Lot 77: SNELLING, Lilian (1879-1972), illustrator -- GROVE, Arthur and A.D. COTTON. A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium . London: Taylor & Francis: 1933-1940.

SNELLING, Lilian (1879-1972), illustrator -- GROVE, Arthur and A.D. COTTON. A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium. London: Taylor & Francis: 1933-1940.

7 parts in one volume, 2° (557 x 378mm). Decorative title. Errata slip bound in at beginning. 30 hand-coloured plates (one double-page), 28 of which by Lilian Snelling, text-illustrations, one of which full-page. (Occasional very light spotting or browning affecting a few text-leaves only.) Contemporary half green morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Lilian Snelling (pencil note in her hand 'darker' to plate of Lilium grayii; sold by her descendants).

WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING IN PENCIL AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER BY SNELLING OF LILIUM CANDIDUM (354 x 252mm), dated in faint red chinagraph pencil 'Aug 28', signed 'Lilian Snelling' (lower left) and inscribed 'Lilium candidum' (lower right) in pencil. (Very lightly soiled.)

SNELLING'S OWN COPY OF THE FIRST MAJOR SUPPLEMENT TO ELWES' MONOGRAPH. Henry John Elwes (1846-1922) was Snelling's first major patron, so it was appropriate that she was asked to illustrate this supplement. She started making initial studies for the plates in 1915, and, despite her heavy workload as principal artist and lithographer to Curtis's Botanical Magazine, continued to work on the project for the next 25 years. The original drawings for the plates are now in the collection of the Lindley Library at the Royal Horticultural Society. (2)

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