Descriptive Information

Title

A selection of hexandrian plants : belonging to the natural orders Amaryllidæ and Liliacæ / from drawings by Mrs. Edward Bury, Liverpool ; engraved by R. Havell.

Call Number

Oversize NE2047.6.H384 B87 1831e

Identifier

ark:/88435/ws859r166

Publisher

London : Published by R. Havell, 1831-1834.

Language

English

Date Created

1831-1834

Extent

[6], 51 leaves, 51 leaves of plates : 51 col. ill. (aquatints) ; 64 cm.

Provenance

GAX copy has bookseller's ticket inside front cover: Sold by Geo. A. Poynder, the Second-Hand Bookshop, 23, Cross St., Reading.

Source Acquisition

GAX copy Gift; anonymous donor.

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Some illustrations include butterflies.

GAX copy is first 30 leaves of text and first 30 leaves of plates only; plate opposite description of Amaryllis Aulica has slip cancel for caption: Crinum Giganteum (and vice versa); plate opposite description of Crinum Broussoneti has caption: Crinum Yuccæides.

Binding Note

GAX copy in dark green three-quarter goatskin with green moiré silk sides; in light green smooth cloth slipcase.

Discovery Information

Subject

Aquatint—19th century—England

Amaryllidaceae—Pictorial works

Liliaceae—Pictorial works

Physical Characteristics

File Count

4

Institutional Information

Collection

Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection

Holding location

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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c58b66b3-5918-49ea-8f27-6320f98cdce7/manifest

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