Lilium longiflorum var eximium, by H. J. Elwes Paul Jerand They may be framed formally

They may be framed formally with French style matting or with a modern lineal profile

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Of all the botanical books published in England during the 18th and 19th Centuries

Jean Baptise Monnoyer was one of the most prolific and popular engravers of the period

Lilian Snelling and Margaret Stones

Lilium longiflorum var eximium, by H. J. Elwes Paul Jerand They may be framed formallyTHE 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