This hand painted collection of British Flora and
Lepidoptera painted on a number of loose sheets by MARIA
Burses, and contained in an old box, was classified and bound in
these Five Volumes by her great great nephew Francis Somerville Heav
in 1890. Her portrait by herself is given beneath.

MARIA
Mary Anne Burses was born 7th December 1763 and
as is evident from the contents of these Volumes was a woman
of very high culture and more than ordinary ability.