Hyacinths

by Samuel Curtis, Clara Maria Pope, ca

$7,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

An exquisite proof impression from a work that 'is so excessively rare that it is hardly known at all by the public' 'Great Flower Books' . Samuel Curtis was the cousin and heir of William Curtis the originator of the Botanical Magazine and he married William's daughter Sarah. Samuel began publication of his The Beauties of Flora in 1810, but the project was put aside. The reasons for this were probably a combination of the pressure of his other commitments he was a

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