‎Curtis william‎

‎CURTIS William‎

‎A Short History and Description of the Town of Alton in the County of Southampton‎

‎Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Xvi 192pp 1 illustrated with 21 plates ans maps complete as listed inscription on front endpaper bound in tan cloth minor bumping to top/base spine. A beautiful bright copy with gilt illustration on front cover; Octavo . Simpkin Marshall & Co hardcover‎

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‎Curtis William‎

‎Inula Pulicaria. Small Fleabane from Flora Londinensis 1789-1798‎

‎London: Curtis 1798. Very Good Condition. Hand colored plate from Curtis's Flora Londinensis. ca. 1798. Finely hand colored image size if 13" x 6 3/4". With the accompanying letterpress text description worn and torn at edges. Slight wear and browning at edges. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Prints maps broadsides; Inventory No: 044588. <br/><br/> Curtis unknown‎

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‎CURTIS William‎

‎Practical Observations on the British Grasses Especially such as are Best Adapted to the Laying Down or Improving of Meadows and Pastures to Which is Added an Enumeration of the British Grasses‎

‎Author. 1798. Paperback. Very Good. 3rd edition with additions 73pp 6 black and white plates bound in recent green card covers paper spine label; Octavo . Author paperback‎

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‎CURTIS William‎

‎THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; OR FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED. IN WHICH THE MOST ORNAMENTAL FOREIGN PLANTS CULTIVATED IN THE OPEN GROUND THE GREEN-HOUSE AND THE STOVE ARE ACCURATELY REPRESENTED IN THEIR NATURAL COLOURS.‎

‎London: printed by Stephen Couchman 1793-1814. In-8 p. mm. 235x140 40 volumi in 20 tomi bella legatura coeva in p. vitellino cornice dorata ai piatti decoraz. e titolo oro su due tasselli al dorso con complessive 1684 magnifiche tavole incise in rame e colorate a mano di cui 63 ripieg. e 3 in bianco e nero che raffigurano piante ornamentali e specie rare ciascuna accompagnata da una o due pagine di testo descrittivo in cui sono elencate le proprietà delle piante la storia e le caratteristiche di sviluppo. Tutte le tavole pubblicate nei primi volumi sono datate. Celebre rivista di giardinaggio illustrata ideata da William Curtis nel 18° secolo e tuttora pubblicata con variazioni nel titolo. È conosciuta anche come "The Botanical Magazine" o "Flower-Garden Displayed". “Curtis began publication of "The Botanical Magazine" in February 1787. In the preface to Volume I he states: ‘The present periodical publication owes its commencement to the repeated solicitations of several ladies and gentlemen. who were frequently lamenting the want of a work which might enable them not only to acquire a systematic knowledge of the foreign plants growing in their gardens but which might at the same time afford them the best information respecting their culture - in fact a work in which botany and gardening. or the labour of Linnaeus and Miller might happily be combined'. The "Magazine" was immediately successful and the early volumes were quickly re-issued as is shown by their variously dated title-pages during Curtis's lifetime 2000 copies of each number were sold.After William Curtis who edited the first 13 volumes the editors included John Sims 1800-1826 W.J. Hooker 1827-1865 and J. D. Hooker 1865-1904. Most of the early plates were from drawings by Sydenham Edwards and the colouring by William Graves. Other distinguished artists included J. Sowerby J. Curtis W. Jackson Hooker W.H. Fitch Matilda Smith Lilian Snelling and Stella Ross-Craig. Up to the end of volume 70 the plates were engraved on copper; thereafter lithography either from stone or zinc was employed until colour printing was introduced in 1948. Until that date the plates were coloured by hand” Sotheby Magnificent botanical books 1987 n. 88."Botanical Magazine" is “the oldest current scientific periodical of its kind with coloured illustrations in the world. in the beauty of production and high standard of its contributions it can claim a unique place” Synge P. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 194873 pp. 5-6. In 1984 it was incorporated into a new enlarged publication entitled "The Kew Magazine".“William Curtis Alton 1746-1799 a british botanist and entomologist. From an early age he developed a passion to study natural history. He moved to London to become apprenticed as an apothecary. His life's work "Flora Londinensis" was never a success. Being a lavish folio work which took many years to complete it all but ruined him financially. Success came towards the end of his life when he started publishing his "Botanical Magazine".Following Curtis's death in 1799 his brother Thomas Curtis took over the publication. However it was his nephew the biographer Samuel Curtis who really established the Magazine. There were three stages in the production of a plate for the "Botanical Magazine". First an artist produced a drawing or painting of the plant a plate would then be produced by an engraver and finally each plate was hand coloured by a colourist. On each plate is written the name of the artist then ‘del' then the engraver's name followed by ‘sculp'. One of the two main artists involved in the earlier "Botanical Magazine" was Sydenham Edwards who was William Curtis's main artist. James Sowerby 1757-1822 was the other principal artist. The main engraver for the "Botanical Magazine" was Francis Sansom. Although he was responsible for a few drawings for Curtis he was the main engraver for the magazine. When the Magazine was published it could be bought uncoloured coloured or finished with extraordinary care. It is thought that the latter was done by colourist William Graves. Plates were hand coloured until as late as the 1950s. A team of young women were employed each with a single colour to apply. This was a monotonous activity and nowadays with the advent of good quality printing hand colouring is no longer necessary. Following "Flora Londinensis" the "Botanical Magazine" and less successful publications such as "Materia Medica" and Linnaeus' systems of botany William Curtis had plans to produce a natural history of the British Isles. He made copious notes on many aspects of Britain's natural history and commissioned artwork for it from Sydenham Edwards but it was never produced” così “Curtis Museum Hampshire Cultural Trust” online. Cfr. Stafleu & Cowan 1290 - NissenBBI2350 - Great Flower Books pp. 83-84Nel nostro esemplare i primi 6 volumi sono in un'edizione leggermente successiva ma identica poiché l'edizione dei primi 6 volumi era troppo bassa e si esaurì rapidamente.Tutta la raccolta è molto ben conservata. printed by Stephen Couchman, unknown‎

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‎Curtis William‎

‎Inula Pulicaria. Small Fleabane from Flora Londinensis 1789-1798‎

‎London: Curtis 1798. Very Good Condition. Hand colored plate from Curtis's Flora Londinensis. ca. 1798. Finely hand colored image size if 13" x 6 3/4". With the accompanying letterpress text description worn and torn at edges. Slight wear and browning at edges. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Prints maps broadsides; Inventory No: 044588. <br/><br/> Curtis unknown books‎

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‎Curtis William‎

‎Stellaria Uliginosa Bog Stichwort from Flora Londinensis 1789-1798‎

‎London: Curtis 1798. Very Good Condition. Hand colored plate from Curtis's Flora Londinensis. ca. 1798. Finely hand colored image size if 10 3/4" x 8 3/4". With the accompanying letterpress text description. Slight wear and browning at edges. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Prints maps broadsides; Inventory No: 044587. <br/><br/> Curtis unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 044587