Bauer, Ferdinand: THE AUSTRALIAN FLOWER PAINTINGS OF FERDINAND BAUER.
[By] William T. Stearn. Introduction by Wilfred Blunt. Super impl. folio (630mm. x 445mm.); pp. [ii](blank); [viii], 9-30, [2], [2](index), [2](blank); double-page map showing the routes of the "Investigator", the "Porpoise" and the "Cumberland", 25 superb coloured plates from the original watercolours of Ferdinand Bauer each with accompanying leaf of descriptive text, each leaf containing also a sketch map showing the location of the specimens collected, bibliographies, index; hand-bound in quarter dark green morocco, hand-marbled papered sides, vellum-tipped corners; in canvas covered, hinged box; (the box very slightly externally marked, but the book itself in fine, clean condition as issued); a fine copy. London; The Basilisk Press; 1976.
***Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. These fine paintings, printed in up to ten colours, have never before been published. Ferdinand Bauer was botanical artist on the "Investigator" under the celebrated botanist Robert Brown during Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia. Bauer is claimed by some to be the greatest botanical artist of all time. #5932
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