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CURTIS, Aza (illustrator) - E.W.B. (author and translator). Flowers: A Series of Short Poems, original and translated. London: privately printed at R. Martin's Lithographic Office, 1827. 4° (256 x 210mm). Lithographed throughout, 14 hand-coloured plates after Curtis. Original half vellum (soiled). RARE. According to the subscriber's list the present work was limited to 100 copies subscribed for by 97 individuals.
[Rebecca HEY]. The Moral of Flowers. London and Leeds: Longaman [etc.] and M. Robinson of Leeds, 1833. 8° (238 x 150mm). 24 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after William Clark. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco (slightly scuffed and faded, front inner hinge repaired). FIRST EDITION. -- [François Thomas Louis FRANCIA (1772-1839)]. A Series of Progressive Lessons, intended to elucidate the Art of Flower Painting in Watercolours. Second edition. London: Whittingham & Rowland for T. Clay, 1824. 4° (267 x 210mm). 12 engraved plates, 11 with aquatint, 10 hand-coloured, all after Francia. Contemporary red half morocco (worn, stitching loose); and 3 others similar in 6 volumes. (9)
[Rebecca HEY]. The Moral of Flowers. London and Leeds: Longaman [etc.] and M. Robinson of Leeds, 1833. 8° (238 x 150mm). 24 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after William Clark. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco (slightly scuffed and faded, front inner hinge repaired). FIRST EDITION. -- [François Thomas Louis FRANCIA (1772-1839)]. A Series of Progressive Lessons, intended to elucidate the Art of Flower Painting in Watercolours. Second edition. London: Whittingham & Rowland for T. Clay, 1824. 4° (267 x 210mm). 12 engraved plates, 11 with aquatint, 10 hand-coloured, all after Francia. Contemporary red half morocco (worn, stitching loose); and 3 others similar in 6 volumes. (9)
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