[NATURAL HISTORY]. DUPPA, Richard (1770-1831). Illustrations of the Lotus of Antiquity. London: T. Bensley, 1813.

Folio. 4 (of 5) hand-colored engraved plates; title-page, text in English and Greek. (Marginal browning or staining.) Early library cloth (rebacked with call number number on spine and small paper label on upper cover). Provenance: Bury Cooperative Library (material tipped to endpapers, embossed stamps throughout including on plates).

FIRST EDITION of this work on the lotus of antiquity, quoting passages from Greek authors together with an English translation. RARE: This edition seems to be scarcer than the second edition, which is known to Nissen, Great Flower Books, and BM(NH), the latter of which indicates that only 25 copies were issued of the second edition. Most likely a similar number, or perhaps even fewer, were published for the first edition. Nissen BBI 567 (second edition); Pritzel 2542.

Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas