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Thornton, Robert John (1768?-1837) 

New illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus (1799-1807) 

Botanical extracts (1810) 

Temple of Flora (1812) 

Comparison of plates 

The major colour plates in Thornton exist in multiple states, many having been reworked for later issues, and all that appeared in the 1812 Temple 

of Flora were re-engraved for quarto publication. Details of different states of the colour plates were compiled by Handasyde Buchanan and 

published in Geoffrey Grigson’s facsimile edition of The Temple of Flora (1951). Condensed versions of Buchanan’s comments are appended, 

with additions when required by the versions in our copies. Dates supplied by Buchanan, not shown in our copies, are given in bold face. To these 

have been added details of the monochrome engravings that appeared, not only in the New illustration, but also in the Botanical extracts, whose 

content overlaps considerably with that of the New illustration. 

For each plate this table gives the title, attribution and date, and the location of that plate in the different copies in the Lindley Library. Because 

the plates are unnumbered, their order of binding is largely arbitrary, and possibly no two copies of any of these titles have the plates bound in 

exactly the same order. In this table, they are listed according to the order they are found in our principal copy of the New illustration, followed by 

any additional plates that appear in other copies of that work; the remainder by their order in our principal copy of the Botanical extracts, followed 

by any additional plates found only in our second copy of that work. 

New Illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus (1799-1807) 

Copy 1. Bound in two volumes. The most complete set. 128 plates and engraved calligraphic leaves in vol. I, in vol. II. 

Copy 2. Bound in one volume. Lacks most of the plates in parts 1 and 2, but has the coloured plates in part 3. 

Copy 3. Bound in one volume. Has the portrait and botanical plates in parts 1 and 2, but lacks part 3. 

Botanical extracts (1810) 

Copy 1: Bound in four volumes, with the plates in vol. III numbered in pencil in two sequences, one for portraits and one for botanical subjects. 

Copy 2: Bound in three volumes, with plates forming the third; plates numbered in pencil in a single sequence. 

Copy 3 (Wisley copy): Bound in one volume; the plates are numbered in pencil in a single sequence.

Temple of Flora (1812) 

One copy only. Quarto revision of New illustration, with coloured plates. 

Thornton: New illustration, Botanical extracts, Temple of Flora : Comparison of plates 

At the end of this table will be found a complete list of the artists and engravers who worked on these publications 

Plate title New illustration Botanical extracts Temple 1812 Pub. date 

A British Trophy in Honour of Linnaeus [engr. Copies 1-2: (1) [half- 

title] 

title] 

Artist: Tomkins. Engraver: Cooper. Lettering and calligraphy only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on Copies 1-2: (2) Copy 1: III [portr 26] 

1 May 1799 

medical botany / 

Entrance into that most noble public charity and 

admirable medical establishment Guy’s 

Hospital 

[frontispiece] 

Copy 3: (82) 

Portrait. Artist:Russell; engraver: Bartolozzi. Vignette. Artist: Elmes, Archt.; engraver: W. Woolnoth. Portrait: aquatint. Vignette: line engraving. 

Monochrome: one state only. 

A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Copies 1-2: (3) Copy 1: IV title-page 

Linnaeus [engr. title] 

[facing frontis.] 

Copy 3: (60) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Vincent. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Carolus Linnaeus, Knight of the Polar Star [&c] Copy 1: vol. I (40) Copy 1: III [portr 6] 

1 May 1806 

Copy 2: (4) 

Copy 3: (36) 

Copy 3: (83) 

Artist: Hollman [sic], pupil of Linnaeus, pinxt. ad viv.; Bartolozzi orn. Engraver: H. Meyer. Mezzotint, and aquatint within the roundel. Monochrome: one 

state only. 

Portrait of Her Majesty, Patroness of botany, Copy 1: vol. II (132) Copy 1: III facing 

1 Jany 1799 

and of the fine arts 

Copy 2: (5) 

dedication 

Copy 3: (3) 

Artist: Sir W. Beechy [sic]. Engraver: F. Bartolozzi. Line, stipple, and aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Calligraphic dedication to Her Majesty Copy 1: vol. II (133) Copy 3: (4) 

[“Dedication by permission…”] 

Copy 2: (6) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Cooper. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only.



Analysis, or Division of Calyxes into their Copy 1: vol. I (4) 

1 July 1807 

Several Kinds 

Copy 2: (7) 

Copy 3: (1) 

Artist: Dr Thornton. Engraver: Halliwell. Lettering and tabulation only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Analysis, or Division or Corollas into their Copy 1: vol. I (5) 

1 July 1807 

Several Kinds 

Copy 2: (8) 

Copy 3: (2) 

Artist: Dr Thornton. Engraver: Halliwell. Lettering and tabulation only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Analysis, or Division of Pericarps into their Copy 1: vol. I (6) Copy 3: (17) 1 July 1807 

Several Kinds 

Copy 2: (9) 

Copy 3: (3) 

Artist: Dr Thornton. Engraver: I. Girtin. Lettering and tabulation only. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Universal Power of Love Copy 1: vol. I (7) 

Copy 2: (10) 

Copy 3: (4) 

Artist: Kirke [sic]. Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engravers: Ant. Cardon / Cooper. Aquatint, with lettering and calligraphy. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Prize Dissertation on the Sexes of Plants, Copy 1: vol. I (8) 

by Carolus Linnaeus. Written, Anno Domini, Copy 2: (11) 

1759 

Copy 3: (5) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Halliwell & Co. Lettering and calligraphy only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Sir Thos. Millington F.R.S. Savilian Professor Copy 1: vol. I (10) Copy 1: III [1] 

1 March 1807 

at Oxford, President of the Royal College of Copy 2: (12) 

Copy 3: (85) 

Physicians / 

[View of the Radcliffe Camera] 

Copy 3: (7) 

Portrait. Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller. Engraver: Woolnoth. “From a portrait in the Royal College of Physicians.” No attributions for the vignette. Portrait: 

aquatint and stipple. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Farina of flowers, as observed by the 

Copy 1: vol. I (16) Copy 1: IV [a] August 1807 

microscope, published by Geoffroy in the year Copy 2: (13) 

1711 

Copy 3: (13) 

Artist: Geoffroy. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus Copy 1: vol. I (57) 

[engr. title, with small vignette portrait of Copy 2: (14) 

Linnaeus] 

Copy 3: (53) 

Artist: Dr Thornton inv / Tomkins scr. Engraver: Cooper. Lettering and tabulation only. Monochrome: one state only.



Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress Copy 1: vol. I (39) 

Copy 2: (15) 

Artist: Hoffmann or Hoffman [sic]. Engraver: Dunkarton [copy 1]; H. Kingsbury [copy 2]. First state (copy 2): the name “Mart. Hoffmann” appears on the 

drum Linnaeus is holding; the plate bears Kingsbury’s name below the image, and the words “H. Kingsbury sculp.” appear faintly on a plinth within the plate. 

Several signs of wear to the plate, especially in lettering. Second state (copy 1): the plate has been reworked by Dunkarton after Kingsbury’s death; lettering 

has been made sharper; Dunkarton’s name has replaced Kingsbury’s beneath the image, but the words “H. Kingsbury sculp.” on the plinth within the plate have 

been sharpened; Hoffmann’s name has been somewhat clumsily amended to “Mart. Hoffman”. Mezzotint. Monochrome in Lindley Library copies, but 

coloured copies exist. 

The Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus Copy 3: (13) 1 Febry 1802 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Analysis of the Sexual System of Carolus von Copy 1: vol. I (58) 

3 Jany 1807 

Linnaeus 

Copy 2: (16) 

Copy 3: (54) 

Portrait. Artist: Inlander; engraver: T. Woolnoth. Lettering and tabulation. Artist: Dr Thornton inv. Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Cooper. Portrait: 

stipple engraving with aquatint background. Monochrome: one state only. 

Orders of the Sexual System Copy 1: vol. I (63) 

Copy 2: (17) 

Copy 3: (59) 

3 Jany 1807 

Artist: Dr Thornton inv. Calligrapher: Tomkins scr. Engraver: Cooper. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only 

The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, Copy 1: vol. II (130) 

being [engr. title] 

Copy 2: (19) 

Artist: Burney. Calligrapher: Tomkins scr. Engravers: Tomkins / Vincent. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Temple of Flora, / 

Opening pair 1812 

Or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter and 

Philosopher [2 facing leaves] 

Burney / Tomkins scr. Engraver: Tomkins / Vincent. 

of leaves 

Picturesque Botanical Plates… Copy 1: vol. II (131) 

Copy 2: (20) 

Contents 

Calligrapher:Tomkins. Engraver: Vincent. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Copy 1: vol. II (136) 

Copy 2: (21) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Vincent. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only.



Calligraphic dedication to the Queen “These 

plates…” – carried onto two leaves 

Copy 1: vol. II (134- 

135) 

Copy 2: (22-23) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Cooper. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Select Plants [engr. title] Copy 1: vol. II (129) 

Copy 2: (24) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Vincent. Lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Flora dispensing her Favours on the Earth Copy 1: vol. II (139) 

Following title, 1 May 1807 

Copy 2: (25) 

facing B1r 

Artist: Cosway. Engraver: T. Woolnoth. Aquatint and stipple. One state only; sometimes colour-printed, sometimes hand-coloured. Engraver (1812): Kirke. 

Cupid, Flora, Ceres, & Aesculapius, honouring Copy 1: vol. II (137) III Frontis [amended Facing D1r 1 May 1799 / 

the bust of Linnaeus 

Copy 2: (26) 

to Esculapius] 

1 April 1806 

Copy 3: (5) [amended 

to Esculapius] 

1 Jany 1812 

Artists: Russel [sic] and Opie. Engraver: Caldwall [New illustration], Ridley [Botanical extracts]. Two states. New illustration: mezzotint (coloured). Image 

size 46 cm tall. Botanical extracts: stipple engraving with some aquatint (monochrome); plate cropped within the platemark, image size 31 cm tall. Engraver 

(1812): Maddocks. 

Cupid inspiring plants with love Copy 1: vol. II (138) Copy 1: IV Frontis. Facing E1r 1 May 1800 / 

Copy 2: (27) 

Copy 3: (1) 

1 June 1805 

1 Jany 1812 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Burke. Stipple. Two states. The version in New illustration has a platemark 51x42.5 cm, that in Botanical extracts 44.5x30.5 cm. 

Engravers (1810/1812) Bartolozzi & Landseer. 

The Snowdrop Copy 1: vol.II (140) 

(1) Septr 1804 

Copy 2: (28) 

[Temple 1 Septr 1811] 

Artist: Pether. Engraver: W. Ward. First state (copy 2): mezzotint, pond open, coloured blue. Second state (copy 1): mezzotint, foreground reworked, pond 

almost covered by bushes. Reworked in aquatint for Lottery edition. Engraver (1812): Wm. Dunkarton. 

The Persian Cyclamen Copy 1: vol. II (141) 

(28) 1804 

Copy 2: (29) 


Artist: Pether. Engraver: Elmes. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (reproduced in Grigson): castle indistinct, unpinnacled; hillside pure aquatint. Second 

state (copy 2): castle more prominent, 5 pinnacles. Third state (copy 1): aquatint added to sky on left, and coarse-grained aquatint to middle distance. Artist 

(1812): Reinagle; no engraver specified.



Hyacinths Copy 1: vol. II (142) 

(3) A group of June 1801 

Copy 2: (30) 

hyacinths [Temple 1 Jan 1812] 

Artist: S. Edwards. Engraver: Warner. First state, aquatint with flowers in stipple, river irregular. [Query: is there an additional state? See copy 2] Second 

state (copy 1): foreground brown, with added bushes; far riverbank straight. Engraver (1812): Gaugain. 

A Group of Roses Copy 1: vol. II (143) 

(2) 1 Octr 1805 

Copy 2: (31) 

[Temple 1 Jany 1812] 

Artist: Robert John Thornton. Engraver: Earlom. Mezzotint and line. First state: individual twigs discernible; second state (copies 1 & 2): added mezzotint 

makes outlines blurred. Many variations in colouring. Engraver (1812): R. Roffe. 

A Group of Carnations Copy 1: vol. II (144) 

(7) 2 April 1803 

Copy 2: (32) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. Very minor alterations until 1810, when reworked and partly re-engraved: background 

entirely removed and replaced by bluish wash. Colouring varies; 1810, carelessly applied. Engraver (1812): Maddox. 

A Group of Auriculas Copy 1: vol. II (145) 

(5) 1 May 1803 [Version 1] 

Copy 2: (33) 

1 May 1807 [Version 2] 


TWO DISTINCT VERSIONS. VERSION 1: Artist: Henderson. Engravers: Lewis and Hopwood. Four auriculas. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state: three 

eagles at top of plate, mountains distinct. Second state: eagles removed, mountains darker and less distinct. Often bears oxidation marks. VERSION 2: Artist: 

Reinagle. Engraver: Sutherland. Two auriculas. Aquatint. First state: fir trees hardly visible. Second state (copies 1 & 2): firs aquatinted to make them stand out 

more; auriculas reworked. Engraver (1812): Stadler. 

A Group of Tulips Copy 1: vol. II (146) 

(4) 1 May 1798 

Copy 2: (34) 


Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Earlom. Mezzotint. First state (copy 2): windmill scarcely visible, foreground fields undefined. Second state (copy 1): fields 

reworked and bushes added; windmill stands out; sky reworked. Engraver (1812): Wm. Dunkarton. 

The Queen [Strelitzia] Copy 1: vol. II (147) 

(10) The 1 Feby 1804 [Version 1] 

Copy 2: (35) 

Queen Flower 1 Jany 1812 [version 2] 


TWO VERSIONS. VERSION 1. Artist: Henderson. Engraver: R. Cooper. Stipple and line. One state only (copy 2). VERSION 2, as The Queen Flower. 

Artist: Reinagle. One state only (copy 1). No engraver’s name (1812 ditto). 

The Aloe Copy 1: vol. II (148) 

(14) 1 May 1798 [Version 1] 

Copy 2: (36) 

1 May 1807 [Version 2] 


Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Medland. Aquatint and line. First state (copy 2): pink tinge in sky. Second state: sky and aloe reworked, hard horizon. REVISED 

1807 as The American Aloe. Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Medland. One state only (copy 1). Engraver (1812): Quilley.



The Nodding Renealmia Copy 1: vol. II (149) 

(18) 1 Novr 1801 

Copy 2: (37) 

[Temple 1 Jany 1812) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): mountains indistinct. Second state (copy 1): mountains stronger in 

outline, aquatint added to foreground. Engraver (1812): Roffe. 

The Night-blowing Cereus Copy 1: vol. II (150) 

(9) 20 May 1800 

Copy 2: (38) 


Artists: Flower by Reinagle, Moon-light by Pether. Engraver: Dunkarton. TWO VERSIONS. VERSION A: Dark spot in centre of Cereus; clock has no band 

for hour figures; minute hand covers dot between XII and I; flourish of T in title cuts through ht of moonlight. First state: clock face light, ripples in water 

straight. Second state (copy 1): added mezzotint on petals; clock face darker, ripples wavy. VERSION B (copy 2: uncertain which state): Dot between XII 

and I visible, band for hour figures, no dark spot in Cereus; flourish of T does not touch “moonlight”. Two states, second state adding lines to tree foliage, outer 

petals, and water bank. (1812: Reinagle only listed as artist, no engraver’s name.) 

The Oblique-leaved Begonia Copy 1: vol.II (151) 

(24) 1 July 1800 

Copy 2: (39) 


Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. Minor variations in state as plate eroded. Begonias colour-printed in early impressions. 

Mountains started as pure aquatint, later strengthened by added line. Often bear oxidation marks. Engraver (1812): Maddox. 

Large Flowering Sensitive Plant Copy 1: vol. II (152) 

(8) 1 Decr 1799 

Copy 2: (40) 


Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Stadler. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): sky in aquatint. Second state (Dunthorne’s third state) (copy 1): aquatint 

removed from sky, small circles added at ends of stamens. Engraver (1812): Roffe. 

The Blue Passion-Flower Copy 1: vol. II (153) 

(21) Jany 1800 

Copy 2: (41) 


Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state: stems have pronounced shadows with hard outlines. Leaf to right of fruit, and leaf 

to left of column, in aquatint only. Shading to right of column has jagged edge; cloud has indistinct edge. Flowers colour-printed. Second state (copy 2): stem 

shadows smaller and softer-edged. Aquatint strengthened with lines. Third state (copy 1): coarse aquatint on leaves and buds; cloud has white edge; reworked 

lines on many leaves. Flowers no longer all colour-printed. (1812): no engraver’s name. 

The Winged Passion-Flower Copy 1: vol. II (154) 

(22) 1 June 1802 

Copy 2: (42) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): vine shadow extends to top of plate; top of column unfluted; shadow 

under top leaf smooth. Second state (copy 1): shadow stops before top; column fluted; shadow jagged; foliage reworked. Engraver (1812): Stadler. 

The Quadrangular Passion-Flower Copy 1: vol. II (155) 

(23) 1 June 1802 

Copy 2: (43) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Hopwood. Aquatint and stipple. First state (copy 2): fluting on column scarcely visible; clouds on either side of column. Second 

state: fluting clearer, shadow added in aquatint above tendril below capital; clouds almost gone. Third state (copy 1): stipple added over aquatint, esp. on leaves; 

temple and foliage on right reworked; column base more distinct. Engraver (1812): Maddox.



The Anatomy of the Blue Passion-Flower Copy 3: (21) 10 May 1794 

Artist: T. Bishop. Engraver: J. Caldwall. Aquatint and line. The only coloured plate to appear in any of our copies of the Botanical extracts, and presumably 

derived from another source and bound in by a previous owner? Thornton is declared as the publisher. 

The White Lily with variegated leaves Copy 1: vol. II (156) 

Copy 2: (44) 

1 Aug 1800 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Stadler. Aquatint. First state (copy 2): shadows of temple run obliquely down from left, higher on second column; clump of trees 

over hill slightly visible. Second state: shadow on second column, and clump of trees, removed. Third state (copy 1): shadow returns to column but 

symmetrically with other shadows. Fourth state: shading worn away; five rock formations become visible in background. Not included in 1812. 

The Superb Lily Copy 1: vol. II (157) 

Copy 2: (45) 

(6) [Temple 1 Aug 1811] 

Artist: Reinagle. TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS. VERSION 1. Engraver: Ward. Mezzotint; one state only. VERSION 2. Engraver: Earlom. Mezzotint, with 

added aquatint from second state. Third state: aquatint added all over plate; lily rigid and stiff. Engraver (1812): Quilley. Both copies version 2, but uncertain 

which states 

The Dragon Arum Copy 1: vol. II (158) 

(12) 1 Decr 1801 

Copy 2: (46) 

[Temple 1 July 1811] 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Ward. Mezzotint. First state: sky at right has mountain peak between storm clouds. Second state (copy 2?): added mezzotint in 

top half; dark cloud at top reaches mid-plate. Third state (copy 1): aquatint added to foreground and middle distance; flashes of lightning on right, erupting 

volcano; sky yellow. Engraver (1812): Quilley. 

The Maggot-bearing Stapelia Copy 1: vol. II (159) 

(13) Stapelias 1 July 1801 

Copy 2: (47) 

[Temple1 Jany 1812] 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Stadler. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): mountain wooded, with clouds. Second state (copy 1): trees and cloud 

vanished. Engraver (1812): Burk [sic]. 

American Bog Plants Copy 1: vol. II (160) 

(17) Curious 1 Novr 1803 [Version 1] 

Copy 2: (48) 

American Bog- 1 July 1806 [Version 2] 

Plants [Temple 1 Jany 1812] 

TWO VERSIONS. VERSION 1: Pitcher Plant. Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Cooper. Aquatint, stipple, and line. One state only. VERSION 2 (both copies, but 

with colour variations): American Bog Plants. Artist: Reinagle Senr. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. One state only. Engraver (1812): D. Maddan. 

The Pontic Rhododendron Copy 1: vol. II (161) 

(16) 1 Decr 1802 

Copy 2: (49) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. One state only. Engraver (1812): Roffe.



The American Cowslip Copy 1: vol. II (162) 

(19) 1 May 1804 

Copy 2: (50) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (reproduced in Grigson): one patch of blue sky over nearer ship; foreground 

changes gradually from dark to light. Second state (copy 2): tufts of grass stand out in front of rocks, bushes enlarged. Third state (copy 1): reworked all over; 

perspective of ships lost; five patches of blue sky; dark and light patches in foreground. Engraver (1812): Stadler. 

The Narrow-leaved Kalmia Copy 1: vol. II (163) 

(15) 1 June 1804 

Copy 2: (51) 


Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint and stipple. One state only (but with colour variations). Engraver (1812): Maddocks. 

The China Limodoron Copy 1: vol. II (164) 

(11) 

1 Feby 1802 

Copy 2: (52) 

Tankerville’s 

Limodorum 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Landseer. Aquatint, stipple, and line. One state only, but in later impressions (e.g. copy 2) the village on the right virtually 

disappears. (1812, retitled Tankerville’s Limodorum. Artist: Reinagle Senr. Engraver: Roffe.) 

Indian Reed Copy 1: vol. II (165) 

Copy 2: (53) 

(20) 1804 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint and line. First state (copy 2): lower part of sky in aquatint; five additional petals and long bud hand-painted on 

flowers. Second state (copy 1): aquatint in sky removed, leaving clear washed band of sky above mountains. Flowers smaller, hand-colouring absent. Engraver 

(1812): Stadler. 

The Sacred Egyptian Bean Copy 1: vol. II (166) 

(25) 1 Decr 1804 

Copy 2: (54) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Burke & Lewis. Aquatint and stipple. One state only. Engraver (1812): Quilley. 

The Blue Egyptian Water-lily Copy 1: vol. II (167) 

(26) 11 Septr 1804 

Copy 2: (55) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Stadler (also in 1812). Aquatint and stipple. One state only. 

Artichoke Protea Copy 1: vol. II ( 

Copy 2: ( 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Quilley. 

(27) [Temple 1 Septr 1811] 

Time and Science unveiling Nature Copy 1: I & II titlepages 

(pasted in) 

Artist: Thurston. Engraver: Branston. Wood-engraving. Monochrome: one state only. Forms part of letterpress title as bound in copy 2; pasted onto titles in 

copy 1. 

Chemical philosophers of the present day 

I facing p. 35 

Published 1 May 1801 by Dr 

[Priestley & Lavoisier] 

Copy 3: (107) 

Thornton 

Artist: Opie & David. Engraver: Caldwall. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Philosophers of the last century [Mayow & 

Copy 1: I facing p. 63 

20 December 1800 

Evelyn] 

Copy 2: III [1] 

Copy 3: (108) 

Engraver: Caldwall. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

A cutting from the oriental plane tree Copy 1: II facing p. 323 


1 November 1808 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

PORTRAITS OF BOTANISTS Letterpress title in copy 

1: III portr 

Nehemiah Grew, M.D. Secretary to the Royal Copy 1: vol. I (11) Copy 1: III portr [2] 

1 November 1800 

Society / 

Gresham College, where the first meetings of 

the Royal Society were held 

Copy 3: (8) 

Copy 3: (109) 

Engraver: Newton. Portrait: mezzotint. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Joseph Pitton Tournefort, M.D. Author of the Copy 1: vol. I (41) Copy 1: III portr [3] 

1 August 1802 

Institutes of Botany / 

A zephyr discovering to an astonished world, 

the system of Tournefort 

Copy 3: (37) 

Copy 3: (106) 

Engraver: Hopwood. Portrait: aquatint. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The late John Ray, A.M. F.R.S. Author of Copy 1: vol. I (15) Copy 1: III portr [4] 

1 August 1804 

Historia Plantarum / 

Britannia crowning Ray, as the prince of British 

botanists 

Copy 3: (12) 

Copy 3: (104) 

Portrait. Artist: Mrs Beale; engraver: Holl. “This picture is in the British Museum.” Vignette. Artist: Uwins; engraver: Holl. Portrait: aquatint and stipple 

engraving. Vignette: stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Sebastian Vaillant, author of Botanicum Copy 1: vol. I (19) Copy 1: III portr [5] 

November 1803 

Parisiense / 

A view of the Palais Royale 

Copy 3: (16) 

Copy 3: (105) 

Artist: Aubnet [sic = Aubriet]. Engraver: Hopwood. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

J. J. Rousseau, author of Letters on Botany, &c. Copy 1: vol. I (44) Copy 1: III portr [7] 

1 July 1801 

/ 

The tomb of Jean Jaque [sic] Rousseau 

Copy 3: (40) 

Copy 3: (94) 

Artist: Ramsay. Engraver: Caldwall. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Sir John Hill, M.D., Knight of the Polar Star, Copy 1: vol. I (45) Copy 1: III portr [8] 

1 Novr 1799 

First superintendent of the Royal Gardens at 

Kew / 

A view of the Royal Palace in Kew Gardens 

Copy 3: (41) 

Copy 3: (97) 

Artist: Coates [sic = Cotes]. Engraver: Vendramini. Portrait: aquatint, stipple and line engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Revd. Stephen Hales, F.R.S. Author of Copy 1: vol. I (22) Copy 1: III portr [9] 

1 Decr 1800 

Vegetable Statics / 

[untitled classical landscape with statical 

experiments in progress] 

Copy 3: (19) 

Copy 3: (98) 

Artist: Coates [sic = Cotes]. Engraver: Hopwood. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Earl of Bute, the Maecenas of botany / Copy 1: vol. I (46) Copy 1: III portr [10] 

An allegorical representation of the prosperity 

of Britain under Lord Bute’s administration 

Copy 3: (42) 

Copy 3: (84) 

Portrait. Artist: Ramsay; engraver: Caroline Watson. Vignette: Uwins; engraver: Caroline Watson. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: 

mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Revd. Thomas Martyn, B.D., F.R.S. Copy 1: vol. I (47) Copy 1: III portr [11] 

1 June 1799 

Regius Professor of Botany in the University of 

Cambridge / 

View of King’s College Chapel, the Public 

Library, and Senate House 

Copy 3: (43) 

Copy 3: (90) 

Artist: Russell. Engraver: Vendramini. Portrait: mezzotint with aquatint background. Vignette: line and stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Revd. Colin Milne, F.R.S. Author of the Copy 1: vol. I (48) Copy 1: III portr [12] 

1804 

Botanical Dictionary / 

A view of Greenwich Hospital 

Copy 3: (44) 

Copy 3: (100) 

Portrait. Artist: Russell; engraver: Holl. Vignette. Artist: Norton; engraver: Norton. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. 


Charles Bonnet, F.R.S. Author of The 

Copy 1: vol. I (21) Copy 1: III portr [13] 

1 May 1802 

Contemplation of Nature 

Copy 3: (18) 

Copy 3: (99) 

Engraver: Caldwall. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. No vignette. Monochrome: one state only. 

William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the Copy 1: vol. I (49) Copy 1: III portr [14] 

15 Novr 1801 

Linnæan Society / 

Dr. Withering analysing the Queen’s Bath at 

the request of the Court of Portugal 

Copy 3: (45) 

Copy 3: (101) 

Artist: Breda. Engraver: Ridley. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



William Curtis, F.L.S. Author of the Flora Copy 1: vol. I (50) Copy 1: III portr [15] 

1 March 1802 

Londinensis / 

The frontispiece to Mr. Curtis’s Flora 

Londinensis 

Copy 3: (46) 

Copy 3: (102) 

Engraver: Evans. Portrait: aquatint and stipple. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. Founder of Copy 1: vol. I (51) Copy 1: III portr [16] 

23 March 1800 

the Linnæan Society / 

The pursuit of the ship containing the Linnaean 

collection by order of the King of Sweden 

Copy 3: (47) 

Copy 3: (89) 

Artist: Russell. Engraver: Ridley. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Aylmer Bourke Lambert Esqr. F.R.S. Vice Copy 1: vol. I (52) Copy 1: III portr [17] 

10 April 1805 

President of the Linnæan Society / 

Untitled forest scene 

Copy 3: (48) 

Copy 3: (88) 

Portrait. Artist: Russell; engraver: Holl. Vignette. Artist: Reinagle; engraver: Landseer. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. 


Daniel Rutherford, M.D. F.L.S. Professor of Copy 1: vol. I (53) Copy 1: III portr [18] 

1 June 1804 

Botany in the University of Edinburgh / 

A distant view of Edinburgh 

Copy 3: (49) 

Copy 3: (91) 

Artist: Raeburn. Engraver: Holl. Portrait: aquatint. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Erasmus Darwin M.D. F.R.S. Author of The Copy 1: vol. I (56) Copy 1: III portr [19] 

1 February 1803 

Loves of the Plants / 

Untitled vignette of Cupid aiming his arrow at 

plants 

Copy 3: (52) 

Copy 3: (95) 

Portrait. Artist: Rawlinson; engraver: Holl. Vignette. Artist: R. Corbould; engraver: Holl. Portrait: aquatint. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state 

only. 

Antoine de Jussieu, N.I. Professor of Botany of Copy 1: vol. I (42) Copy 1: III portr [20] 

1 March 1803 

the National Institute / 

View of the Thuilleries at Paris 

Copy 3: (38) 

Copy 3: (93) 

Artist: Thevenin/Girton. Engraver: Evans. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

M. le Chevalier de Lamarck Professor of Copy 1: vol. I (43) Copy 1: III portr [21] 

Decr 1805 

Botany of the National Institute / 

The Pantheon at Paris 

Copy 3: (39) 

Copy 3: (92) 

Artist: David. Engraver: Hopwood. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



William Woodville M.D. F.R.S. Author of Copy 1: vol. I (54) Copy 1: III portr [22] 

1 August 1806 

Medical Botany &c. / 

View of the inoculating hospital at Pancras 

Copy 3: (50) 

Copy 3: (87) 

Portrait. Artist: Abbott; engraver: Bond. Vignette. Artist: Shepherd; engraver: Woolnoth. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. 


George Shaw M.D. F.R.S. Author of General Copy 1: vol. I (55) Copy 1: III portr [23] 

1 Septr 1805 

Zoology / 

Back view of the British Museum 

Copy 3: (51) 

Copy 3: (96) 

Portrait. Artist: Russell; engraver: Holl. Vignette. Artist: E.W. Thomson; engraver: E.W. Thomson. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. Vignette: line 

engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Revd. Joseph Townsend, M.A. Author of a Copy 1: vol. I (31) Copy 1: III portr [24] 

Decr 1805 

Journey through Spain / 

View of the Escurial by moon light 

Copy 3: (28) 

Copy 3: (103) 

Portrait. Artists: Opie; engraver: Holl. Vignette. Artist: The Revd. Joph. Townsend; engraver: Milton. Townsend’s original plate, engraved by Holl and 

published in his Journey through Spain (1791), has been reworked, turning it into a moonlight scene and removing some of the figures. Portrait: aquatint and 

stipple engraving. Vignette: line engraving. 

The Rev. Doctor Jackson, Prebendary of 

Copy 1: III portr [25] 

1 May 1810 

Litchfield; and member of the Litchfield 

Copy 3: (85) without 

Botanical Society; the first translator of the 

Lichfield Cathedral 

Genera and Species Plantarum of Carolus von 

Linnæus / 

View of Litchfield Cathedral (on facing leaf) 

vignette 

Portrait. Artist: Barber; Engraver: T. Woolnoth. Vignette [on facing leaf]. Artist: G. Samuel; engraver: S. Porter. Portrait: aquatint and stipple engraving. 

Vignette: line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

PERICARPS AND SEEDS Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

Anatomy of the bean Copy 1: III bot [1] 


Copy 3: (47) 

1 Novr 1799 

Artist: Warner. Engraver: Warner. Mezzotint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the bean Copy 1: III bot [2] 


Copy 3: (27) 

1 Novr 1799 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Mezzotint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Anatomy of the pericarp Copy 1: III bot [3] 


Copy 3: (23) 

1 Novr 1799 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner.Aquatint and stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The different kinds of pericarps Copy 1: III bot [4] 


Copy 3: (24) 

1 July 1800 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Vegetable preparations in the museum of John 

Copy 1: III bot [5] 

1 May 1800 

Heaviside Esq. Surgeon to the King F.R.S. &c. 


Copy 3: (25) 


Helicteres Isora, or Large fruited screw tree Copy 1: III bot [6] 


1 Decr 1808 


Poplar Copy 1: III bot [7] 


1 Decr 1808 

Artist: Miller. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Willow Copy 1: III bot [8] 



Seminal leaves Copy 1: III bot [9] 


1 August 1808 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Progress of vegetation in the cucumber Copy 1: III bot [10] 


Copy 3: (28) 

1 March 1808 


Vegetation of the pea Copy 1: III bot [11] 


1 May 1809 


Progress of the egg by incubation, as published 


1 Decr 1808 

by Dr. Hunter, and John Hunter Esqr, Surgeon 


Artist: Skelton. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769 [double 


1 Septr 1808 

spread] 


Artist: Marchese Galiani. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Eruption of Mount Ætna in 1669 [folding plate] Copy 1: III bot [14] 


1 April 1809 

Artist: Romagni. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

The seed the emblem of the resurrection Copy 1: III bot [15] 


1 Febry 1809 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: T. Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Adam when first created Copy 1: III bot [16] 

Copy 3: (81) 

1 June 1808 

Artist: Howard & Reinagle Sen. Engraver: Ward. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Saint John the Evangelist Copy 1: III bot [17] 1 March 1809 

Artist: Raphael. Engraver: Wm. Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

An angel of God revealing the plans of 

Providence to St John in the Island of Patmos 

[longitudinal plate] 

Copy 1: III bot [18] 1 June 1809 

Artist: Guercino. Engraver: Wm. Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Christ raising of Lazarus Copy 1: III bot [19] 2 May 1809 

Artist: Rembrant [sic]. Engraver: Wm. Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

ROOTS Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

Bulb-bearing Dentaria Copy 1: III bot [20] 


Copy 3: (76) 

1 July 1801 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Hopwood. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Granulated Saxifrage Copy 1: III bot [21] 


Copy 3: (67) 

1 August 1800 


The primrose Copy 1: III bot [22] 


Copy 3: (19) 

1 June 1803 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Root, tuberous: example – Paeonia officinalis, 


2 May 1809 

Common peony 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wm. Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Orchis latifolia, or Marsh orchis Copy 1: III bot [24] 


1 June 1810 


Root, of the white lily Copy 1: III bot [25] 


2 May 1808 


Root of the hyacinth Copy 1: III bot [26] 


1 August 1809 


VEGETABLE ORGANIZATION Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

Sir John Hill’s instrument for cutting of woods 


1 August 1808 

for microscopical examination 


Engraver: Mazel. Copied from plate 1 of John Hill’s Construction of timber (1770), original artist unidentified in that work. Line engraving. Monochrome: one 

state only. 

The Organs of Perspiration of Plants, as 


1 Novr 1809 

discovered by the Microscope 


Unsigned. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The organization of charcoal &cork from 


May 1798 

Hook’s [sic] Micrographia 


Copy 3: (30) 

Artist: Warner. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Transverse sections chiefly of wood, as viewed 


1 May 1798 

through a microscope, from Grew’s Anatomy 


of Plants 

Copy 3: (39) 

Engraver: Warner. Based on details from plates 22-36 of Grew’s Anatomy of plants (1682). Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Sections of ferns as seen through a microscope, 


May 1798 

upon the opaque principle 


Copy 3: (31) 

Unsigned. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Transverse sections of ferns as seen through a 


Jany 1799 

microscope, upon the transparent principle 


Copy 3: (32) 

Transverse sections as seen through a 

Artist: Warner. Engraver: Warner. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 


Jany 1799 

microscope, upon the opaque principle 


Copy 3: (33) 


The same still more magnified to shew more 


1 May 1800 

clearly the vegetable organization, transparent 


views 

Copy 3: (42) 


Anatomy of the oak Copy 1: III bot [34] 


Copy 3: (29) 

1 Febry 1803 


The organization of the grape vine as seen 


1 Novr 1799 

through the microscope 


Copy 3: (35) 


Transverse sections of roots, seen through the 


1 Jany 1799 

microscope (1-10) 



[Ditto] (11-20) Copy 1: III bot [37] 


Copy 3: (34) 

2 May 1803 

Artist: Custine secavit / Warner. Engraver: Warner. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

These roots still more magnified to shew more 


1 August 1800 

clearly the vegetable organization 


Copy 3: (40) 

Artist: Custine secavit / Warner. Engraver: Warner. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



These roots still more magnified to shew more 


2 May 1803 

clearly the vegetable organization 


Copy 3: (44) 

Artist: Custine secavit / Warner. Engraver: Warner. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

These still more magnified to shew more 


21 Octr 1800 

clearly the anatomy of the root 


Copy 3: (38) 


These stems still more magnified to show the 


1 June 1803 

vegetable organization 


Copy 3: (43) 


These stems still more magnified to show the 


1 June 1803 

vegetable organization 


Copy 3: (41) 


Vegetable anatomy, from the original paintings 


1 Febry 1805 

in the Museum of Natural History at Paris 


Copy 3: (36) 

Artist: Sauvage [sic]. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The vegetable anatomy continued Copy 1: III bot [44] 


Copy 3: (37) 

1 Febry 1805 

Artist: Sauvage [sic]. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Sections of the stalk of the Strelitzia to shew 


2 May 1808 

the pores 



LEAVES Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

The protection of leaves Copy 1: III bot [46] 


Copy 3: (60) 

1 March 1803 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Variety of leaves on the same plant: Hedera 


Helix; or Common Ivy 


Artist: Edwards. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Leaves, triangular. Example, Atriplex hastate. 


2 Decr 1805 

Broad-leaved wild Orache 


Copy 3: (69) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Gaugain. Mezzotint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Leaves, opposite. Example. Mercurialis 


2 Decr 1805 

perennis. Common Dogs Mercury 

Copy 2: III [38 = 37] 

Copy 3: (70) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Gaugain. Mezzotint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Martagon Lily Copy 1: III bot [50] 

Copy 2: III [37 = 38] 


Campanula Rotundifolia; or Round-leaved 


1 Decr 1808 

Bell-flower 



Hottonia Palustris; or Water Violet Copy 1: III bot [52] 


1 Decr 1808 

Artist: Edwards. Engraver: Warner.Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Experiment [corn growing against a wall] Copy 1: III bot [53] 


1 August 1808 

Artist: Bonnet. Engraver: Sutherland. Based on a plate from Charles Bonnet’s Recherches sur l’usage des feuilles (1754) (the actual artist was Pierre 

Soubeyran). Aquatint: one state only. 

Experiment [heliotropism] Copy 1: III bot [54] 


2 May 1808 

Artist: Bonnet. Engraver: Sutherland. Based on a plate from Charles Bonnet’s Recherches sur l’usage des feuilles (1754) (the actual artist was Pierre 

Soubeyran). 

Leaves [heliotropism] Copy 1: III bot [55] 


Copy 3: (49) 

2 May 1808 

Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



Stem of Lilac inverted Copy 1: III bot [56] 


1 May 1808 


The skeleton of the leaf of the Coccoloba 


1 Febry 1805 

grandifolia, or large-leaf grape-tree [double 


spread] 

Copy 3: (18) 

Artist: Lewis. Engraver: Lewis. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Combustion of a steel wire in oxygen gas Copy 1: III bot [58] 


Unsigned. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

1 July 1809 

DEFENCE OF PLANTS Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

Hedysarum Gyrans, or Self-moving Plant Copy 1: III bot [59] 


1 Septr 1808 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Plants whose flowers resemble insects Copy 1: III bot [60] 


Copy 3: (79) 

1 August 1802 

Artist: Reinagle Senr. Engraver: Hopwood. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The catch-fly Dionaea Copy 1: III bot [61] 


Copy 3: (75) 

1 August 1802 

Artist: Bishop. Engraver: Warner. Mezzotint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Apocynum Androsaemifolium, or Fly Catcher Copy 1: III bot [62] 


1 Augst 1808 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Urtica Dioica; or Common Nettle Copy 1: III bot [63] 


1 Decr 1808 


Thorn, axillary. Example. Prunus spinosa. 


2 Decr 1805 

Black Thorn 

Copy 2: III [ 

Copy 3: (71) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Gaugain. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only.



Thorns, three. Example. Gleditzia tricanthus, 


2 Decr 1806 

three-thorned Gleditzia 

Copy 2: III [ 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Gaugain. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

DIFFERENT KINDS OF CALYX Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

Carnation Copy 1: III bot [66] 


1 May 1809 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Dunkarton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Flower of the Iris before its full expansion Copy 1: III bot [67] 


1 Octr 1808 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wm. R. Dunkarton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Narcissus bursting from its spathe Copy 1: III bot [68] 


1 Augt 1808 


Anemone Copy 1: III bot [69] 


2 April 1810 


Scandix Pecten Veneris; or Shepherd’s Needle Copy 1: III bot [70] 


Unsigned. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

1 Novr 1808 

Agaricus ovatus / Agaricus Aruginosus from 


1 June 1803 

Mr. Curtis’s Flora Londinensis 


Copy 3: (64) 

Artist: Sansom. Engraver: Mazel. [Sansom was in fact the engraver of the plate in the Flora Londinensis, but is here announced as the artist – probably because 

that plate bore no artist’s name.] Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

DIFFERENT KINDS OF COROLLA Letterpress title in copy 

1: III bot 

Atropa Belladonna; or Deadly Nightshade Copy 1: III bot [72] 


1 Decr 1808 

Convolvulus tricolor; or Three-coloured 



1 May 1809 

Convolvulus 


Artist: John Major aet. 12. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



Vinca Major; or Greater Periwinkle Copy 1: III bot [74] 



1 Novr 1808 

Onopordium Acanthium; or Cotton Thistle Copy 1: III bot [75] 


2 Octr 1809 


Rheum Palmatum, or Officinal Rhubarb Copy 2: III [14] 2 May 1809 

Artist: Sowerby. Engraver: Wetton. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Narcissus Polyanthus (Narcissus with many 

flowers) 


Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Sutherland. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Olea Europæa, or European Olive Copy 2: III [16] 2 May 1809 


Leaf, wrinkled. Example, Salvia officinalis, or 

Common Garden Sage 

Copy 2: III [17] 2 May 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: William Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SEXUAL 

Letterpress title in copy 

SYSTEM 

1: IV, preceding [a] 

The sexual system as illustrated by Linnæus in Copy 1: vol. I (60) Copy 1: IV [b] 

1 Jany 1805 

his botanical works 

Copy 3: (55) 

Copy 3: (12) 

Unsigned. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Classes of the sexual system from Dr. Darwin’s Copy 1: vol. I (62) Copy 1: IV [c] 

1 Decr 1808 

Botanic Garden 

Copy 3: (57) 

Copy 3: (10) 

Artist: Bulliard. Engraver: Mazel.Based on the plate showing the “Systeme sexuel de Linnæus” from Bulliard’s Dictionnaire élémentaire de botanique 

(1783), which had been reproduced as a pair of plates in Darwin’s Botanic garden: The loves of the plants. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The sexual system as represented by modern Copy 1: vol. I (61) Copy 1: IV [d] 

1 July 1809 

authors 

Copy 3: (56) 

Copy 3: (11) 

Artist: Curtis. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Orders Copy 1: vol. I (64) 

Copy 3: (58) 

Copy 1: IV [e] 1 Septr 1809 

Artist: Curtis. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Analysis of the sexual system Copy 1: vol. I (59) Copy 1: IV [f] 

Copy 3: (14) 

1 March 1802 

Unsigned. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only.



CLASS I. MONANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[1] 

Unsigned. Lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

First stage of the Renealmia Copy 1: vol. I (65) Copy 1: IV [1] 

1 Decr 1802 

Copy 3: (61) 

Copy 3: (46) 

Engraver: Lewis. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the nodding Renealmia Copy 1: vol. I (66) 

Copy 3: (62) 

Copy 1: IV [2] 1 April 1810 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the Canna Glauca, or Yellow Copy 1: vol. I (67) Copy 1: IV [3] 2 April 1810 

Indian Reed 

Copy 3: (63) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Sutherland. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS II. DIANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[4] 


Jasminum, the jasmine Copy 1: vol. I (68) Copy 1: IV [4] 

Copy 3: (64) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wetton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS III. TRIANDRIA Coyp 1: IV, preceding 

[5] 


Anatomy of the crocus Copy 1: vol. I (69) 

Copy 3: (65) 

Copy 1: IV [5] 1 May 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: W. Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Green Ixia, Ixia spectabilis, seu maculata Copy 1: vol. I (27) Copy 1: IV [6] 1 Octr 1808 

viridis 

Copy 3: (24) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wm. R. Dunkarton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Gladiolus angustus; or narrow-leaved 

Copy 1: vol. I (70) Copy 1: IV [7] 1 Decr 1808 

Gladiolus. An exact copy from the Hortus 

Cliffortianus of Linnaeus 

Copy 3: (66) 

Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Barley Copy 1: Vol. I (25) Copy 1: IV [8] 

1 August 1803 

Copy 3: (22) 

Copy 3: (55) 

Artist: Warner. Engraver: Mazel. Line and some stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



CLASS IV. TETRANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[9] 


Plantago Lanceolata; or Ribwort Plantain Copy 1: vol. I (71) Copy 1: IV [9] 1 Decr 1808 

Copy 3: (67) 


CLASS V. PENTANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[10] 


Anatomy of the Meadia Copy 1: vol. I (72) Copy 1: IV [10] 

6 May 1802 

Copy 3: (68) 

Copy 3: (56) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Hopwood. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anagallis Arvensis; or Old Man’s Weather- Copy 1: vol. I (73) Copy 1: IV [11] 1 Novr 1808 

glass 

Copy 3: (69) 


Anagallis Tenella; or Bog Pimpernel Copy 1: vol. I (74) 

Copy 3: (70) 

Copy 1: IV [12] 1 Decr 1808 


Coffea Arabica; or Arabian Coffee-tree Copy 1: vol. I (75) 

Copy 3: (71) 

Copy 1: IV [13] 1 Decr 1808 


Long-tubed Marvel of Peru [a plate to illustrate Copy 1: vol. I (86) Copy 1: IV [14] 

6 March 1805 

the word Genus] 

Copy 3: (82) 

Copy 3: (74) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Nicotiana Tobacco Copy 1: vol. I (34) Copy 1: IV [15] 

1 July 1805 

Copy 3: (31) 

Copy 3: (77) 


The Egg Plant Copy 1: vol. I (76) Copy 1: IV [16] 

1 June 1803 

Copy 3: (72) 

Copy 3: (48) 


Anatomy of the Queen Flower [Strelitzia] Copy 1: vol. I (77) 

Copy 3: (73) 

Copy 1: IV [17] [cropped?] 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



Dissection of the Queen Flower Copy 1: vol. I (78) Copy 1: IV [18] 

[cropped? Folding plate] 

Copy 3: (74) 

Copy 3: (50) 


Æthusa Cynapium; or Fool’s Parsley Copy 1: vol. I (81) 

Copy 3: (77) 

Copy 1: IV [19] 2 Octr 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Chærophyllum Sylvestre; or Wild Cervil. No Copy 1: vol. I (80) Copy 1: IV [20] 1 Decr 1808 

universal involucre: but a partial involucre Copy 3: (76) 

Artist: Edwards. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint. Monochrone: one state only. 

A vegetable monster / Spiræa opulifolia; or Copy 1: vol. I (36) Copy 1: IV [21] 1 May 1809 

Currant-leaved Guelder-Rose 

Copy 3: (34) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wetton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS VI. HEXANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[22] 


Anatomy of the White Lily Copy 1: vol. I (82) 

Copy 3: (78) 

Copy 1: IV [22] 1 August 1808 


Gloriosa Superba; or Superb Lily Copy 1: Vol. I (24) 

Copy 3: (21) 

Copy 1: IV [23] 1 Decr 1808 


Petals of Tulips [a plate to illustrate the term Copy 1: Vol. I (17) Copy 1: IV [24] 

1 May 1799 

Variety] 

Copy 3: (15) 

Copy 3: (20) 

Artist: P. Reinagle. Engraver: H. Landseer. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the tulip root Copy 1: Vol. I (18) 

Copy 3: (14) 

1 June 1809 


Scilla Peruviana; or Peruvian Hyacinth [a Copy 1: vol. I (79) Copy 1: IV [25] 2 Octr 1809 

Corymbus] 

Copy 3: (75) 


Anatomy of the Hyacinth Copy 1: vol. I (83) 

Copy 3: (79) 

Copy 1: IV [26] 1 August 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



Anatomy of the Agave, or American Aloe Copy 1: vol. I (84) Copy 1: IV [27] 

1 May 1801 

Copy 3: (80) 

Copy 3: (61) 

Artist: Reinagle and Pether. Engraver: Warner. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the Superb Lily Copy 1: vol. I (85) 

Copy 3: (81) 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Wetton. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

2 May 1809 

CLASS VII. HEPTANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[28] 


Æsculus Hippo-Castanum, or Common Horse- Copy 1: vol. I (87) Copy 1: IV [28] 1 May 1810 

Chesnut 

Copy 3: (83) 

Artist: Miller. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS VIII. OCTANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[29] 


A Plate from Grew’s Anatomy of Plants, Copy 1: vol. I (14) Copy 1: IV [29] 

1 Febry 1803 

published in 1682 

Copy 3: (9) 

Copy 3: (63) 

Artist: Grew. Engraver: Warner. Based on plate 56 and part of plate 63 from Grew’s Anatomy of plants (1682). Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state 

only. 

CLASS IX. ENNEANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[30] 


Butomus umbellatus, or Flowering Rush Copy 1: vol. I (88) 

Copy 3: (84) 

Copy 1: IV [30] 1 June 1810 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Eves. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS X. DECANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[31] 


Anatomy of the Kalmia Copy 1: Vol. I (23) 

Copy 3: (20) 

Copy 1: IV [31] 2 Octr. 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wetton. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the Pontic Rhododendron Copy 1: vol. I (89) Copy 1: IV [32] 

1 March 1803 

Copy 3: (85) 

Copy 3: (59) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Mazell. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Arbutus Andrachne; or Oriental Strawberry Copy 1: vol. I (90) Copy 1: IV [33] 1 Novr 1808 

Tree 

Copy 3: (86) 

Artist: G. D. Chret [sic = Ehret]. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Lychnis Flos Cuculi; or Ragged Robin Copy 1: vol. I (28) 

Copy 3: (25) 

Copy 1: IV [34] 1 Decr 1808 


The Two-housed Lychnis Copy 1: vol. I (30) Copy 1: IV [35] 

1 Octr 1805 

Copy 3: (27) 

Copy 3: (73) 


Cerastium Aquaticum; or Marsh Mouse-ear Copy 1: vol. I (91) 

Copy 3: (87) 

Copy 1: IV [36] 1 Novr 1808 


CLASS XI. DODECANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[37] 


Lythrum Salicaria; or Purple-spiked Willow- Copy 1: vol. I (92) Copy 1: IV [37] 1 Decr 1808 

herb 

Copy 3: (88) 


CLASS XII. ICOSANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[38] 


Anatomy of the Night-blowing Cereus: or Copy 1: vol. I (95) Copy 1: IV [38] 

1 May 1801 

Cactus Grandiflora of Linnæus 

Copy 3: (91) 

Copy 3: (62) 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Warner. Stipple engraving and mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Calla Aethiopica Copy 1: vol. I (93) 

Copy 3: (89) 

2 May 1809 


The dog rose. Anatomy of the rose Copy 1: vol. I (94) 

Copy 3: (90) 

Artist: Edwards. Engraver: Wetton. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

2 May 1809 

Myrtle – variety, Broad-leaved Copy 1: vol. I (98) 

Copy 3: (94) 

Copy 1: IV [39] 1 March 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wm. Dunkarton. Mezzotint and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Pear Blossom [titled Apple Blossom in Bot. Copy 1: vol. I (26) Copy 1: IV [40] 1 Decr 1809 

Extr., NI copy 1] 

Copy 3: (23) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Dunkarton Junr. Mezzotint. Monochrome: two states, with title alteration but no reworking of image. 

CLASS XIII. POLYANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[41] 


Anatomy of the Sarracenia or Pitcher Plant Copy 1: vol. I (96) Copy 1: IV [41] 

1 August 1802 

Copy 3: (92) 

Copy 3: (54) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Lewis. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the Blue Egyptian Water-Lily Copy 1: vol. I (97) Copy 1: IV [42] 

1 Febry 1805 

Copy 3: (93) 

Copy 3: (57) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Elmes. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Thea Viridis, or Green Tea Copy 1: IV [43] 


1 Septr 1809 


Gathering of tea [double spread] Copy 1: IV [44] 


1 Decr 1808 

Artist: Sang-so. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. Copy 1 has a white spot and smear that are probably accidents of printing; in 

copy 2, the white spots on the horizon at right are more numerous than in copy 1, and cloud differentiation is more distinct, but no other indications of 

reworking. 

Taching, or firing, of tea Copy 1: IV [45] 


1 Decr 1808 

Artist: Wo-siong. Engraver: Sutherland. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. Some lines in copy 2 are less distinct than in copy 1, indicating wear to the 

plate. 

The Aconite, or Monk’s-Hood Copy 1: vol. I (32) Copy 1: IV [46] 

Decr 1804 

Copy 3: (29) 

Copy 3: (78) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Bee Larkspur, an Hybrid Plant, from the Copy 1: vol. I (33) Copy 1: IV [47] 

1 Jany 1805 

intercourse of the Larkspur & Monkshood Copy 3: (30) 

Copy 3: (66) 


Vegetable Monsters. Double piony, single Copy 1: vol. I (38) Copy 1: IV [48] 

1 Febry 1802 

piony 

Copy 3: (33) 

Copy 3: (53) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Hopwood. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



A Vegetable Monster / Garden Poppy Copy 1: vol. I (37) 

Copy 3: (35) 

Copy 1: IV [49] 


CLASS XIV. DIDYNAMIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[50] 


Antirrhinum Major; or Great Snap-Dragon Copy 1: vol. I (100) 

Copy 3: (96) 

Copy 1: IV [50] 1 May 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Dunkarton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Peloria or The Wonder. A Mule Plant, so Copy 1: vol. I (35) Copy 1: IV [51] 

1 March 1801 

named by Linnæus on account of the 

Astonishment that this Hybrid production 

created, when it was first shewn to Him 

Copy 3: (32) 

Copy 3: (65) 


Digitalis; or Foxglove Copy 1: vol. I (99) 

Copy 3: (95) 

Copy 1: IV [52] 

Artist: Edwards. Engraver: Wm. Dunkarton. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS XV. TETRADYNAMIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[53] 


Lunaria. Honesty Copy 1: vol. I (102) 

Copy 3: (98) 

Copy 1: IV [53] 1 May 1810 


Cardamine Pratensis; or Common Ladies- Copy 1: vol. I (101) Copy 1: IV [54] 1 Decr 1808 

smock 

Copy 3: (97) 


CLASS XVI. MONADELPHIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

55] 


Ferraria Tigrida Copy 1: vol. I (103) 

Copy 3: (99) 

Copy 1: IV [55] 1 May 1809 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Dunkarton. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



Horse-shoe Geranium Copy 1: vol. I (104) 

Copy 3: (100) 

Copy 1: IV [56] 1 Decr 1808 


CLASS XVII. DIADELPHIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[57] 


The Sweet Pea Copy 1: vol. I (105) 

Copy 3: (101) 

Copy 1: IV [57] 1 Novr 1809 


Anatomy of the Sweet Pea Copy 1: vol. I (106) 

Copy 3: (102) 

Copy 1: IV [58] 1 June 1809 


Lotus Corniculatus; or Common Bird’s-foot Copy 1: vol. I (107) Copy 1: IV [59] 1 Decr 1808 

Clover 

Copy 3: (103) 


CLASS XVIII. POLYADELPHIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[60] 


Orange Copy 1: vol. I (110) 

Copy 3: (106) 

Copy 1: IV [60] 1 Septr 1809 


Melaleuca Ericifolia, or Heath-leaved 

Copy 1: vol. I (108) Copy 1: IV [61] [cropped] 

Melaleuca 

Copy 3: (104) 

Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Hypericum Perforatum; or Perforated St. John’s Copy 1: vol. I (109) Copy 1: IV [62] 1 Decr 1808 

Wort 

Copy 3: (105) 


CLASS XX. SYNGENESIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[63] 


Dandelion; in French Dens de Lion; in Latin Copy 1: vol. I (116) Copy 1: IV [63] 1 Octr 1808 

Dens Leonis; in Greek Leontodon 

Copy 3: (112) 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Wm. R. Dunkarton. Mezzotint. Monochrome: one state only.



A Plate from Grew’s Anatomy of Plants, Copy 1: (12) 

1 Novr 1809 


Copy 3: (11) 

Unsigned. Based on plate 60 from Grew’s Anatomy of plants (1682). Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

A Plate from Grew’s Anatomy of Plants, Copy 1: (13) 

Copy 1: IV [64] 1 Septr 1809 


Copy 3: (10) 

Artist: Grew. Engraver: Warner. Based on plate 62 from Grew’s Anatomy of plants (1682). Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Artichoke in Flower Copy 1: vol. I (117) Copy 1: IV [64 = 65] 

2 April 1804 

Copy 3: (113) 

Copy 3: (58) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Thomson. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the Sunflower Copy 1: vol. I (118) Copy 1: IV [65 = 66] 

1 Octr 1808 

Copy 3: (114) 

Copy 3: (51) 


Ripe Sunflower Copy 1: vol. I (119) Copy 1: IV [66 = 67] 

2 Jany 1804 

Copy 3: (115) 

Copy 3: (52) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Echinops spærocephalus [sic]; or Great Globe Copy 1: vol. I (120) Copy 1: IV [67 = 68] 2 Octr 1809 

Thistle 

Copy 3: (116) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Wetton. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS XIX. GYNANDRIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[68 = 69] 


Cypripedium, Ladies Slipper Copy 1: vol. I (111) 

Copy 3: (107) 

Copy 1: IV [68 = 69] 1 May 1809 


Anatomy of the blue passion flower Copy 1: vol. I (112) Copy 1: IV [69 = 70] 

1 May 1799 

Copy 3: (108) 

Copy 3: (22) 

Artist: P. Reinagle. Engraver: J. Caldwall. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Anatomy of the Quadrangular Passion Flower Copy 1: vol. I (113) 

Copy 3: (109) 

Copy 1: IV [70 = 71] 1 May 1809 


Three Species of Passion-flowers Copy 1: vol. I (114) Copy 1: IV [71 = 72] 

1 June 1803 

Copy 3: (110) 

Copy 3: (80) 

Artist: Bishop. Engraver: Warner. Stipple engraving. Monochrome: one state only.



Anatomy of the Dragon Arum, a Poisonous Copy 1: vol. I (115) Copy 1: IV [72 = 73] 

Plant 

Copy 3: (111) 

Copy 3: (45) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Stadler. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS XXI. MONOECIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[73 = 74] 


Tripsacum Dactiloides; or Jointed Tripsacum Copy 1: vol. I (124) Copy 1: IV [73 = 74] 1 Decr 1808 

[Male & Female Flowers on the same Plant] Copy 3: (120) 


Carex Pendula; or Great Pendulous Carex Copy 1: vol. I (125) Copy 1: IV [74 = 75] 1 Novr 1808 

[Male & Female Flowers on the same Plant] Copy 3: (121) 


Sparganium simplex; or smaller Bur-reed [Male Copy 1: vol. I (126) Copy 1: IV [75 = 76] 

& Female Flowers on the same Plant] 

Copy 3: (122) 

The Sweet Violet 


Copy 1: vol. I (121) 

Copy 3: (117) 


1 Novr 1809 

Anatomy of the Begonia Copy 1: vol. I (122) Copy 1: IV [76 = 77] 

1 March 1801 

Copy 3: (118) 

Copy 3: (26) 

Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Caldwall. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Ricinus Communis, or Common Palma Christi Copy 1: vol. I (123) 

Copy 3: (119) 


The Imperial Jatropha… [Male & Female Copy 1: vol. I (29) Copy 1: IV [77 = 78] 

Febry 1805 

Flowers on the same Plant] 

Copy 3: (26) 

Copy 3: (68) 


CLASS XXII. DIOECIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 

[78 = 79] 


Spinach [The Two Sexes on different Plants] Copy 1: vol. I (20) Copy 1: IV [78 = 79] 

1804 

Copy 3: (17) 

Copy 3: (72) 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only.



CLASS XXIII. POLYGAMIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 


Veratrum album, or White Hellebore Copy 1: vol. I(127) 

Copy 3: (123) 

Copy 1: IV [79 = 80] 1 June 1810 

Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Eves. Aquatint. Monochrome: one state only. 

Ficus. The Fig Copy 1: vol. I (9) 

Copy 3: (6) 

Copy 1: IV [80 = 81] 1810 


CLASS XXIV. CRYPTOGAMIA Copy 1: IV, preceding 


Agaricus Campestris; or Common Field Copy 1: vol. I(128) Copy 1: IV [81 = 82] 1 Decr 1808 

Mushroom 

Copy 3: (124) 

Artist: Miller. Engraver: Mazel. Line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

The Philosophy of Botany, being Botanical and 

Copy 1: I [Half-title], 

Philosophical Abstracts[, including, ] 

IV [Title] 

Copy 2: III [Title] 

Copy 3: (2) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Vincent. Calligraphy only. Monochrome: two states, the version in copy 1 vol. IV having the additional word “including”. 

The Genera of Exotic and Indigenous Plants 

Copy 1: IV [Title] 

that are to be met with in Great Britain; 

arranged according to the Reformed System, by 

Robert John Thornton, M.D. … 

Copy 3: (6) 

Calligrapher: Tomkins. Engraver: Vincent. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

CLASS I. ONE STAMEN Copy 1: IV 

Copy 3: (15) 


Explanation of the analysis of Class I. Copy 1: IV 

Copy 3: (15 verso) 

Unsigned. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Analysis of Class I. Copy 1: IV 

Copy 3: (16) 

1 May 1798 

Artist: Dr. Thornton. Engraver: Vincent. Lettering and tabulation only. Monochrome: one state only.



Explanation of the second table Copy 1: IV 

Copy 3: (7) 

Unsigned. Calligraphy and lettering only. Monochrome: one state only. 

Analysis of Class I. Second scheme Copy 1: IV 

Copy 3: (8) 

15 Novr 1801 

Artist: Dr. Thornton. Engraver: Caldwall. Lettering, tabulation, and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Continuation of the Analysis of Class I. Copy 1: IV 

Copy 3: (9) 

15 Novr 1801 

Artist: Dr. Thornton. Engraver: Caldwall. Lettering, tabulation, and line engraving. Monochrome: one state only. 

Artists employed by Thornton on these works 

Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803) 

Thomas Barber (1768-1843) 

Thomas Bishop (c.1753-1833) 

Richard Corbould (1757-1831) 

Richard Cosway (1742-1821) 

Custine (fl.1800s) – specimen preparer for some of Thornton’s plates. 

Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) 

William Elmes (fl.1790s-1810s) 

Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) 

Peter Charles Henderson ( -1829) 

Thomas Kirk (c.1765-1797). His name is misspelled “Kirke” by Thornton’s engravers. He was also an engraver himself, and one plate in the 1812 

Temple of Flora bears the engraver’s name “Kirke” – but the date seems too late. 

Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) 

John Major “aet. 12” (fl.1800s) 

Miller (fl.1790s-1800s) 

Christopher Norton (fl.1760s-1800s) 

John Opie (1761-1807)

Artists employed by Thornton on these works (continued) 


Abraham Pether (1756-1812) 

James Rawlinson (1769-1848) 

Philip Reinagle (1749-1812) 

John Russell (1745-1806), signed as “Portrait painter to the King”, “Portrait painter to Their Majesties”. 

George Samuel (fl.1786-1823) 

George Shepheard (fl.1800-1830). His name is misspelled “Shepherd” by Thornton’s engravers. 

Joseph Skelton (fl.1800s-1850s) 

James Sowerby (1757-1822) 

E. W. Thompson (1770-1847) 

Robert John Thornton (1768?-1837) 

John Thurston (1774-1822) 

Peltro William Tomkins (1760-1840), calligrapher: presumably the Tomkins whose name appears on several calligraphic plates. 

Thomas Uwins (1782-1857) 

Warner (fl.1790s-1800s) 

Other artists whose work was copied for use in Thornton’s works 

Claude Aubriet (1665-1742). His name was misspelled “Aubnet” by Thornton’s engravers. 

Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) 

Mary Beale (1632-1697) 

Sir William Beechey (1753-1839). His name was misspelled “Beechy” by Thornton’s engravers. 

Charles Bonnet (1720-1793). Two plates from his Recherches sur l'usage des feuilles (1754) are copied in these works and attributed to him as 

artist, but in fact the artist of these plates was Pierre Soubeyran (1709-1775). 

Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759-1818), signed as “Portrait painter to the King of Sweden”. 

Jean Baptiste François Bulliard (1752-1793). His diagram of the classes of Linnaeus’s sexual system of classification was copied in Erasmus 

Darwin’s Loves of the plants, and copied from that source for use in the Botanical extracts. 

Edward Francis Burney (1760-1848) 

Francis Cotes (1726-1770). His name was misspelled “Coates” by Thornton’s engravers. 

William Curtis (1746-1799), signed as “Author of the Flora Londinensis”

Other artists whose work was copied for use in Thornton’s works (continued) 


Jacques Louis David (1743-1825) 

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). His name was misspelled “Chret” by Thornton’s engravers. 

Marchese Ferdinando Galiani (1728-1787) - suppositious artist. 

Etienne François Geoffroy (1672-1731) 

Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) 

Guercino (1591-1666) 

Magnus Hallman (1745-1822) His name was misspelled “Hollman” by Thornton’s engravers. 

Martin Hoffmann (fl.1730s). Pupil of Linnaeus, and painter of the portrait of Linnaeus in Lapland dress. His name was originally correctly spelled 

“Hoffmann” by Thornton’s engraver Kingsbury, but later amended by Dunkarton to the incorrect “Hoffman”. 

Henry Howard (1769-1847) 

Carl Fridrik Inlander (fl.1770s), designer of a wax medallion of Linnaeus which was copied for one of Thornton’s plates. 

Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) 

John Opie(1761-1807) 

Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) 

Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), signed as “Portrait painter to the King” 

Raphael (1483-1520) 

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) 

Romagni 

John Russell (1745-1806), signed as “Portrait painter to the King”, “Portrait painter to Their Majesties”. 

Francis Sansom (fl.1780s-1810s). His name is listed as artist on a plate copied from Curtis’s Flora Londinensis, whereas he was actually only the 

engraver, not the artist, of that plate. 

François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706-1767). Royal Professor of Botany from 1755. His name is misspelled “Sauvage” by Thornton’s 

engravers. 

Sang-so, signed as “A Chinese”. Unidentified. 

Charles Thevenin (1764-1838) 

Joseph Townsend (1739-1816). Illustrated his own Journey in Spain (1791). One of his plates, of the Escorial, is reproduced in altered form on the 

plate bearing Townsend’s portrait. 

Wo-siong. Unidentified.

Engravers employed by Thornton on these works 


Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), signed as “Engraver to His Majesty”. 

William Bond (fl. late 18 th – early 19 th centuries) 

Allen Robert Branston (1778-1827) 

Thomas Burke (1749-1815) 

John Caldwall (fl.1800s-1810s) 

Antoine Cardon (1772-1813) 

Richard Cooper (1780-c.1814) 

William R. Dunkarton (fl.1800s). The only Dunkarton listed in the standard biographical dictionaries of artists is Robert Dunkarton (1744-1811 or 

later). Thornton has engravings signed variously Dunkarton, Wm. Dunkarton, Wm. Dunkarton Junr., Wm. R. Dunkarton. The latter could possibly 

be the Robert Dunkarton of the dictionaries. 

Richard Earlom (1743-1822) 

William Elmes (fl.1790s-1810s) 

William Evans (fl.1800s-1820s) 

Eves (fl.1790s-1810s) 

Thomas Gaugain (1748-1805) 

James Girtin (1780-1820) 

Halliwell (fl.1790s-1800s) 

William Holl (1771-1838) 

James Hopwood (c.1752-1819) 

Kirke. Unidentified: this name appears on an engraving in the 1812 Temple of Flora, and is thus probably too late to be Thomas Kirk (c.1765- 

1797) - see above under Artists. 

Henry Landseer (fl.1820s) 

John Landseer (1769-1852), signed as “Engraver to His Majesty” or “Engraver to the King”. 

Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) 

D. Maddan (fl.1810s) 

Maddocks / T. Maddox (fl.1810s) 

Peter Mazell (fl.1760s-1800s). His name is frequently rendered “Mazel” on these plates. 

Thomas Medland (fl.1790s-1820s) 

Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782-1847) 

Thomas Milton (c.1743-1827) 

James Newton (1748-c.1814)

Engravers employed by Thornton on these works (continued) 

Christopher Norton (fl.1760s-1800s) 

S. Porter (fl.1800s) 

John Pritchard Quilley (fl.1812-1842) 

William Ridley (1764-1838) 

R. Roffe (fl.1806-1835) 

Joseph Constantine Stadler (fl.1787-1812) 

Thomas Sutherland (c.1785-?). BE(19/20) 

E. W. Thompson (1770-1847) 

Giovanni Vendramini (1769-1839) 

Francis Vincent (fl.1790s) 

James Ward (1769-1859), signed as “Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York”. 

William Ward (1776-1826) 

Warner (fl.1790s-1800s) 

Caroline Watson (c.1760-1814), signed as “Engraver to Her Majesty”. 

Wetton (fl.1790s-1800s). 

Thomas Woolnoth (1785-1857) 

William Woolnoth (fl.1770s-1800s) 

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