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[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
[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