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HULME, Frederick Edward SKU: 19249 Barcode:
Stock No. 19249
Authors: Frederick Edward, HULME (1841-1909)
Or, the Poetry, History, and Associations of FlowersLondon: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877
First Edition. With eight lithographed plates of flowers in bloom executed by Hulme accompanied by extracts from poems by major English poets, thus Wordsworth on daisies and broom, Leyden on the yew, Herrick on apple blossoms. Carew on primrose, Barton on the pansy, Browne on the periwinkle, and Agnes Howell on the Japonica. Bound in highly ornate cloth with upper board and spine decorated in gilt, red and black. All edges coated in gilt. Apart from some light rubbing near the head of the spine and corner tips, this is a superb copy with no fading to spine or rubbing of any kind. School prize bookplate laid down to front pastedown,awarded as first prize in session 1882-83 from Dundee School of Art (now part of Unoversity of Dundee). A fine copy. Frederick Edward Hulme was a teacher and an amateur botanist. From 1886 he fulfilled the role of Professor of Freehand and Geometrical Drawing at King's College London from 1886. His most famous work was 'Familiar Wild Flowers', issued in nine volumes from 1878 to 1909.
