A Scripture Herbal. - [Epigraph] - By Maria Callcott. -

Lady Maria Callcott

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/4568

Author

Lady Maria Callcott

Imprint

London:: Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans, Paternoster-Row., 1842.

Physical Description

x, [2], [xi-]xxii, [2], 544 p.: illus.; 222 mm. (Octavo.)

[T.p.] - Preface - Corrigenda - Index To Plants Described In The Scripture Herbal - List Of The Wood-Cuts, With The Authorities For The Figures ... - [Divisional title-page, 'A Scripture Herbal'] - [Text]; [colophon].

Responsibility Note

The plates are not signed, but in her Preface the author states that they were drawn by herself after the 'authorities ... found in the index to the cuts' and 'accurately followed by that excellent wood-engraver Mr. W. Folkard'. The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode. New-Street-Square.'

References

A study of botanic book illustration was K. Nissen, Die Botanische Buchillustration (2 v. & suppl., 1951-66). On the author see R.B. Gotch, Maria, Lady Callcott (1937).

Provenance

The verso of the front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'To the Library of the Royal Academy from the Author -'. Presented by Maria Callcott in 1842 (acknowledged RA Council Minutes, IX, 286).

Binding Note

19th-century brown cloth, upper and lower covers decorated in blind; spine lettered 'A Scripture Herbal. By M. Callcott. Longman & C^o..' The rear pastedown carries the binder's ticket, which reads, 'Bound By Westleys, & Clark. - London.'

Subject

Bible
Plants (vegetation) - Botany - Palestine - Israel - History
Manuals - Instructional materials - Herbals - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors

Andrew Spottiswoode, printer
Lady Maria Callcott, draughtsman, previous owner, donor
R. W. Folkard, engraver
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, publisher
Westleys and Clark (London), binder