[NATURAL HISTORY]. TITFORD, William Jowett (1784-1823). Sketches towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus; or, coloured plates (with a catalogue and descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America. Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies. London: C. Stower and Newman for the author, [1811]-1812.
6 parts bound in one volume, 4to (292 x 229 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and 17 hand-colored engraved plates, one plate by W.N., all after Titford, hand-colored etched vignette to dedication by Waters; errata slip tipped-in at end. (Some spotting to text, offsetting to title-page, contents bound out of order.) Modern half morocco, marbled boards and edges. Provenance: Bath Public Reference Library (single embossed stamps on all plates and a few pages of text); contemporary ownership initials on title-page.
FIRST EDITION of Titford's early work on the botany of the Americas and West Indies. In 1811 Titford's Sketches... was issued in 6 parts between October 1811 and December 1812. The publication in parts led to copies being bound up with the pre- and postliminary text in varying sequences and included title-pages dated 1811 and 1812 (this copy appears to have the last digit partially erased and replaced with the number 2 in a contemporary hand); this copy is complete, apart from a blank preceding the title, which is frequently cancelled. Cleveland Collections 757; Dunthorne 306; Great Flower Books p.144; MacPhail, Ian, "Titford's Hortus botanicus americanus", Huntia, Volume 1, 15 April 1964, pp.117-136; Nissen BBI 1968; Pritzel 9369; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 14.606.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
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![[NATURAL HISTORY]. TITFORD, William Jowett (1784-1823). Sketches towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus; or, coloured plates (with a catalogue and descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America. Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies . London: C. Stower and Newman for the author, [1811]-1812.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/6be0ce81-cbfb-42f5-bfca-738140fa6bad?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[NATURAL HISTORY]. TITFORD, William Jowett (1784-1823). Sketches towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus; or, coloured plates (with a catalogue and descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America. Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies . London: C. Stower and Newman for the author, [1811]-1812.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/2306f921-37c2-47a5-adf1-fb394a9fdea4?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)