vi, 428, [1] pp. Illustrated with 47 (of 48) copper-engraved plates by H. H. Weddell of Amaryllidaceæ plants and flowers (41 of which are hand-colored by Herbert, including frontispiece with tissue-guard). 10x6¼, original decoratively blind-stamped green cloth, spine lettered and tooled in gilt, new endpapers.

A somewhat uncommon monograph on these beautiful flowers, which are illustrated striking hand-colored plates drawn by William Herbert and engraved by H. H. Weddell. Lacks plate 47, and with plate 45 as the frontispiece. A clipped form from the Royal Dublin Society, laid in. Nissen 857.