Frontis for "The Temple of Flora" by Robert John Thornton - 4to Ed., c 1812 - Courtesy Charles Edwin Puckrett

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Nov 19, 2020 - Dec 13, 2020

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• Lot Description
  An exquisite original image from one of the most impressive English botanical works ever produced: THE TEMPLE OF FLORA by Dr. Robert John Thornton. From the Quarto ("Lottery") edition - produced and published in London, c. 1812.
  
  This image depicts "Flora dispensing Her Favours on the Earth", the Frontis leaf from the volume.
  
  The first floral prints with a landscape background, these dramatic images, with their exotic and dramatic setting, are a technical masterpiece - a combination of aquatint, mezzotint and line engraving - partially printed in color and partially colored by hand.
  
  Determined to produce the greatest series of botanicals, Dr. Thornton exhausted his fortune on this costly, magnificent endeavor.
  
  Image size is approximately 12 11/16 x 9 3/16 inches.
  
  Shipped Unmatted Inventory# B-742
  
  Shipping is included within the continental United States. Elsewhere it is additional - contact Charles Edwin Puckett for details (charles@cepuckett.com)

  Condition

  Very Fine
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