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Jane Wells Loudon Complete set of early editions of The Ladies’ Flower-Garden and British Wild Flowers
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Jane Wells Loudon Complete set of early editions of The Ladies’ Flower-Garden and British Wild Flowers
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[Jane Wells] Loudon
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals; The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials; The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants; The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants; [and] British Wild Flowers.London: William Smith [and] William S. Orr & Co., 1842-1849
5 works in 6 volumes, 4to (276 x 210 mm). With half-titles, dedication inOrnamental Annuals, complete with 304 hand-colored lithographic plates, some bound as frontispieces, plates heightened with gum arabic; occasional light foxing, very light toning, minor offsetting to a few plates. Uniformly bound in full green calf gilt by Riviere, spines with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered morocco lettering pieces to second and third compartments, edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers; minor scuffs to covers, areas of restoration to joints.
The Fairhaven copy.
A complete set of the popular manuals that increased accessibility to botany, particularly for women, including:
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals.London: William Smith, 1842. Second edition.
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials.London: William Smith, 1843-1844. First edition, two volumes.
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants.London: William Smith, 1848. First edition.
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants.London: William S. Orr & Co., 1849. Second edition.
British Wild Flowers.London: William S. Orr & Co., 1849. Second edition.
Jane Loudon’s guide to gardening, full of helpful tips and magnificent color illustrations, was instrumental in expanding interest in horticulture and botany. As opposed to earlier horticultural works, which had been targeted at specialists with existing knowledge in cultivating flowers and plants, Jane sought to welcome a novice audience into the field: nineteenth-century women. As she writes in her introduction toOrnamental Annuals, “Of all kinds of flowers, the ornamental garden annuals are perhaps the most generally interesting; and the easiness of their culture renders it peculiarly suitable for a feminine pursuit" (b).
Jane was innovative in other areas of literature. She is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of science fiction, having achieved success through the anonymous publication of her futuristic classicThe Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Centuryin 1827. It was this novel that garnered the attention of John Loudon, the esteemed botanist and horticultural writer and her future husband.
It was through her relationship with John that Jane developed her own interest in gardening, and soon collaborated with him on his volumes. Noting a lack of popular, accessible material on the subject, Jane began to draft the present works in 1838. The decision also came amid a period of economic strife for the couple, offering the opportunity for a second stream of income.
Brilliantly illustrated and practically informative, these six volumes were essential to fostering middle-class women’s interest in horticulture and botany.
REFERENCE:
Nissen BBI 1233–1237
PROVENANCE:
Christopher Turnor (1809-1886), Stoke Rochford Library, Lincolnshire, armorial bookplate — Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973), armorial bookplate — Sotheby's London, 29 November 2022, lot 419
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals; The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials; The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants; The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants; [and] British Wild Flowers.London: William Smith [and] William S. Orr & Co., 1842-1849
5 works in 6 volumes, 4to (276 x 210 mm). With half-titles, dedication inOrnamental Annuals, complete with 304 hand-colored lithographic plates, some bound as frontispieces, plates heightened with gum arabic; occasional light foxing, very light toning, minor offsetting to a few plates. Uniformly bound in full green calf gilt by Riviere, spines with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered morocco lettering pieces to second and third compartments, edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers; minor scuffs to covers, areas of restoration to joints.
The Fairhaven copy.
A complete set of the popular manuals that increased accessibility to botany, particularly for women, including:
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals.London: William Smith, 1842. Second edition.
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials.London: William Smith, 1843-1844. First edition, two volumes.
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants.London: William Smith, 1848. First edition.
The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants.London: William S. Orr & Co., 1849. Second edition.
British Wild Flowers.London: William S. Orr & Co., 1849. Second edition.
Jane Loudon’s guide to gardening, full of helpful tips and magnificent color illustrations, was instrumental in expanding interest in horticulture and botany. As opposed to earlier horticultural works, which had been targeted at specialists with existing knowledge in cultivating flowers and plants, Jane sought to welcome a novice audience into the field: nineteenth-century women. As she writes in her introduction toOrnamental Annuals, “Of all kinds of flowers, the ornamental garden annuals are perhaps the most generally interesting; and the easiness of their culture renders it peculiarly suitable for a feminine pursuit" (b).
Jane was innovative in other areas of literature. She is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of science fiction, having achieved success through the anonymous publication of her futuristic classicThe Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Centuryin 1827. It was this novel that garnered the attention of John Loudon, the esteemed botanist and horticultural writer and her future husband.
It was through her relationship with John that Jane developed her own interest in gardening, and soon collaborated with him on his volumes. Noting a lack of popular, accessible material on the subject, Jane began to draft the present works in 1838. The decision also came amid a period of economic strife for the couple, offering the opportunity for a second stream of income.
Brilliantly illustrated and practically informative, these six volumes were essential to fostering middle-class women’s interest in horticulture and botany.
REFERENCE:
Nissen BBI 1233–1237
PROVENANCE:
Christopher Turnor (1809-1886), Stoke Rochford Library, Lincolnshire, armorial bookplate — Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973), armorial bookplate — Sotheby's London, 29 November 2022, lot 419