William Curtis Botanical Magazine

CURTIS, William (1746-1799). - Samuel CURTIS and Sir William Jackson HOOKER (editors): Curtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. XI of the New Series; or Vol. LXIV of the whole work,

London: printed by Edward Couchman, for the proprietor,Samuel Curtis [and others], 1837. Volume 64 only, octavo. (8 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches). 84 hand- coloured engraved plates (numbered from 3542-3625, plate #3542 double- page, plates #3549, #3556, # 3563, #3570, #3577, #3584, #3591, #3598, #3605, #3612 and #3619 are folding),, all by Swan, 1 after Miss Morse, 70 after Walter Hood Fitch, 13 unassigned. (Plate 3542 shaved at left margin into image area, small tears to upper blank margins of 3553-3555). Contemporary green half morocco over green pebble-grained cloth, gilt, g.e. A fine representative sample volume from the oldest illustrated botanical periodical still in production. "The reputation of the Magazine has always resided in the accuracy of its portrayal of plants. This pictorial record of garden and greenhouse plants from the temperate and tropical regions of the world has no rival.." (Desmond p.7) William Curtis had witnessed from personal experience that his clients refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants (vide. his Flora Londinensis) but he felt that they would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured the showy plants that filled their gardens: from this premise was born the Botanical Magazine in February 1787. The work was immediately successful, was published throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and is still produced to this day. The main glory of the Botanical Magazine has always been the coloured plates. Many of the greatest British botanical illustrators of the last two hundred years have had worked published in this periodical: the majority of the earliest plates are by Sydenham Edwards; other artists who followed in his footsteps include James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker and, for much of the second half of the 19th century, Walter Hood Fitch. In the 20th century the great tradition was continued by Lilian Snelling, Margaret Stones and others. Ray Desmond A Celebration of Flowers Two hundred years of Curtis's botanical Magazine (Kew: 1987); Great Flower Books p. 83; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1290

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CURTIS, William (1746-1799). - John SIMS (editor): Curtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. XVII [ XVIII]

London: printed by Stephen Couchman, published by T. Curtis, 1803-1803. Volumes 17 and 18 only in one volume, octavo. (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches). 96 hand-coloured engraved plates (numbered from 597-692), all by F. Sansom after Sydenham Edwards. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt roll-tooled border to covers, spine in six compartments with raised bands (inner hinges strengthened). A fine representative sample volume from the oldest illustrated botanical periodical still in production. "The reputation of the Magazine has always resided in the accuracy of its portrayal of plants. This pictorial record of garden and greenhouse plants from the temperate and tropical regions of the world has no rival.." (Desmond p.7) William Curtis had witnessed from personal experience that his clients refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants (vide. his Flora Londinensis) but he felt that they would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured the showy plants that filled their gardens: from this premise was born the Botanical Magazine in February 1787. The work was immediately successful, was published throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and is still produced to this day. The main glory of the Botanical Magazine has always been the coloured plates. Many of the greatest British botanical illustrators of the last two hundred years have had worked published in this periodical: the majority of the earliest plates are by Sydenham Edwards; other artists who followed in his footsteps include James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker and, for much of the second half of the 19th century, Walter Hood Fitch. In the 20th century the great tradition was continued by Lilian Snelling, Margaret Stones and others. Ray Desmond A Celebration of Flowers Two hundred years of Curtis's botanical Magazine (Kew: 1987); Great Flower Books p. 83; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1290

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CURTIS, William (1746-1799). - John SIMS (editor): Curtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. XIX [ XX]

London: printed by Stephen Couchman, published by T. Curtis [vol.XIX] or 'at No. 3 St. George's-Crescent', 1804-1804. Volumes 19 and 20 only in one volume, octavo. (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches). 94 hand-coloured engraved plates (numbered from 693-786, plates #733 and #770 folding), all by F. Sansom after Sydenham Edwards. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt roll-tooled border to covers, spine in six compartments with raised bands (inner hinges strengthened). A fine representative sample volume from the oldest illustrated botanical periodical still in production. "The reputation of the Magazine has always resided in the accuracy of its portrayal of plants. This pictorial record of garden and greenhouse plants from the temperate and tropical regions of the world has no rival.." (Desmond p.7) William Curtis had witnessed from personal experience that his clients refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants (vide. his Flora Londinensis) but he felt that they would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured the showy plants that filled their gardens: from this premise was born the Botanical Magazine in February 1787. The work was immediately successful, was published throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and is still produced to this day. The main glory of the Botanical Magazine has always been the coloured plates. Many of the greatest British botanical illustrators of the last two hundred years have had worked published in this periodical: the majority of the earliest plates are by Sydenham Edwards; other artists who followed in his footsteps include James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker and, for much of the second half of the 19th century, Walter Hood Fitch. In the 20th century the great tradition was continued by Lilian Snelling, Margaret Stones and others. Ray Desmond A Celebration of Flowers Two hundred years of Curtis's botanical Magazine (Kew: 1987); Great Flower Books p. 83; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1290

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CURTIS, William (1746-1799). - John SIMS (editor): Curtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. XXI [ XXII]

London: printed by Stephen Couchman, published 'at No. 3 St. George's- Crescent', 1805-1805. Volumes 21 and 22 only in one volume, octavo. (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches). 94 hand-coloured engraved plates (numbered from 787-880, plates #797 and #827 folding), all by F. Sansom after Sydenham Edwards. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt roll-tooled border to covers, spine in six compartments with raised bands (spine worn). A fine representative sample volume from the oldest illustrated botanical periodical still in production. "The reputation of the Magazine has always resided in the accuracy of its portrayal of plants. This pictorial record of garden and greenhouse plants from the temperate and tropical regions of the world has no rival.." (Desmond p.7) William Curtis had witnessed from personal experience that his clients refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants (vide. his Flora Londinensis) but he felt that they would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured the showy plants that filled their gardens: from this premise was born the Botanical Magazine in February 1787. The work was immediately successful, was published throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and is still produced to this day. The main glory of the Botanical Magazine has always been the coloured plates. Many of the greatest British botanical illustrators of the last two hundred years have had worked published in this periodical: the majority of the earliest plates are by Sydenham Edwards; other artists who followed in his footsteps include James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker and, for much of the second half of the 19th century, Walter Hood Fitch. In the 20th century the great tradition was continued by Lilian Snelling, Margaret Stones and others. Ray Desmond A Celebration of Flowers Two hundred years of Curtis's botanical Magazine (Kew: 1987); Great Flower Books p. 83; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1290

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