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GENUS ERICA - A Collection of 10 Original Watercolour Drawings of the Genus Erica, after part I of Francis Bauer's Delineations of Exotick Plants cultivated at the Royal Garden at Kew, comprising Erica Viscaria. Halicababa, Obliqua, Longifolia, Umbellata, Fascicularis, Monsoniae, Grandiflora, Plukenetiana and Sebana, on card watermarked J. Whatman 1794 (slightly spotted); bound with the printed title, dedication and preface (i.e. the complete text) from the printed work of 1796; together with plates 26-50 and 76-100 by D. Mackenzie, from William Roxburgh's Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, all hand-coloured, with an original botanical watercolour inserted with pencil date November 9 18[ ] at foot, and 6 leaves of text and index from vol.I of that work. Bound in one volume, 2° (570 x 450mm.). Later red morocco-backed cloth by Maclehose (scuffed), g.e. Provenance: pencil inscription at head of title "Copies by Janet Douglas."
These fine contemporary(?) copies are of professional quality but we have been unable to find any trace of Janet Douglas. Bauer's Delineations was published in three parts between 1796 and 1803, the first two limited to 80 copies, the third to 50, with thirty plates of Ericas. Roxburgh's work consisted of 300 plates published in three volumes between 1795 and 1819. See Dunthorne pp.175 & 237.
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These fine contemporary(?) copies are of professional quality but we have been unable to find any trace of Janet Douglas. Bauer's Delineations was published in three parts between 1796 and 1803, the first two limited to 80 copies, the third to 50, with thirty plates of Ericas. Roxburgh's work consisted of 300 plates published in three volumes between 1795 and 1819. See Dunthorne pp.175 & 237.
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