Flora Superba. Selected and painted by the artist. Text by Wilfrid Blunt. Foreword by Sir George Taylor.
London: The Tryon Gallery in association with George Rainbird, 1971. Folio. Limited edition. #111 of 400 copies for sale. Numbered and signed by the artist. Original half vellum with blue buckram boards, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf. Gilt decoration of a flower on the front board. Top edge gilt. Housed in a matching blue buckram slipcase as issued. Original prospectus loosely inserted. Sixteen full colour lithographic plates with tissue guards. Fine in fine slipcase. Item #8284
Paul Jones (1921-1997), the highly-regarded Australian artist, painted the magnificent botanical illustrations for Flora Superba which are deliberately reminiscent of Thornton's Temple of Flora. The book was issued at £125!
Price: £200.00