A Celebration of Flowers - Two Hundred Years of Curtis's Botanical Magazine by Desmond, Ray - 1987

London: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in association with Collingridge, 1987. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 208, a slight suggestion of age-toning, otherwise very good internally, brown cloth in very good condition, in a dustwrapper which is slightly faded on its spine and just very slightly used. [ An essential work for anyone interested in the history of horticulture and botanical science. It charts not only the vagaries and tribulations of the longest-running botanical publication in the world, but also is a history of the most prominent botanists, artists, nurseries and plant collectors over those two hundred years.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.