Accession number
PML 46440-45
Creator
Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
Published
London, Printed for and sold by the author, 1777-98.
Credit line
Gift of Junius S. Morgan and Henry S. Morgan, 1954.
Notes
Plates engr. by William Kilburn (1745-1818), F. Sansom (fl. 1788-90) after Sydenham Teak Edwards (1769?-1819), J. Swan (fl. 1777-98), vol. 5 with 72 plates all drawn and engr. by James Sowerby (1757-1822).
Originally issued in 6 fascicles, to be bound as 2 v.
Title page for v. 1 in fasc. 1; t.p. for v.2 in fasc. 6.
Plates are numbered in ms. in each fascicle.
W. Darby, 1783, in ms. on p. [2] of cover of fasc. 1-3.
"A catalogue of certain plants, growing wild, chiefly in the environs of Settle, in Yorkshire, observed by W. Curtis, in a six weeks botanical excursion from London, made at the request of J.C. Lettsom, M.D.F.R.S. &c. in the months of July and August, 1782": [6] p. at end of fasc. 4.
Title vignette.
First ed.
Engr. title-vignettes.
The flowers depicted are life size; 434 plates hand colored.
Three-quarter calf.
Originally issued in 6 fascicles, to be bound as 2 v.
Title page for v. 1 in fasc. 1; t.p. for v.2 in fasc. 6.
Plates are numbered in ms. in each fascicle.
W. Darby, 1783, in ms. on p. [2] of cover of fasc. 1-3.
"A catalogue of certain plants, growing wild, chiefly in the environs of Settle, in Yorkshire, observed by W. Curtis, in a six weeks botanical excursion from London, made at the request of J.C. Lettsom, M.D.F.R.S. &c. in the months of July and August, 1782": [6] p. at end of fasc. 4.
Title vignette.
First ed.
Engr. title-vignettes.
The flowers depicted are life size; 434 plates hand colored.
Three-quarter calf.
Description
6 fasc. 433 col. plates. 51 cm.
Provenance
Armorial exlibris of Granville Richard Ryder. W. Darby inscriptions. From the collections of Jane Norton Grew Morgan (Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr.) and her sons Henry S. and Junius S. Morgan.
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