SALISBURY, Richard Anthony (1761-1829). Icones stirpium rariorum descriptionibus illustratae . London: William Bulmer 1791.
SALISBURY, Richard Anthony (1761-1829). Icones stirpium rariorum descriptionibus illustratae . London: William Bulmer 1791. 2° (530 x 384mm). 11 engraved plates, with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor and gouache, including a duplicate of the ninth plate (the Begonia nitida ). (Title with marginal soiling.) Modern half morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION . Richard Anthony Salisbury, botanist and botanical artist, was born Richard Markham; his mother was Mary Lyte, sister of Dodoens. He was left a legacy by Miss Anna Salisbury to aid his botanical studies, on the condition that he change his name to honor the memory of her late brother. He had a garden at Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire, and later owned Peter Collinson's garden at Mill Hill, and was secretary of the Horticultural Society London from 1805-1816. Of the 3 copies of his rare Icones Stirpium examined by Stafleu and Cowan, 2 are incomplete. RARE : according to American Book Prices Current , only one copy of this work has sold in the last 35 years: Christie’s London, 17 March 1991, lot 94 (incomplete with only 5 plates and bound with two other works). Cleveland Collections 607 (GC copy this copy); Nissen BBI 1719 (calling for 20 plates); Stafleu-Cowan TL2 10.118.
SALISBURY, Richard Anthony (1761-1829). Icones stirpium rariorum descriptionibus illustratae . London: William Bulmer 1791.
SALISBURY, Richard Anthony (1761-1829). Icones stirpium rariorum descriptionibus illustratae . London: William Bulmer 1791. 2° (530 x 384mm). 11 engraved plates, with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor and gouache, including a duplicate of the ninth plate (the Begonia nitida ). (Title with marginal soiling.) Modern half morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION . Richard Anthony Salisbury, botanist and botanical artist, was born Richard Markham; his mother was Mary Lyte, sister of Dodoens. He was left a legacy by Miss Anna Salisbury to aid his botanical studies, on the condition that he change his name to honor the memory of her late brother. He had a garden at Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire, and later owned Peter Collinson's garden at Mill Hill, and was secretary of the Horticultural Society London from 1805-1816. Of the 3 copies of his rare Icones Stirpium examined by Stafleu and Cowan, 2 are incomplete. RARE : according to American Book Prices Current , only one copy of this work has sold in the last 35 years: Christie’s London, 17 March 1991, lot 94 (incomplete with only 5 plates and bound with two other works). Cleveland Collections 607 (GC copy this copy); Nissen BBI 1719 (calling for 20 plates); Stafleu-Cowan TL2 10.118.
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