1847, ISBN: 9990411263

[PU: R. Martin,, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-… Meer...

[PU: R. Martin,, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-colored steel engravings, 2 black and white plates. Each plate pictures a particular flower or plant anthropomorphized as a woman dressed its characteristic petals and/or leaves. Bennett, p. 25: "The altogether charming and graceful text is certainly a far cry from the mess of assorted poems generally used by Americans as the background of color plate flower volumes." Reese Stamped with a National Character 55: "The early Victorian notion of the sentiments of flowers reach a bizarre climax in this book. Not only are the flowers at market depicted as bound maidens, but other plates show virginal flower maids running shrieking from anthropomorphized shears and a Hemlock maiden administering a fatal draught to a rabbit in a toga, while a previously dosed rat retches in the background. Despite its grotesque images, it is perhaps the most elaborate book of its kind from the gift book era." Gilt-stamped, illustrated, and embellished publishers leather (rebacked, with most of original spines laid down), all edges gilt. Old tideline through bottom inch of text to volume one, but a good solid copy. (741), New York:, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-colored steel engravings, 2 black and white plates. Each plate pictures a particular flower or plant anthropomorphized as a woman dressed its characteristic petals and/or leaves. Bennett, p. 25: "The altogether charming and graceful text is certainly a far cry from the mess of assorted poems generally used by Americans as the background of color plate flower volumes." Reese Stamped with a National Character 55: "The early Victorian notion of the sentiments of flowers reach a bizarre climax in this book. Not only are the flowers at market depicted as bound maidens, but other plates show virginal flower maids running shrieking from anthropomorphized shears and a Hemlock maiden administering a fatal draught to a rabbit in a toga, while a previously dosed rat retches in the background. Despite its grotesque images, it is perhaps the most elaborate book of its kind from the gift book era." Gilt-stamped, illustrated, and embellished publishers leather (rebacked, with most of original spines laid down), all edges gilt. Old tideline through bottom inch of text to volume one, but a good solid copy. (741), Americana|Illustrated Books, DOM<

1847, ISBN: 9990411263

[PU: R. Martin,, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-… Meer...

[PU: R. Martin,, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-colored steel engravings, 2 black and white plates. Each plate pictures a particular flower or plant anthropomorphized as a woman dressed its characteristic petals and/or leaves. Bennett, p. 25: "The altogether charming and graceful text is certainly a far cry from the mess of assorted poems generally used by Americans as the background of color plate flower volumes." Reese Stamped with a National Character 55: "The early Victorian notion of the sentiments of flowers reach a bizarre climax in this book. Not only are the flowers at market depicted as bound maidens, but other plates show virginal flower maids running shrieking from anthropomorphized shears and a Hemlock maiden administering a fatal draught to a rabbit in a toga, while a previously dosed rat retches in the background. Despite its grotesque images, it is perhaps the most elaborate book of its kind from the gift book era." Gilt-stamped, illustrated, and embellished publishers leather (rebacked, with most of original spines laid down), all edges gilt. Old tideline through bottom inch of text to volume one, but a good solid copy. (741), New York:, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-colored steel engravings, 2 black and white plates. Each plate pictures a particular flower or plant anthropomorphized as a woman dressed its characteristic petals and/or leaves. Bennett, p. 25: "The altogether charming and graceful text is certainly a far cry from the mess of assorted poems generally used by Americans as the background of color plate flower volumes." Reese Stamped with a National Character 55: "The early Victorian notion of the sentiments of flowers reach a bizarre climax in this book. Not only are the flowers at market depicted as bound maidens, but other plates show virginal flower maids running shrieking from anthropomorphized shears and a Hemlock maiden administering a fatal draught to a rabbit in a toga, while a previously dosed rat retches in the background. Despite its grotesque images, it is perhaps the most elaborate book of its kind from the gift book era." Gilt-stamped, illustrated, and embellished publishers leather (rebacked, with most of original spines laid down), all edges gilt. Old tideline through bottom inch of text to volume one, but a good solid copy. (741), Americana|Illustrated Books, DOM<

1847, ISBN: 9990411263

[PU: R. Martin,, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-… Meer...

[PU: R. Martin,, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-colored steel engravings, 2 black and white plates. Each plate pictures a particular flower or plant anthropomorphized as a woman dressed its characteristic petals and/or leaves. Bennett, p. 25: "The altogether charming and graceful text is certainly a far cry from the mess of assorted poems generally used by Americans as the background of color plate flower volumes." Reese Stamped with a National Character 55: "The early Victorian notion of the sentiments of flowers reach a bizarre climax in this book. Not only are the flowers at market depicted as bound maidens, but other plates show virginal flower maids running shrieking from anthropomorphized shears and a Hemlock maiden administering a fatal draught to a rabbit in a toga, while a previously dosed rat retches in the background. Despite its grotesque images, it is perhaps the most elaborate book of its kind from the gift book era." Gilt-stamped, illustrated, and embellished publishers leather (rebacked, with most of original spines laid down), all edges gilt. Old tideline through bottom inch of text to volume one, but a good solid copy. (741), New York:, First edition. 4to. Three volumes bound as two: 280; [281]-385, iii, (2), 8, 152 pp. Extra-engraved title page and frontispiece to each volume, all hand-colored, 48 hand-colored steel engravings, 2 black and white plates. Each plate pictures a particular flower or plant anthropomorphized as a woman dressed its characteristic petals and/or leaves. Bennett, p. 25: "The altogether charming and graceful text is certainly a far cry from the mess of assorted poems generally used by Americans as the background of color plate flower volumes." Reese Stamped with a National Character 55: "The early Victorian notion of the sentiments of flowers reach a bizarre climax in this book. Not only are the flowers at market depicted as bound maidens, but other plates show virginal flower maids running shrieking from anthropomorphized shears and a Hemlock maiden administering a fatal draught to a rabbit in a toga, while a previously dosed rat retches in the background. Despite its grotesque images, it is perhaps the most elaborate book of its kind from the gift book era." Gilt-stamped, illustrated, and embellished publishers leather (rebacked, with most of original spines laid down), all edges gilt. Old tideline through bottom inch of text to volume one, but a good solid copy. (741), Americana|Illustrated Books, DOM<