Joseph Dalton Hooker - Curtis's Botanical Magazine - 1887

Vol. XLIII of the Third Series, or vol. CXIII of the whole work; 60 engraved and finely, originally excellently hand-coloured plates with vibrant colours, 12 of which are folded, and with accompanying text. This vol. contains the plants (plates and descriptions) numbered 6913-6972.
No binding; first plate with a small repair (visble on the backside); fairly weak damp-stain to outer margin, but otherwise very good, clean. Title page, dedication leaf and indexes on English (common) names, and Latin names are all accounted for. The book itself is complete.
This volume is from one of the rarer years, when print runs were small. The flowers shown are often extremely beautiful.

* Curtis's Botanical Magazine is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the name Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations.
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 – 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
Great Flower Books, 2; Hunt, 184, Nissen BBI, 2350; Stafleu and Cowan, 1290.

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