Record Temple of Flora : garden of the botanist, poet, painter, and philosopher; picturesque botanical plates of the choicest flowers of Europe, Asia, Africa and America / by Robert John Thornton | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Temple of Flora : garden of the botanist, poet, painter, and philosopher; picturesque botanical plates of the choicest flowers of Europe, Asia, Africa and America / by Robert John Thornton

Author:: Thornton, Robert John 1768?-1837 Search this; Harris, Stephen A Search this; Folio Society (London, England) Search this

Physical description:: 232 p., [42] plates (some col.) : col. ill., port., facsims. ; 57 x 47 cm. + commentary (117 p. ; 31 cm.) + 2 prints (57 x 47 cm)

Notes:: Set consists of two bound volumes and two loose prints in buckram solander box. Dimensions of box: 60 x 50 cm.; Reprinted from a copy of the first ed.(published in 1799) in the possession of the Folio Society with the exception of ... [8 plates].; Reproduced and printed by Beacon Press, Uckfield, Sussex, on Modigliani papers.; Quarter-bound in Nigerian goatskin, cloth sides.; Limited edition of 1,980 numbered copies and 25 lettered copies.; Commentary volume by Stephen Harris.

Contents:: 232 pages with 9 preliminary monochrome plates, 5 preliminary colour plates and 29 flower illustrations