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FERDINAND LUKAS BAUER (1760-1826).
[Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae, sive icones generum... descripsit Robertus Brown. London: 1806-1813]. Two hand-coloured engraved plates after Bauer, 475 x 327mm and smaller. (Small neat repairs to blank margins, light spotting). Window-mounted.
Two plates from an extremely rare work. Only three parts were published, comprising 15 plates, available in coloured and uncoloured form. The present plates are numbered 1 and 5 and titled Johnsonia lupulina and Stylidium violaceum. "In 1801 Bauer went as natural history artist on the coastal survey of New Holland carried out under the command of Captain Flinders in H.M.S. Investigator. Robert Brown was the naturalist on this expedition, and both he and Bauer went on the recommendation and at the expense of Sir Joseph Banks. In 1803, after the Investigator was condemned as unseaworthy Captain Flinders decided to return to England to obtain another ship to complete the expedition. Bauer and Brown, however, continued their travels in Australia, and finally returned to England in 1805 with several thousands of botanical specimens and many hundreds of sketches of plants." (Henrey II, p.195). Response to Bauer's publication was poor, and this, combined with his inability to find competent engravers and colourists forced him to abandon the enterprise after only three numbers. According to Stafleu & Cowan, fewer than fifty copies were published. Cf.Dunthorne 27; cf.Ferguson 549; cf.Great Books p.49; cf.Henrey II, p.195; cf.Nissen BBI 96; cf.Pritzel 493; cf.Stafleu & Cowan 362. (2)
[Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae, sive icones generum... descripsit Robertus Brown. London: 1806-1813]. Two hand-coloured engraved plates after Bauer, 475 x 327mm and smaller. (Small neat repairs to blank margins, light spotting). Window-mounted.
Two plates from an extremely rare work. Only three parts were published, comprising 15 plates, available in coloured and uncoloured form. The present plates are numbered 1 and 5 and titled Johnsonia lupulina and Stylidium violaceum. "In 1801 Bauer went as natural history artist on the coastal survey of New Holland carried out under the command of Captain Flinders in H.M.S. Investigator. Robert Brown was the naturalist on this expedition, and both he and Bauer went on the recommendation and at the expense of Sir Joseph Banks. In 1803, after the Investigator was condemned as unseaworthy Captain Flinders decided to return to England to obtain another ship to complete the expedition. Bauer and Brown, however, continued their travels in Australia, and finally returned to England in 1805 with several thousands of botanical specimens and many hundreds of sketches of plants." (Henrey II, p.195). Response to Bauer's publication was poor, and this, combined with his inability to find competent engravers and colourists forced him to abandon the enterprise after only three numbers. According to Stafleu & Cowan, fewer than fifty copies were published. Cf.Dunthorne 27; cf.Ferguson 549; cf.Great Books p.49; cf.Henrey II, p.195; cf.Nissen BBI 96; cf.Pritzel 493; cf.Stafleu & Cowan 362. (2)