Lilium Bulbiferum, by H. J. Elwes Spaniel large helmets made visual identification

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Image: 14 x 19"

We have chosen 12 of the most popular plates to reproduce in full color offset

Aside from "opening the door" to Japan in 1852

We have reproduced in full color six of the hand colored Japanese Fishes images that appeared in the publication

Lilium Bulbiferum, by H. J. Elwes Spaniel large helmets made visual identificationTHE VICTORIAN ERA H. J. Elwes (1846 1922), a widely traveled naturalist explorer who first became interested in lilies on a trip to the Himalayas. His folio, "A Monograph of the Genus Lilium" was issued on several stages between 1877 and 1880. The plates were drawn by H. J. Elwes, Lilian Snelling and Margaret Stones. H. J. Elwes wrote the text which included all known lilies at that time. The original folios were primarily hand colored lithographs