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AUGUSTA J. ROBLEY (fl. 1840)
A Selection of Madeira Flowers, drawn and coloured from nature by Augusta J. Robley, and dedicated to her mother, Mrs.Penfold. [Text by Rev. William Lewes Pugh Garnons]. London: printed and published by Reeve, Brothers, 1845. 2 (465 x 320mm). 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates by R.E.B[ranston] after Robley, printed by Reeve Brothers, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS, FIVE BY MRS. ROBLEY (Some spotting.) Original green straight-grained cloth, covers blocked in gilt and blind, g.e., by Westleys & Clark (covers slightly stained, neatly recased).
An extra illustrated copy of this finely illustrated work containing plates of the Strelitzia Regina, Magnolia Grandiflora, the Jambro or Rose Apple, the Chou-Chou, the Laurel-leaved Coral Tree, the Honey-Locust Acacia, a plate of three lilies (two Amaryllis and one Lilium), and a plate of a Coffee plant and the Cork tree. The original watercolours, tipped onto blank leaves at the beginnign and end, include a version of the Coffee plant (Coffee Berry & Flower, signed and dated 1842), and four others by Mrs. Robley titled Custard Apple, Brugmansia, Cistus albidus and Oxalis. Great Flower Books (1990), p.133; Nissen BBI 1654; Stafleu & Cowan 9304.
A Selection of Madeira Flowers, drawn and coloured from nature by Augusta J. Robley, and dedicated to her mother, Mrs.Penfold. [Text by Rev. William Lewes Pugh Garnons]. London: printed and published by Reeve, Brothers, 1845. 2 (465 x 320mm). 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates by R.E.B[ranston] after Robley, printed by Reeve Brothers, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS, FIVE BY MRS. ROBLEY (Some spotting.) Original green straight-grained cloth, covers blocked in gilt and blind, g.e., by Westleys & Clark (covers slightly stained, neatly recased).
An extra illustrated copy of this finely illustrated work containing plates of the Strelitzia Regina, Magnolia Grandiflora, the Jambro or Rose Apple, the Chou-Chou, the Laurel-leaved Coral Tree, the Honey-Locust Acacia, a plate of three lilies (two Amaryllis and one Lilium), and a plate of a Coffee plant and the Cork tree. The original watercolours, tipped onto blank leaves at the beginnign and end, include a version of the Coffee plant (Coffee Berry & Flower, signed and dated 1842), and four others by Mrs. Robley titled Custard Apple, Brugmansia, Cistus albidus and Oxalis. Great Flower Books (1990), p.133; Nissen BBI 1654; Stafleu & Cowan 9304.