Thornton's temple of flora : with plates faithfully reproduced from the original engravings and the work described by Geoffrey Grigson, with bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan.
Thornton, Robert John,1768?-1837,artist.
Grigson, Geoffrey,1905-1985,author.
McLean, Ruari,former owner.StEdNL
Includes a reproduction of the title page of the original "The temple of flora, or garden of nature" which was first published as the concluding part of the author's "New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus," completed in 1807.
"All of the plates, with the exception of plates VII and VIII and the alternative plates IX A and XXIV A, are reproduced from the original volume in the Library of Eton College."
Thornton's temple of flora / by Geoffrey Grigson -- Bibliographical notes / by Handasyde Buchanan -- Botanical notes / by William T. Stearn.
Ruari McLean collection.
Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837.
Botany
Botany.