MABEY, Richard THE FRAMPTON FLORA , London: Guild Pub, 1985.

Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Third Impression. Book in fine condition, just a hint of rubbing at spine ends. Boards illustrated as dustjacket. Small coloured illustration (country scene) pasted by top edge on the title-page (2¾"w x 1½"h). Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends. 192pp, including Bibliography and Index. With many superb watercolours, at the start of each chapter there is a drawing of a country scene spread over the bottom half of two pages. Between 1828 and 1851, sisters Elizabeth, Charlotte and Catherine, and Mary Anne Clifford, and their aunts Charlotte Anne, Catherine Elizabeth and Rosamund painted the native plants in their south-west corner of Gloucestershire. The book is an account of the wild flowers, the painters and their paintings as well as a record of the richness of the English countryside in the early 19th century. A very attractive book(10¼"h x 7½"w) (26cms x 19cms) approx. (Book ref. 7335)  £15.00

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