Author: GATHORNE-HARDY ROBERT
Title: Garden Flowers from Plates by Jane Loudon
Description: London, Batsford. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Jane Loudon. Second impression (stated on DW flap) of first edition. DW has minor edgewear but has a faint stain down the front panel. Book has a light water stain to top edge and down to the top margin only, some minor scattered foxing throughout. 16 colour plates from 19th century works by Jane Loudon. The author traces the course of flower illustration from the earliest times to the present. 8pp + 16 plates. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: Flowers Plates Nineteenth Century Illustrated Batsford Colour Books Jane Loudon


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