Ornamental Flowers (Classic Natural History Prints Series) by Jane Loudon - 1991

Studio Editions Ltd. Princess house, London, England, 1991. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Studio Editions, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Green cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows slight shelf wear, now in mylar. 128 pp., illus. w/ 90 color plates..

Studio Editions, London, first edition, 1991. Cloth, folio, 36 x 25 cm,. 128 pp, 90 colour ills. From the blurb: "'It has long been my intention to publish a series of works, which, when completed, contain coloured groups of all the ornamental flowers in British gardens, as well those grown under glass, as in the open air, the whole series will form a more comprehensive illustration of the kind of plants belonging to the different orders, than any other work which has yet been published". Jane Loudon (1807-58). Mrs Loudon set herself this enormous task, but between 1841 and 1848 she completed five extensive volumes covering ornamental annual, bulbous, perennial and greenhouse plants. With each plate displaying a number of different flowers, these volumes provide a magnificent record of the wide and varied plants, which grow in the gardens around us. Painting as an amateur, Mrs Loudon's wish was to inspire new gardeners and to educate and encourage them to appreciate flowers as she… Read More

London: Studio Editions, 1991. DJ heavily chipped to edges, top edge has some tearing and loss. Spine bumped with small split to head, some wear, lacks fly title page, else content clean and tidy.. Hard. Good/Good Minus. Folio.

London: Studio Editions, 1991. 128, 90 col illus. . HB. Large format (360x260mm). Vg in d/w.. Introduction by Elizabeth Banks. A selection of illustrations from Mrs Loudon's works on ornamental flowers. Jane Loudon (1807-1858), completed five extensive illustrated volumes covering ornamental annual, bulbous, perennial and greenhouse plants.. [9781851706327]