Fleurs

1825 · réf. biblio5 — Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons 1825-1850 Two Parts bound in one volume. Small quarto. Engraved half title Title page Part I xvi 240pp; Title page Part II 13 144pp. 3066 woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco gilt raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Corners rubbed. Index to Part II and pp141-144 originally published in smaller state 8vo expertly relaid to quarto. Comprehensively cataloguing the origins date of introduction and British gardens and their owners of foreign introductions during the golden age of plant-hunting the Floral Register was the resource for all newly introduced plants. Benjamin Maund 1790-1864 botanist and horticulturist "he prospered as a bookseller stationer printer bookbinder publisher and chemist in a combination normal for the time". He experimented with seeds and plants introduced from around the world and particularly with varieties of wheat. Fellow of the Linnean Society. ODNB. Provenance From the library of Enid Lucy Robertson 1925-2016 botanist phycologist & ecologist Australian plant collector with her signature to half-title. Stafleu Taxonomic Literature 2nd 5715. Journ. Soc. Bib. Nat. History 3:321. Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons hardcover