Lilium Cordifolium, by H. J. Elwes Black Pepper Manufacturers used large format catalogs

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Image: 17 x 20"            Paper: 20 x 26"

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Lilium Cordifolium, by H. J. Elwes Black Pepper Manufacturers used large format catalogsTHE 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