1863 English Botany British Plants Sowerby Botanical ART Cruciferae Flowers

1863 English Botany British Plants Sowerby Botanical ART Cruciferae Flowers

English naturalist James Sowerby published what would become the preeminent illustrated work on English botany. Entitled simply, ‘English Botany.’ This work was a compendium of the native plants in Great Britain. Sowerby provided beautiful illustrations accompanied by descriptions of the various properties, natural habitat, and other characteristics of numerous plants across Britain.

This edition includes 135 beautifully hand-colored botanical plates collectively illustrated by James Sowerby, John Edward Sowerby, and John William Salter.

Item number: #40665

Price: $599

SOWERBY, James; BOSWELL, John T. (Editor)

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. …

London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [2], viii, 235, [1]
  • 135 hand-colored plates
• References: Sitwell pg. 140
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Charles Calvert Eden
  • Charles Calvert Eden (1837-1878) was an English peer. He was the son of Lieutenant-General George Morton Eden (1806–1862), a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Western District; and grandson of Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Baronet, of Maryland (1766–1809), an English writer on poverty and pioneering social investigator. Motto: SI SIT PRUDENTIA
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10.25in X 7.25in (26cm x 18.5cm)

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