The florist : containing sixty plates of the most beautiful flowers regularly dispos'd in their succession of blowing. To which is added an accurate description of their colours, with instructions for drawing & painting them according to nature : being a new work intended for the use & amusement of gentlemen and ladies delighting in that art.

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The florist : containing sixty plates of the most beautiful flowers regularly dispos'd in their succession of blowing. To which is added an accurate description of their colours, with instructions for drawing & painting them according to nature : being a new work intended for the use & amusement of gentlemen and ladies delighting in that art. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : Sold by I. Smith, at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside, London, [1760?]

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2 unnumbered pages, 61-76 pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations (engr.) ; 22 cm (4to)

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References note

Dunthorne, G. Flower and fruit prints, 272

Notes

Engraved title page signed C. Phillips.
Plates are from Robert Sayer's edition as described in Dunthorne, 272.
Imprint not described in Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit.; nor in Dunthorne.

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