Dr Robert John Thornton (17 results)

Soft Flex Covers w Cloth Spine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fully Illustrated (illustrator). Modern reprint, no edition stated. 110 pages. Softcover facsimile edition with glossy card covers and cloth binding. Very good or better condition with only slight wear to edges. Fine heritage facsimile reproduction of the famous 1812 London botanical masterpiece by Robert John Thornton. Contains 32 full color botanical plates together with decorative title pages and additional black and white illustrations reproducing the celebrated Romantic era engravings. Thornton's Temple of Flora is widely regarded as one of the most ambitious and visually striking botanical works of the nineteenth century, combining science, poetry, philosophy, and dramatic landscape settings surrounding stylized flower portraits. The plates feature notable botanical subjects such as Tulipa, Aloe, Mimosa, Passiflora, and the dramatic Dragon Arum, accompanied by poetic commentary by contemporary writers including Dr. Shaw of the British Museum. A beautiful modern edition allowing readers, artists, gardeners, and collectors to experience one of the most famous botanical art books ever produced. ~ Would make a great gift, even if that's for yourself. If you'd like, I can also show you one AbeBooks title trick used by antiquarian dealers that tends to improve search hits for botanical and art books without making the title look cluttered. Book.

Condition: Good. Small Folio, half morocco, rubbed, inner edges gilt-tooled, spine gilt in compartments, sunned. Engraved pictorial title and half-title,original hand-coloured stipple-engraved frontispiece, 2 uncoloured stipple engraverdallegorical plates, and 28 original hand-coloured aquatint botanical plates, printed in blue on thick wove paper, each c.370 x 290mm., occasional marginal soiling, some spotting and offsetting to tissue guards only;presentation inscription by Lady Sidmouth on front free endpaper, recipient's name partially erased, and armorialbookplate of M. Philips. Inscribed "For Miss Georgiana ???., a last remembrance from Lady Sidmouth'" presumably around 1842, the year the second Lady Sidmouth died. There is a second inscription, attached as Thornton Sidmouth 1, of 'M. Sidmouth, Richmond Park'. This is clearly a different hand to the other, and must be that of Marianne Sidmouth, at their White Lodge, Richmond Park address, the house given to Viscount Sidmouth by a grateful King George III, therefore presumably inscribed between 1823 and 1842*** This reduced-format version of Thornton's magnum opus was published in a vain attempt to finance the continuationof the magnificent folio edition started in 1799. Copies of the book and individual plates were sold by lottery, but thisventure also failed and bankrupted Thornton. The work, however, in both formats remains one of the greatest of all botanical works. This copy includes the plate depicting The Persian Cyclamen, which is sometimes missing. Sitwell, Great Flower Books, p. 143.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 414.

Print. Condition: Very good overall. First printing. From the small folio "Lottery" edition of The Temple of Flora, the stunning tropical climbing plant is depicted against the trunk of a large tree, with many open and partially opened flowers with white outer petals and pale and dark blue centers. Accompanied by the printed text sheet. After the painting by Philip Reinagle, beautifully engraved by Caldwell. Printed in color and finished by hand, from Dr. Thornton's landmark work the "Temple of Flora", the greatest English color plate flower book. The prints for The Temple of Flora were very expensive to produce, leading to Thornton being forced to sell them at lottery, the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent. Color mezzotint 9 x 12", with wide margins. Slightly sunned, slight mat burn.

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17 1/2" by 21 7/8"; Image ~ 13 7/8" by 17 3/4".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17 1/4" by 22 1/2"; Image ~ 13 3/4" by 17 3/8".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 16 5/8" by 21 3/4"; Image ~ 14" by 17 1/4".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17 3/8" by 22 1/4"; Image ~ 13 7/8" by 18 1/4".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 18 3/4" by 23 3/8"; Image ~ 13 7/8" by 17 3/8".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17 1/2" by 22 1/2"; Image ~ 13 1/2" by 17".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 18" by 23"; Image ~ 13 7/8" by 17 5/8".

Condition: Fine. This dramatic large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thorntonâs work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus.and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. Each engraving was made using stipple, mezzotint, and aquatint processes and some feature hand-coloring heightened with gum Arabic. The engraving will include the text when available to send with the plate.Thorntonâs engravings featured an uncommon composition in which the subject was seen oversized in relation to the background giving the plates a theatrical presence. Temple of Flora is often considered the greatest achievement in British botanical art. Thornton employed some of the foremost artists to create the plates included Peter Charles Henderson, Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Sydenham Edwards. Richard Earlom, James Caldwall, Thomas Sutherland, and Joseph Constantine Stadler were the engravers for Temple of Flora.Thornton's The Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".[Thornton] inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his.great work. What Redoutà produced under the patronage of L'Hà ritier, Marie Antoinette, the Empress Josephine, Charles X, and the Duchesse de Berry, Thornton set out to do alone.Numerous important artists were engaged.twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether, known as `Moonlight Pether,' Philip Reinagle, .Sydenham Edwards, and Peter Henderson.The result.involved Thornton in desperate financial straits.In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery, under the patronage of the Prince Regent.It is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing.But he produced.one of the loveliest books in the world." (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collecting, pp.142-144) --- The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be some very light toning, marks, smudging, or handling mostly present to margins. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact with any questions. --- Paper Size ~ 17 1/8" by 22 3/4"; Image ~ 14" by 17 1/2".

Other. Original fine engraved mezzotint and aquatint engraving, hand colored when published. Engraved for his series for his Temple of Flora by Earlom after Reinagle. In exellent condition. 447 by 357mm (17½ by 14 inches).

Other. Original fine engraved mezzotint and aquatint engraving, hand colored when published. Engraved for his series for his Temple of Flora by Stadler after Peter Charles Henderson. In exellent condition. 447 by 357mm (17½ by 14 inches).

Other. Original fine engraved mezzotint and aquatint engraving, hand colored when published. Engraved for his series for his Temple of Flora by Warner after Peter Charles Henderson. In exellent condition. 444 by 355mm (17½ by 14 inches).

Other. Original fine engraved mezzotint and aquatint engraving, hand colored when published. Engraved for his series for his Temple of Flora by Warner after Peter Charles Henderson. A beautiful depiction of the,Winged Passion-Flower'. The charm of the coloured flower plates is found in the selection and representation of the plants and the often exotic-romantic backgrounds. In exellent condition. 440 by 348mm (17¼ by 13¾ inches).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Aquatint printed in color and finished by hand, August 1, 1800. Matted in a cream and partial gilt frame measuring 29 x 23 1/2 inches. Some light browning to margins and a couple of minor blemishes in the image area.