With twelve colour plates. Written and illustrated by John Nash RA.
“The twelve flowers illustrated here were drawn before the recent War, which interrupted the production of the book for may years. They have no point in common beyond the fact that they were all grown in my garden in Buckinghamshire.” [Foreword].
"Nash's coloured lithographs, printed from Plasticowell on a good quality paper, display the delicacy which can be obtained by good printing for a relatively small edition, within the limit of four colours. But each page has a different set of four colours, and naturally this together with the large format and paper of quality will give enhanced subtlety. It will also add greatly to the cost of printing, though the result, in this case for flower drawings, is worthwhile.' (Enid Marx, 'Autolithography for Book Illustration, 1930-60', Matrix, 10 (1990), p.13).
Contents
Foreword / John Nash -- 1. Fritillaria Imperialis - Crown Imperial -- 2. Hydrangea Aspera - Rough Hydrangea -- 3. Rudbeckia Maxima - The Great Cone Flower -- 4. Rosa Gallica -- 5. Passiflora Coerulea - The Blue Passion Flower -- 6. Petunia -- 7. Phlomis Fruticosa - Jerusalem Sage -- 8. Rose `Mermaid’ - Rosa Bracteata x Yellow Tea Rose -- 9. Salvia Verbascifolia - The Mullein-leaved sage -- 10. Tradescantia Virginica - The Virginian Spiderwort -- 11. Vinca - Periwinkle -- 12. Hellebrorus Corsicus - The Corsican Hellebore
Binding Note
In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with red paper to the boards, held in the original publisher's dust jacket.