![ROSCOE, Margaret (née as Lace, 1786/7-1840). Floral Illustrations of the Seasons. London: Robert Havell jun. and Baldwin & Cradock, 1831 [plates watermarked 1828-1830]. 7 fascicles bound in one volume, 4° (283 x 228mm). Engraved title, 55 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates by Robert Havell jun. after Margaret Roscoe, some partially printed in colour. (Occasional light spotting and offsetting.) Green morocco gilt (extremities rubbed, spine sunfaded). Provenance: Mrs Edward Roscoe (presentation inscription from the author) -- Henry Robertson Sandbach (ex libris).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0120_000(roscoe_margaret_floral_illustrations_of_the_seasons_london_robert_have120413).jpg?w=1)
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ROSCOE, Margaret (née as Lace, 1786/7-1840). Floral Illustrations of the Seasons. London: Robert Havell jun. and Baldwin & Cradock, 1831 [plates watermarked 1828-1830]. 7 fascicles bound in one volume, 4° (283 x 228mm). Engraved title, 55 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates by Robert Havell jun. after Margaret Roscoe, some partially printed in colour. (Occasional light spotting and offsetting.) Green morocco gilt (extremities rubbed, spine sunfaded). Provenance: Mrs Edward Roscoe (presentation inscription from the author) -- Henry Robertson Sandbach (ex libris).
PRESENTATION COPY of the second edition. 'A representation drawn from Nature of some of the most beautiful, hardy and rare Hebraceous Plants cultivated in the Flower Garden' (Dunthorne). The author was William Roscoe's daughter-in-law and the mother of the poet and novelist Margaret Sandbach (1812-1852), better known as a botanical artist under her maiden name of Margaret Lace. BM(NH) IV, p. 1729; Brunet IV, 1392-3; Dunthorne 266; Great Flower Books p. 133; Nissen BBI 1676; Stafleu and Cowan 9504.
PRESENTATION COPY of the second edition. 'A representation drawn from Nature of some of the most beautiful, hardy and rare Hebraceous Plants cultivated in the Flower Garden' (Dunthorne). The author was William Roscoe's daughter-in-law and the mother of the poet and novelist Margaret Sandbach (1812-1852), better known as a botanical artist under her maiden name of Margaret Lace. BM(NH) IV, p. 1729; Brunet IV, 1392-3; Dunthorne 266; Great Flower Books p. 133; Nissen BBI 1676; Stafleu and Cowan 9504.