Lot 92

Elwes, Henry John

Auction: 26 January 2011 at 11:00 GMT
£4,500
Description
A monograph of the genus lilium. London: printed by Taylor & Francis, [1877]- 1880. Folio, illustrated by W.H. Fitch, map, photographic plate by Bourne, 48 hand coloured plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, some very slight rubbing to edges, interior very clean and bright throughout; Grove, Arthur & Cotton, A.D. A supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the genus lilium. London: Dulau & Co, 1933-1937. Folio, 5 [of 9] parts, 20 hand coloured plates, original wrappers, some foxing to text leaves of parts 3-5 (6)
Footnote
Note: Great Flower Books, p.56
Provenance: Arthur Twisden Playne, bookplate.
