Peter Charles Henderson

The seasons, or flower-garden: being a selection of the most beautiful flowers that blossom at the four seasons of the year... with a treatise, or general instructions for drawing and painting flowers. London: R. Ackermann, 1806

FIRST EDITIONS, 2 works in one volume, 4to (341 x 281mm.), hand-coloured aquatint additional title, 24 hand-coloured plates, contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, sprinkled edges, light brown endpapers, frontispiece shaved at outer margin (just touching illustration), captions of some plates cropped at lower margins (affecting captions but not affecting illustrations), light scattered foxing

Peter Charles Henderson (fl. 1791-1829) was one of the artists for Dr Thornton's famous Temple of Flora. In this ꧂work, Henderson gives instructions fo🗹r the fashionable pastime of drawing and painting flowers, depicting six different flowers for each of the four seasons of the year.

LITERATURE:

Dunthorne 126; Great Flower Books, p. 59; Nissen BBI 848

PROVENANCE:

Bought from Charles W. Traylen, Guildford, Surrey