Lot 24: [LAWRANCE, MARY.

[LAWRANCE, MARY. A COLLECTION OF PASSION FLOWERS COLOURED FROM NATURE. LONDON: TO BE HAD OF MARY LAWRANCE, 1799-1802 ] First edition , folio (497 x 355mm.), 18 hand-coloured etched and stipple-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spine lettered in gilt, no title or letterpress (as issued), occasional slight spotting, binding rubbed, slightly worn at corners

Dunthorne 177; Great Flower Books, p.64; Henrey 3:947; Hunt 760 (this copy with only 15 plates); Nissen BBI 1150

Samuel Bradshaw, engraved armorial bookplate

A complete copy. The work is rarely found with the complete set of eighteen plates. Only four such copies have been seen at auction since 1975.