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Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013512464ISBN 13: 9781013512469
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Book
PF. Condition: New.
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014343623ISBN 13: 9781014343628
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by No date or place
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. On 9.5 x 3 cm slip of paper, cut from letter. In good condition, lightly aged. Reads: 'Your affectionate / friend / W. J. Hooker'. Fragment of text on reverse: '[.] there is any foundat[.] / for the above repor[.] / or not. If there [.]'.
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09-10, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015022642ISBN 13: 9781015022645
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 101483192XISBN 13: 9781014831927
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by London: Reeve & Benham, 1849., 1849
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
4to., (12 x 9 4/8 inches). Half-title. 100 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after Walter Fitch (some light browning). Contemporary black morocco backed, maroon cloth, with vellum corners (rubbed). Provenance: with the small contemporary library label of G.A. Munro on the front paste-down; with the bookplate of Marcel Lecoufle on the front paste-down. First edition. In 1827 Hooker became editor of "Curtis's Botanical Magazine", a journal which described plants from round the world suitable for cultivation in Britain, with a finely drawn coloured plate for each. "He employed Walter Fitch (1817-1892) to prepare drawings for reference and publication, training him in the requirements of botanical work, and employed helpers to curate his herbarium. In April 1841 Sir William Hooker was appointed the first full-time director of the royal gardens at Kew. He continued to edit "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" still illustrated by Fitch who had accompanied him from Glasgow. It covered a wide range of plants from round the world, including many orchids, and the giant water lily, "Victoria amazonica" (Sylvia FitzGerald for DNB). Nissen BBI 918; Great Flower Books, p.60; Stafleu TL2 3015.