The White Lily with variegatet leaves by Thornton, Dr. Robert John - 1802

A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT: London : Robert Thornton, 1812 / Reprint / FBRE Ltd. Modern archival reprint of original edition, no other publication date marked. 110 pages. Illustrations in both b/w and color. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good or better condition, slight wear to edges. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Review: Spectacular book Temple of Flora ; One of the greatest decorative flower books of the nineteenth century. Dr. Robert Thorton was determined that his country produce the greatest series of botanical illustrations of all time, and his Temple of Flora is unsurpassed as a botanical document of the Romantic era. Thornton assembled the finest flower painters to paint the original designs that served as the basis for the engravings, and no expense was spared in their production. They are the first botanicals to include landscape backgrounds… Read More

A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT: London : Robert Thornton, 1812 / Reprint / FBRE Ltd. Modern archival reprint of original edition, no other publication date marked. 110 pages. Illustrations in both b/w and color. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good or better condition, slight wear to edges. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Review: Spectacular book Temple of Flora ; One of the greatest decorative flower books of the nineteenth century. Dr. Robert Thorton was determined that his country produce the greatest series of botanical illustrations of all time, and his Temple of Flora is unsurpassed as a botanical document of the Romantic era. Thornton assembled the finest flower painters to paint the original designs that served as the basis for the engravings, and no expense was spared in their production. They are the first botanicals to include landscape backgrounds… Read More

London: Dr. Thornton, 1811. Very good overall. From the small folio "Lottery" edition of The Temple of Flora, the stunning tropical climbing plant is depicted against the trunk of a large tree, with many open and partially opened flowers with white outer petals and pale and dark blue centers. Accompanied by the printed text sheet. After the painting by Philip Reinagle, beautifully engraved by Caldwell. Printed in color and finished by hand, from Dr. Thornton's landmark work the "Temple of Flora", the greatest English color plate flower book. The prints for The Temple of Flora were very expensive to produce, leading to Thornton being forced to sell them at lottery, the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent. Color mezzotint 9 x 12", with wide margins. Slightly sunned, slight mat burn.

London:: Thornton,, 1811.. Small Folio or Lottery. Very Good Condition with original handcoloring. A scare original mezzotint engraving on wove paper, printed in colors and finished by hand. 30 x 39 cm, 11.75 x 15.25 inches. PM: 128 x 37 cm, 11 1/8 x 14.75 in. There is uniform age toning to the plate, yet the colors are rich and saturated. From the Small Folio, or Lottery, Edition of Dr. Robert Thornton's incomparable work illustrating the Carl Linnaeus' sexual classification system of plants entitled the The Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter and Philosopher. The plate was engraved by William Dunkarton after a painting by Abraham Pether (1756-1812). Pether, who contributed this and two other compositions for Dr. Thornton's renowned botanical work; The Temple of Flora, was described as: "extremely versatile- a musical prodigy, artist, philosopher and inventor of mechanical gadgets. His passion for painting nocturnal scenes earned him the sobriquet of… Read More

Published by Dr. Thornton. September 1st. 1808. . Aquatint uncoloured as titled, IMAGE SIZE : c.55 cms. x 43 cms. SHEET SIZE : c.59 cms. x 49.2 cms. [VAT @ 20% within the UK]. With an old centre-fold, faintly browned at the margins of the fold, a very good copy. *TOGETHER WITH a phial of ash with original label : Vesuvius - Ash rain of the eruption - (April 1906 : 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.) The glass phial is 13 cms. in length with the original printed label, lettered in red, sealed at both ends with a wax seal, the seal at one end chipped, overall in excellent state. Since the eruption of AD 79, Vesuvius has erupted around three dozen times. It erupted again in 203, during the lifetime of the historian Cassius Dio. In 472, it ejected such a volume of ash that ashfalls were reported as far away as Constantinople (760 mi.; 1,220 km). The eruptions of 512 were so severe that those inhabiting the slopes of Vesuvius were granted exemption from taxes by Theodoric the Great, the Gothic king of… Read More

London: By the author,1812.. Small Folio, half morocco, rubbed, inner edges gilt-tooled, spine gilt in compartments, sunned. Engraved pictorial title and half-title,original hand-coloured stipple-engraved frontispiece, 2 uncoloured stipple engraverdallegorical plates, and 28 original hand-coloured aquatint botanical plates, printed in blue on thick wove paper, each c.370 x 290mm., occasional marginal soiling, some spotting and offsetting to tissue guards only;presentation inscription by Lady Sidmouth on front free endpaper, recipient’s name partially erased, and armorialbookplate of M. Philips. Inscribed "For Miss Georgiana ………., a last remembrance from Lady Sidmouth'" presumably around 1842, the year the second Lady Sidmouth died. There is a second inscription, attached as Thornton Sidmouth 1, of 'M. Sidmouth, Richmond Park'. This is clearly a different hand to the other, and must be that of Marianne Sidmouth, at their White Lodge, Richmond Park address, the house given to Viscount… Read More