[Ref: 41840] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Candy Cane Sorrel.] Oxalis versicolor.
[after James Sowerby.]
[London, 1790-3.]
Engraving with hand colour. 445 x 275mm (18 x 10¾"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins.
An illustration by James Sowerby (1757-1822) for James Edward Smith's 'Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae'.
[Ref: 50362] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Satin Flower.] Sisyrinchium striatum,
[after James Sowerby.]
[London, 1790-3.]
Engraving with hand colour. 455 x 285mm (18 x 11¼"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins. Uncut.
An illustration by James Sowerby (1757-1822) for James Edward Smith's 'Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae'.
[Ref: 50363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The American Cowslip.
Henderson del. Warner sculp.
London. Published May 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). Framed, with page from original text pasted on backboard. Unexamined out of frame.
An illustration of the American Cowslip, a member of the genus 'Dodecatheon'. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.250, state i of ii.
[Ref: 52904] £650.00

Cupid, Flora, Ceres, and Esculapius, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus.
Russell R.A. & Opie R.A. pinx.t. Maddocks sculp.t.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1 1812 by Dr. Thornton.
Stipple. 375 x 270mm, 14¾ x 10½".
One of the frontispieces to the Lottery Edition of Dr Robert Thornton's 'Temple of Flora'. In an attempt to bring in revenue to pay for the publication of his large botanical plates, Thornton had this small folio edition produced and held a lottery with them as prizes. This too failed and Thornton became destitute.
See 47882 for coloured impression
[Ref: 16742] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Group of Carnations.
Henderson pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published April 2nd, 1803 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 390mm.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Third and last state.
[Ref: 6133] £1,700.00

Hyacinths.
S. Edwards pinx.t. Warner sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours, no added hand colouring. 550 x 450mm.
Four varieties of hyacinths, published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. This example is unusual in having no additional hand colour, instead relying on the quality of the colour printing. It is also one of the few plates drawn by a professional botanical illustrator, in this case Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819).
Dunthorne: p.245, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 40878] £850.00

Hyacinths.
S. Edwards pinx.t. Warner sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). On Whatman paper. Cut to plate on three sides.
Four varieties of hyacinths, published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. This is one of the few plates drawn by a professional botanical illustrator, in this case Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819).
Dunthorne: p.245, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 30322] £1,250.00 view all images for this item

Indian Reed.
Henderson pinxt. Caldwall Sculpt.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton. 1804.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 538 x 412mm. 21¼ x 16¼".
From Dr. Thornton's "Temple of Flora" London: 1799-1807. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, whish is when he begain his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which, he produced a total of thirty-three coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
[Ref: 16504] £720.00

The China Limodoron.
Henderson pinx. Landseer sculp.
London Published by Dr. Thornton. Feb.y 1st. 1802.
Mezzotint with stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. First and only state, printed on Whatman paper. 530 x 405mm (20¾ x 16"). Large margins on 3 sides.
The Chinese Ground Orchid, phaius tankervilliae, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. The plates were issued separately between 1799 and 1807. Thornton employed a number of well-known artists; however 'Henderson' is known only for this series. The engraver, John Landseer (1769-1852) was father of the animal painter Edwin.
[Ref: 56243] £850.00

The Maggot-bearing Stapelia.
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published July 1, 1801, by Dr. Thornton, Hinde Street.
Aquatint with some stipple & line, printed in colours, hand-finished. 530 x 400mm, 20¾ x 16". Smith watermark Tears repaired.
Stapelia hirsuta L. or Carrion Flower, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here this South African plant is shown in an almost alpine environment. Hiding underneath is a snake. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 250, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 19482] £450.00

The Narrow Leaved Kalmia.
Reinagle A.R. pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published June 1. 1804 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint and stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, mounted within plate, window 520 x 400mm (20½ x 15¾".) Unexamined out of frame.
An illustration of the Kalmia angustifolia, a native of eastern North America known now as narrow-leaved laurel, dwarf laurel and lambkill (because of an andromedotoxin poisonous to grazing animals). It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.251, only state.
[Ref: 60146] £850.00

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