Edwin Hale Lincoln
1910-1914
Wild Flowers of New England Photographed From Nature

Book spines
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 25)
 
A complete set with 16 parts in 8 volumes, with a total of 400 photographic plates. Lavishly illustrated with original photographs, each elegantly depicting a different flower or plant in exquisite detail. Platinum prints, each approximately 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), tipped to the mounts, with the description and plate number on mount recto. Folios (8), gray-green gilt-lettered 3/4 morocco over gilt-lettered cloth, slight wear; internally slight darkening at the edges of scattered pages and faint off-setting, overall clean and bright; all volumes with the Berkshire Garden Center bookplate at the front pastedown. first edition and one of only perhaps 50 copies. Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Self-published, 1910-1914
 
Part I: Flowers of Early Spring.
Part II. Honeysuckle, Dogwood and Saxifrage Families.
Part III: Rose Family; Part IV: Rose and Heath Families.
Part V: Lily, Iris, Violet and Convolvulus Families.
Part VI: Acquatic Plants, Pink, Crowfoot and Madder Families.
Part VII: Orchid Family.
Part VIII: Mint and Figwort Family.
Part IX: Flowers of Mid-summer.
Part X: Pulse, Parsley, Milkweed and Composite Families.
Part XI: Composite Family.
Part XII: Flowers and Fruits of Autumn.
Parts XIII-XIV: Supplementary Series.
Parts XV-XVI: Supplementary Series.
 
Lincoln began working on this series in the early 1890s and finished in 1914. He printed and assembled the parts of these volumes himself, and produced unique sets for each subscriber. (In fact, depending on when each set was made and where Lincoln was in the project at the time, the sets contained varying numbers of volumes.)
 
LL/44938