Rosarum Monographia; Or, A Botanical history Of Roses. To Which Is Added, An Appendix, For The Use Of Cultivators, In Which The Most Remarkable Garden Varieties Are Systemically Arranged.
London: Printed For James Ridgway, 160, Picadilly, 1820. Lindley. 1st Edition. Full calf. 4to, 24cm.; 19 plates (18 hand colored); full calf with gilt decoration to spine and borders to covers; Hand painted book plate of William Anthony Glynn;. Very good. Item #110
Lindley, a prominent orchidologist and professor of botany at University College, London was the artist on 18 of 19 plates in this volume. A second edition was published in 1830. With bookplate of William A. Glynn, Esq. of Seaview, Isle of Wight. (Oak Spring Flora, Nissen).
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