24069 Eucalyptus gunnii, and nine others, etc., etc.... E. Spiller, Government Printer, Adelaide, 1882-1890. Collection of ten botanical colour chromo-lithographs, each approx. 52 x 41 cm. (sheet) and 43 x 33 cm (image)., depicting the native flora of South Australian forests, from a disbound copy of the book.Set comprises: Eucalyptus gunnii, Acacia spilleriana, Casuarina quadrivalvis, Dodonaea microzyga, Eremophila altifolia, Eremophila longifolia, Eremophila oppositifolia, Exocarpus aphylla, Melaleuca squarrosa, Pittosporum phillyraeodes. Most include the accompanying descriptive text from the book. Condition generally good with no foxing or marks, suitable for framing. John Ednie Brown was a talented botanist who arrived in Adelaide from Scotland in 1878 to take up a position as Conservator of Forests. One of his first acts was to commission the gifted botanical artist Rosa Fiveash (1854-1938) to make drawings of some of South Australia's unique flora. Her drawings were then lithographed to the highest quality by the Government printer, H. Barrett. "The Forest Flora of South Australia" was published as a set of 45 handsome chromolithographs, with accompanying text, over 8 years from 1882. The State Library calls the plates ' both attractive and accurate'. The plates show details of the leaves, seeds and flowers of 45 of SA's indigenous trees as well as attractive renditions of their appearance in nature. Originally issued unbound in parts, these very decorative coloured lithographs are now rarely seen as a complete set in book form. Ferguson 7516. $1250.00AUD
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