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John (1716) Hill, 1716-1775, The British Herbal, Hand-Colored Engraving

John (1716) Hill 1716-1775 The British Herbal Hand-Colored Engraving Together with a lithograph of a vase of flowers, signed l.r. in pencil "La Quintana" and numbered 51/243. 2 pieces

HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775). The British Herbal. London: printed for T. Osb

HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775). The British Herbal. London: printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton and....

HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775) The British Herbal. London: printed for T. Osb

HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775) The British Herbal. London: printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton and...

AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (ENGLISH, 1716-1775), A SET OF TWELVE HANDCOLOURED BOTANICAL PRINTS

AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (ENGLISH, 1716-1775), A SET OF TWELVE HANDCOLOURED BOTANICAL PRINTS 18TH CENTURY AND LATER In matching glazed gilded faux bamboo framesPlate size 37 x 23cm, the frames 44 x 27cm (12)Provenance:From the London property of a former Australian Prime Minister. Probably from Eden: or, A Compleat Body of Gardening, London: 1756-57, and 1773.

AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (ENGLISH, 1716-1775), A SET OF SEVENTEEN HANDCOLOURED BOTANICAL PRINTS

AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (ENGLISH, 1716-1775), A SET OF SEVENTEEN HANDCOLOURED BOTANICAL PRINTS 18TH CENTURY AND LATER In matching glazed plain gilded framesthe paper size 40 x 24cm, the frames 43 x 26.5cm (17)Provenance:From the London property of a former Australian Prime Minister. Probably from Eden: or, A Compleat Body of Gardening, London: 1756-57, and 1773. One inscribed to reverse in ink From Northcott () 1832.

JOHN HILL (1716-1775), THE BRITISH HERBAL, EIGHT HAND-COLOURED BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS CIRCA 1756

JOHN HILL (1716-1775), THE BRITISH HERBAL, EIGHT HAND-COLOURED BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS CIRCA 1756 to include plates XXXII, LXVIII, XCVII, XCIX, CI, CVII, CXXI, CXXIII, mounted and framed (34cm x 22cm sight size) Qty: (8) Provenance: Private Collection, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Eight Piece Group of John W. Hill (British, 1716 - 1775), botanical studies, engravings on paper with hand coloring, each inscribed ...

Eight Piece Group of John W. Hill (British, 1716 - 1775), botanical studies, engravings on paper with hand coloring, each inscribed in plate, sight size of each 15" x 9 1/2".

JOHN HILL (BRITISH, 1716-1775) BOTANICAL PRINTS, LOT OF TWO

JOHN HILL (BRITISH, 1716-1775) BOTANICAL PRINTS, LOT OF TWO, hand-colored engraving on paper, comprising plate 52 and 12 from "Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening", London. Housed in modern frames.

HILL, John (1716?-1775) - The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees. London: T. Osborne, 1756. First edition of this sought-after herbal with around 2,000 botanical illustration. Folio (410 x 250mm). Engraved frontispiece after ...

HILL, John (1716?-1775) - The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees. London: T. Osborne, 1756. First edition of this sought-after herbal with around 2,000 botanical illustration. Folio (410 x 250mm). Engraved frontispiece after S. Wale by H. Roberts, title in red and black with engraved vignette, armorial vignette at beginning of text, 75 engraved plates illustrating around 2,000 plants (title with small marginal tear, some soiling which also occasionally appears in text, light waterstaining to bottom margin heavier at end, occasional spotting). 19th-century half calf over marbled boards, title on spine label (joints starting, some rubbing and scuffing). Provenance: Libreria Malavasi (bookseller's ticket). IT HILL, John (1716?-1775) - The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees. Londra: T. Osborne, 1756. Prima edizione di questo celebre erbario di grande successo che contiene circa 2,000 illustrazioni di piante. Folio (410 x 250mm). Antiporta da S. Wale incisa in rame da H. Roberts, frontespizio in rosso e nero con vignetta calcografica, grande vignetta alle armi all'inizio del testo, 75 tavole raffiguranti circa 2,000 piante (frontespizio con strappetto al margine inferiore con macchie di polvere più marcate che si incontrano occasionalmente anche nel testo, lieve traccia di umidità al margine inferiore, più marcata alle ultime carte, sporadiche fioriture). Mezza pelle del XIX secolo, piatti in carta marmorizzata, titolo su tassello al dorso (cerniere deboli, alcuni graffi e difetti). Provenienza: Libreria Malavasi (etichetta).

John Hill (1716-1775, British), "Double Primrose," "Yellow Cluster-Flowered Aloe," "The Garden Cornel," and "Rigid Shrub Senecia," 1...

John Hill (1716-1775, British), "Double Primrose," "Yellow Cluster-Flowered Aloe," "The Garden Cornel," and "Rigid Shrub Senecia," 18th c., four colored engravings from "Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening," presented in gilt frames with French mats, H.- 15 1/2 in., W.- 9 1/4 in. (4 Pcs.)

THE BRITISH HERBAL: AN HISTORY OF PLANTS AND TREES, NATIVES IN BRITAIN, CULTIVATED FOR USE, OR RAISED FOR BEAUTY.

2 leafs, 533 numbered pages, 3 unnumbered pages. Engraved frontispiece, 75 copperplate engravings. First edition. Heavy half-leather binding from the first half of 20th century. Botanist and apothecary John Hill (1714–1775) wrote many papers about botany, gardening, medicine– and quackery. The book opens with a copperplate engraved allegory of the “Genius of Health” with attributes of the continents on the frontispiece, designed by Samuel Wade and engraved by Henry Roberts. This is followed by a two-color title page with a vignette by the same artist. Inside, 75 copperplate engravings (including by Benning, Boyce, Darly and Edwards) present several different plant species. The text is printed in two columns. There is a stain on several of the first outer pages| generally good condition, wide margins.

Sir John Hill (1716-1775)

Sir John Hill (1716-1775) The British Herbal: an History of the Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain London: for T. Osborn, J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Newbery and three others, 1756, folio, with hand-colored engraved frontispiece, rubricated title page, engraved armorial dedication to the Earl of Northumberland, and 75 hand-colored engraved botanical plates, in full brown leather with gilt fillet, the (later) spine with black panel and gilt rule, decoration and lettering, the edges cut and marbled, with marbled endpapers, with bookplate of Osbert Denton (armorial) and (on the inside flyleaf) presentation inscription dated 1896. [Cleveland 441; Hunt 557; Stafleu SL-II 2769; Nissen BBI 881; Stearn p. 100; Pritzel 4063] leaf 43.3 x 26.8 cm; overall 44.2 x 28.8 cm Provenance: Estate of Richard Anthony Goula, proceeds to benefit the Thistlewood Foundation, Lafayette, Louisiana.

HILL John - Tulip, Lady's Slipper - FOLIO - Original 18th Century Botany Engraving

Plates of garden flowers and plants from an 18th century work on gardening compiled by John Hill, a prominent botanist and important, albeit controversial, figure in the British Enlightenment. John Hill was born in either 1714 or 1716 and was trained as a pharmacist.  After working in that profession, in horticulture, and briefly as an actor, his well-received translation of a Greek treatise on mineralogy opened the door to a career as an author.  The range of his production suggests a wide-ranging intellect: some 76 works in the fields of science, theology and naval history, as well as plays and novels.  However, his most impressive and lasting achievements were in botany, especially The Vegetable System (1759-1775), a 26-volume work with 1,600 plates that he designed and etched himself, The British Herbal (1756) and Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening (1756-57). Hill is credited with introducing the Linnaean system of botanical nomenclature to England, though he disagreed with some aspects of it and reinstated some pre-Linnaean names in own works.  In 1750, he received a medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, and was later knighted by the King of Sweden, which permitted him to use the honorific "Sir." He also worked as a gardener at Kensington Palace and apparently participated in planning what would become the great botanical garden at Kew. 

HILL John - Martagon, Iris - FOLIO - Original 18th Century Botany Engraving

Plates of garden flowers and plants from an 18th century work on gardening compiled by John Hill, a prominent botanist and important, albeit controversial, figure in the British Enlightenment. John Hill was born in either 1714 or 1716 and was trained as a pharmacist.  After working in that profession, in horticulture, and briefly as an actor, his well-received translation of a Greek treatise on mineralogy opened the door to a career as an author.  The range of his production suggests a wide-ranging intellect: some 76 works in the fields of science, theology and naval history, as well as plays and novels.  However, his most impressive and lasting achievements were in botany, especially The Vegetable System (1759-1775), a 26-volume work with 1,600 plates that he designed and etched himself, The British Herbal (1756) and Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening (1756-57). Hill is credited with introducing the Linnaean system of botanical nomenclature to England, though he disagreed with some aspects of it and reinstated some pre-Linnaean names in own works.  In 1750, he received a medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, and was later knighted by the King of Sweden, which permitted him to use the honorific "Sir." He also worked as a gardener at Kensington Palace and apparently participated in planning what would become the great botanical garden at Kew. 

HILL John - Crown Imperial - FOLIO - Original 18th Century Botany Engraving

Plates of garden flowers and plants from an 18th century work on gardening compiled by John Hill, a prominent botanist and important, albeit controversial, figure in the British Enlightenment. John Hill was born in either 1714 or 1716 and was trained as a pharmacist.  After working in that profession, in horticulture, and briefly as an actor, his well-received translation of a Greek treatise on mineralogy opened the door to a career as an author.  The range of his production suggests a wide-ranging intellect: some 76 works in the fields of science, theology and naval history, as well as plays and novels.  However, his most impressive and lasting achievements were in botany, especially The Vegetable System (1759-1775), a 26-volume work with 1,600 plates that he designed and etched himself, The British Herbal (1756) and Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening (1756-57). Hill is credited with introducing the Linnaean system of botanical nomenclature to England, though he disagreed with some aspects of it and reinstated some pre-Linnaean names in own works.  In 1750, he received a medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, and was later knighted by the King of Sweden, which permitted him to use the honorific "Sir." He also worked as a gardener at Kensington Palace and apparently participated in planning what would become the great botanical garden at Kew. 

HILL John - Lilly, Lavatera - FOLIO - Original 18th Century Botany Engraving

Plates of garden flowers and plants from an 18th century work on gardening compiled by John Hill, a prominent botanist and important, albeit controversial, figure in the British Enlightenment. John Hill was born in either 1714 or 1716 and was trained as a pharmacist.  After working in that profession, in horticulture, and briefly as an actor, his well-received translation of a Greek treatise on mineralogy opened the door to a career as an author.  The range of his production suggests a wide-ranging intellect: some 76 works in the fields of science, theology and naval history, as well as plays and novels.  However, his most impressive and lasting achievements were in botany, especially The Vegetable System (1759-1775), a 26-volume work with 1,600 plates that he designed and etched himself, The British Herbal (1756) and Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening (1756-57). Hill is credited with introducing the Linnaean system of botanical nomenclature to England, though he disagreed with some aspects of it and reinstated some pre-Linnaean names in own works.  In 1750, he received a medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, and was later knighted by the King of Sweden, which permitted him to use the honorific "Sir." He also worked as a gardener at Kensington Palace and apparently participated in planning what would become the great botanical garden at Kew. 

Sir John Hill (c. 1716-1775) Four Botanicals from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', Colored engraving.

Sir John Hill (c. 1716-1775) Four Botanicals from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', Colored engraving. Together with a fifth colored engraving by Hill depicting 'Wall-Lettuce'. Largest sheet dimensions: h: 18 x w: 11 1/8 in.

A Group of Four Framed Botanical Prints by Various Artists, 18th/19th Century,

A Group of Four Framed Botanical Prints by Various Artists, 18th/19th Century, Including two book plates by Sir John Hill (c. 1716-1775) and two hand colored engravings by Peter Charles Henderson. Largest framed dimensions: h: 25 1/2 x w: 20 in.

HILL John - Tulip, Lady's Slipper - FOLIO - Original 18th Century Botany Engraving

Plates of garden flowers and plants from an 18th century work on gardening compiled by John Hill, a prominent botanist and important, albeit controversial, figure in the British Enlightenment. John Hill was born in either 1714 or 1716 and was trained as a pharmacist.  After working in that profession, in horticulture, and briefly as an actor, his well-received translation of a Greek treatise on mineralogy opened the door to a career as an author.  The range of his production suggests a wide-ranging intellect: some 76 works in the fields of science, theology and naval history, as well as plays and novels.  However, his most impressive and lasting achievements were in botany, especially The Vegetable System (1759-1775), a 26-volume work with 1,600 plates that he designed and etched himself, The British Herbal (1756) and Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening (1756-57). Hill is credited with introducing the Linnaean system of botanical nomenclature to England, though he disagreed with some aspects of it and reinstated some pre-Linnaean names in own works.  In 1750, he received a medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, and was later knighted by the King of Sweden, which permitted him to use the honorific "Sir." He also worked as a gardener at Kensington Palace and apparently participated in planning what would become the great botanical garden at Kew. 

HILL John - Martagon, Iris - FOLIO - Original 18th Century Botany Engraving

Plates of garden flowers and plants from an 18th century work on gardening compiled by John Hill, a prominent botanist and important, albeit controversial, figure in the British Enlightenment. John Hill was born in either 1714 or 1716 and was trained as a pharmacist.  After working in that profession, in horticulture, and briefly as an actor, his well-received translation of a Greek treatise on mineralogy opened the door to a career as an author.  The range of his production suggests a wide-ranging intellect: some 76 works in the fields of science, theology and naval history, as well as plays and novels.  However, his most impressive and lasting achievements were in botany, especially The Vegetable System (1759-1775), a 26-volume work with 1,600 plates that he designed and etched himself, The British Herbal (1756) and Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening (1756-57). Hill is credited with introducing the Linnaean system of botanical nomenclature to England, though he disagreed with some aspects of it and reinstated some pre-Linnaean names in own works.  In 1750, he received a medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, and was later knighted by the King of Sweden, which permitted him to use the honorific "Sir." He also worked as a gardener at Kensington Palace and apparently participated in planning what would become the great botanical garden at Kew. 

A Group of Four Framed Botanical Prints by Various Artists, 18th/19th Century,

A Group of Four Framed Botanical Prints by Various Artists, 18th/19th Century, Including two book plates by Sir John Hill (c. 1716-1775) and two hand colored engravings by Peter Charles Henderson. Largest framed dimensions: h: 25 1/2 x w: 20 in.

Sir John Hill (c. 1716-1775) Four Botanicals from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', Colored engraving.

Sir John Hill (c. 1716-1775) Four Botanicals from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', Colored engraving. Together with a fifth colored engraving by Hill depicting 'Wall-Lettuce'. Largest sheet dimensions: h: 18 x w: 11 1/8 in.

JOHN HILL (c. 1714-1775): EDEN, OR A COMPLETE BODY OF GARDENING: TWO PLATES

JOHN HILL (c. 1714-1775): EDEN, OR A COMPLETE BODY OF GARDENING: TWO PLATES Two engravings with hand-coloring on laid paper; together with English School: Naval Seed , engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper. Two plates 15 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (sight), 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (frame), Naval Seed 15 x 9 1/4 in. (sight), 21 x 15 1/4 in. (frame).

HILL, John (ca 1714-1775). The Vegetable System. Or, a series of experiment

HILL, John (ca 1714-1775). The Vegetable System. Or, a series of experiments, and observations tending to explain the internal structure, and the life of plants; their growth, and propagation; the number, proportion, and disposition of their constituent parts; with the true course of their juices; the formation of the embryo, the construction of the seed, and the encrease from that state to perfection. Including a new Anatomy of Plants. The Whole from Nature only. London: the author, 1759-1773, 1786, 1774-1775. The largest botanical publication of the eighteenth century and very rare complete. The Lowther-Plesch-de Belder copy. In frst edition except for volume 23 (this a later issue by the author’s widow). The Vegetable System is of great importance because it gave for the frst time in the vernacular a comprehensive treatment of the plant kingdom, on a lavish scale and with colored illustrations, adopting the Linnaean generic names and introducing binary nomenclature. The frst volume (1759) is still in the old [i.e. pre-Linnaean] style, but from the second volume onward [...] Linnaean binomials are used, although the sexual system is not followed [...] Volume 5 contains ‘observations on a natural method, so far as it regards the connection of the classes.’ Hill’s natural system was well worth studying but his voice remained unheard... Hill was perhaps erratic and unconvincing... but he was one of the frst to rebel against Linnaeus’s artifcal system and essentialist classifcation (Stafeu, Linnaeus). It is clear from the frst title that Hill had no intention of continuing the work and it was the patronage of John Stuart, third Earl of Bute which enabled such an ambitious publication to continue for over ffteen years. Lord Bute began the laying out of Kew Gardens in 1760, with Hill as his adviser,and he probably contributed extensively to the text of The Vegetable System. Financial disputes between the two men arose, resulting eventually in Hill’s bankruptcy and death in 1775. His widow, Lady Hill’s Address to the Public (1788) bitterly attacks Lord Bute and a thorough account is given in Henrey II, pp. 103-108. Great Flower Books, p. 59; Henrey II, pp. 103-108 and III, no. 832; Nissen BBI 886; Plesch sale, Part 2 348; Pritzel 4070; Stafeu, Linnaeus, p. 210; Stafeu & Cowan TL2 2772. 26 volumes, folio (458 x 281 mm). Collation: Vols. 1-21 containing 1,246 engraved plates (vol. 14, plate 10 supplied from another copy since 1997) all but two (vol. 1, plate 8, vol. 16, plate 39) hand-colored. Vols. 22-26 containing 300 uncolored engraved plates, in all 1,546 plates. According to the title of vol. 2, part 1: With fgures of all the plants; designed and engraved by the author. (Vol. 6: L2 torn and a numeral lost at top, vol. 10: 2 small tears in plate 53, vol. 13: tiny hole in plate 27, vol. 14: plate 53 stained, plate 60 torn, vol. 17: plate 16 stained. Some show-through, occasional foxing and offsetting.) Binding: Volumes 1-21 bound in contemporary calf, gilt, sides with gilt stamp Lowther within a wreath of oak leaves beneath a coronet, spines in eight compartments, red and black morocco gilt-lettered labels (some joints cracked despite hinge repairs); volumes 21-26 bound to match in calf, spines gilt (without the Lowther stamp). Provenance: Henry Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale (1818-1876, subsequently Hugh Cecil Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale; bookplate); Mrs. Leyel, sold by the Society of Herbalists (sold Sotheby’s, 7 July 1958); Arpad Plesch (bookplate; sold, Sotheby’s London, 17 November 1975, lot 348); Robert de Belder (sold Sotheby’s London, 27 April 1987, lot 150); An Important Botanical Library Part I (sold Christie’s New York, 4 June 1997, lot 64).

HILL, John (British c.1716-1775)

HILL, John (British c.1716-1775) 'Peruvian Hyacinth,' plate 28 from 'A Compleat Body of Gardening,' pub 1757.

HILL, John (British c.1716-1775) 'Peruvian Hyacynth,' plate 28 from 'A Compleat Body of Gardening,' pub 1757.

HILL, John (British c.1716-1775) 'Peruvian Hyacynth,' plate 28 from 'A Compleat Body of Gardening,' pub 1757.

SIR JOHN HILL (1716?-1775)

SIR JOHN HILL (1716?-1775)

HILL, John (1716-1775). Exotic Botany illustrated, in thirty-five figures o

HILL, John (1716-1775). Exotic Botany illustrated, in thirty-five figures of

John Hill (British, 1714-1775)

"Eden: or A Compleat Body of Gardening...", six handcolored engravings, 1757. Six botanical prints from "Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening", 1757, published by T. Osborne, T. Tyre, S. Crowder, and H. Woodgate (London), in gold gilt frames, matted and glazed.

Rare Plate 20 from John Hill (1714 - 21 November

Rare Plate 20 from John Hill (1714 - 21 November 1775),The Vegetable System - called because of his Swedish honours, "Sir" John Hill, was an English author and botanist. He contributed to contemporary periodicals and was awarded the title of Sir in recognition of his illustrated botanical compendium The Vegetable System. Hand coloured engraving, approx 38cm x 24cm

Rare Plate 20 from John Hill (1714 - 21 November

Rare Plate 20 from John Hill (1714 - 21 November 1775),The Vegetable System - called because of his Swedish honours, "Sir" John Hill, was an English author and botanist. He contributed to contemporary periodicals and was awarded the title of Sir in recognition of his illustrated botanical compendium The Vegetable System. Hand coloured engraving, 38 x 24 cm

Hill, John [Botanist] (1716-1775) The British Herbal. London: for Osborne, Shipton, et al., 1756. First edition, folio, untrimmed, with

Hill, John [Botanist] (1716-1775) The British Herbal. London: for Osborne, Shipton, et al., 1756. First edition, folio, untrimmed, with deckle edges throughout, in blue paper boards, leather spine, illustrated with a frontispiece, title and other engraved vignettes, and seventy-five full-paged botanical plates, ex libris Lorande Loss Woodruff (1879-1947) Yale professor of biology, with his blind stamps and rubber stamp on some pages, signature on ffep, and an offprint of a monograph on Hill by Woodruff, with five notes and letters in a pocket inside the back cover of the monograph marked "provenance"; binding rubbed, worn and stained, contents good, 19 1/8 x 12 in.

HILL, John (1716?-1775). A General Natural History: or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables and Minerals of the Different Parts of the World. Londres: Thomas Osborne, 1748-1751. 3 volumes in-folio (348 x 230 mm). 56 planches gravées hors texte et un tableau dépliant. (Quelques rousseurs et quelques planches du tome III légèrement brunies.) Reliure de l'époque, veau glacé, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs ornés de fers dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et vert (reliure frottée, coins légèrement émoussés, mors fendus ou fragiles). Provenance: ex-libris armorié non identifié. ÉDITION ORIGINALE de cette étude donnée par l'un des plus éminents naturalistes anglais du XVIIIυe siècle. Exemplaire enrichi d'une lettre autographe signée de l'auteur (datée du 4 novembre 1769) au botaniste Richard Pulteney et dans laquelle il l'interroge sur certaines espèces de mousses. BON EXEMPLAIRE. Pritzel 4061; manque à Nissen BBI. (3)

Hill, John, Sir (1716?-1775), Essays in Natural History and Philosophy..., London, 1752, mottled calf, 8vo, (hinged cracked, bumped,...

Hill, John, Sir (1716?-1775), Essays in Natural History and Philosophy..., London, 1752, mottled calf, 8vo, (hinged cracked, bumped, header chipped, calf scuffed, small tear at base of title page and two following pages, scattered soiling).

TEN HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVING OF FLOWERS

TEN HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVING OF FLOWERS AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (1716-1775) In modern silvered wood glazed frames 19 x 13 in. (34 x 59 cm) overall (10)

HILL, John, Sir (ca 1716-1775). The Family Herbal.

HILL, John, Sir (ca 1716-1775). The Family Herbal. Bungay: Printed and Published by C. Brightly, and T. Kinnersley, n.d. (ca 1830s). 8vo (201 x 135 mm). 54 hand-colored plates (some spotting). (Some occasional marginal dampstaining.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt with black leather label (rebacked preserving original spine, corners bumped, edges worn, a strip of leather scuffed off back cover, joints cracked). Provenance: S Cocks, Inworth, Essex (ownership signature on front free endpaper); C. Barnard (ownership signature dated "1855 Sept. 13" on front flyleaf); modern bookplate "N" (Nan West?) on front pastedown. Later edition.One of the most important English popular herbals after Culpeper, Hill's herbal was first published in 1754 with the title "The Useful Family Herbal." Although Hill was a controversial figure in his time, his practical recommendations for curing a variety of ailments were extremely useful.

Sir John Hill (1716-1775)

Sir John Hill (1716-1775) Flower Studies handcoloured engravings S. 14¾ x 9¼in. (37.5 x 23.5cm.) in hand painted frames (6)

Hill, John (Br. 1714-1775), after. Engraving. Pl. 29 from an edition of "Eden: Or A Compleat Body of Gardening," [C. 1757 or 1773]....

Hill, John (Br. 1714-1775), after. Engraving. 1. Violet Selfheal | 2. Blue Pyrenean Aster | 3. Early Shrub Anonis | 4. Spiked Dracocephalum. Pl. 29 from an edition of "Eden: Or A Compleat Body of Gardening," [C. 1757 or 1773]. Dunthorne 129, Nissen 880, Hunt 559, Sitwell p100. PM: 14 3/8" x 9".

TWELVE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS

TWELVE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (1716-1775) In modern simulated bamboo frames 16½ x 11 in. (42 x 28 cm.) overall (12)

NINE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS

NINE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS AFTER SIR JOHN HILL (1716-1775) In modern simulated bamboo frames 16½ x 11 in. (42 x 28 cm.) overall (9)

HILL, John (ca 1716-1775). The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty . London: for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Newberry, B. Collins, S. Crowder and H. Woodgate,

HILL, John (ca 1716-1775). The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty. London: for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Newberry, B. Collins, S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, 1756 [1757-8]. 2o (485 x 295 mm). Hand-colored engraved frontispiece by H. Roberts after S. Wale, title with engraved vignette, dedication to the Earl of Northumberland headed by engraved arms, 74 (of 75, plate 56 supplied in watercolor) hand-colored engraved plates by Boyce, Darly & Edwards, R. Benning, H. Roberts and others after Darly & Edwards and J. Burgess, woodcut tail-pieces. (Some offsetting from frontispiece onto title-page.) Modern half morocco, uncut. Provenance: E.P. Medows (signature on front pastedown); C.E. Salmon (signature dated "1915" on front pastedown). A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, with highly decorative hand-colored plates illustrating over 1,500 plant specimens. Divided into 35 classes and arranged according to an individual system, with mixed genera on each plate, Hill's work is "nomenclaturally important because he reinstated pre-Linnaean generic names which Linnaeus had suppressed" (Blunt and Stearn). Originally issued in fascicles, the first complete work was issued both as a "royal folio," as here, and in "demy folio" form. A colorful figure of the 18th-century, Hill was an apothecary, horticulturalist, botanist, playwright and journalist. Although possessed of a difficult disposition, Hill displayed a great scientific ability and was an important contributor to botanical literature. The fine allegorical frontispiece depicting the Genius of Health is from a design by Samuel Wale, who "did much designing for booksellers of his day and was one of the most prolific English illustrators of the eighteenth century" (Henrey). Blunt and Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration, pp.170-171; Henrey 799, pp.92-95; Hunt 557; Nissen BBI 881; Pritzel 4063; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 2769.

After Sir John Hill (English, 1716-1775),

After Sir John Hill (English, 1716-1775), "Cannabis, Casserine and Hop", Pl. 53, hand-colored copperplate engraving, from The Vegetable System, 1759, sight 15 in. x 9 1/2 in., attractively matted and framed.

[Complete body of gardening]: Four Plates

After Sir John Hill (1716-1775) and others [Complete body of gardening]: Four Plates four engravings with hand-coloring, circa 1757, on laid paper, published in London, all with margins all P. 15 x 9 in. (381 x 229 mm.) all overall 25½ x 18¾ in. (648 x 476 mm.) (4)

HILL, Sir John (c. 1714-1775). The Vegetable System. Or, The Internal Structure, and the Life of Plants . London: the author, 1770-1775.

HILL, Sir John (c. 1714-1775). The Vegetable System. Or, The Internal Structure, and the Life of Plants . London: the author, 1770-1775. 26 volumes in 13, 2° (448 x 284mm). 1,544 (of 1,545 or 1,546) engraved plates. Appendices in vols XII, XIII, and XVI. Indices bound in at the end of each volume and general index bound in at the end of vol. XXVI. (Variable spotting, browning, and offsetting, occasional light marking, lacking pl. I, 13, pl. XVI, 23 misbound, without pl. XVI, 60, which is not called for in text, lacking pl. XXI, 50 and with pl. XXI, 36 bound in its place, pls XXIV, 54 and 55 transposed.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt crests on upper boards, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2 (worn, chipped and wormed with losses, most boards detached, some lettering-pieces lacking.) Provenance : some plate numbers corrected in manuscript by an early hand -- Sir Edward William Watkin, first Baronet (1819-1901, bookplates and gilt crests) -- Baron Dickinson Webster (1818-1860, bookplates). A VERY RARE SET OF ONE OF THE LARGEST BOTANICAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 'The Vegetable System is of great importance because it gave for the first time in the vernacular a comprehensive treatment of the plant kingdom, on a lavish scale ... adopting the Linnaean generic names and introducing binary nomenclature. The first volume (1759) is still in the old [i.e. pre-Linnaean] style, but from the second volume onward ... Linnaean binomials are used, although the sexual system is not followed ... Volume 5 contains "observations on a natural method, so far as it regards the connection of the classes." Hill's natural system was well worth studying but his voice remained unheard ... Hill was perhaps erratic and unconvincing ... but he was one of the first to rebel against Linnaeus's artificial system and essentialist classification' (F.A. Stafleu Linnaeus and the Linnaeans , Utrecht: 1971, p. 210). The Vegetable System was begun at the instigation of Hill's patron John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, whose financial support enabled this ambitious publication to continue for over fifteen years. Lord Bute began the laying out of Kew Gardens in 1760, with Hill as his adviser and he probably contributed extensively to the text of The Vegetable System . Financial disputes between the two men arose, resulting eventually in Hill's bankruptcy and death in 1775; his widow's Address to the Public (1788) bitterly attacks Lord Bute and a thorough account is given in Henrey II, pp. 103-108. The work appears to have been issued and re-issued in response to demand, and sets vary considerably; although many of the volumes in this set bear title-page dates from the 1760s, the collation of the text in these volumes matches that of the re-issues of the 1770s, indicating that this set was issued in the early 1770s. The full set of 26 volumes is rare at auction, and only four other sets are recorded by ABPC since 1975. Cf. Great Flower Books p. 100; Henrey 832; Nissen BBI 886; Pritzel 4070; Stafleu and Cowan 2772. (13)

HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775). Eden: or, a compleat body of gardening. London: for T.

HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775). Eden: or, a compleat body of gardening. London: for T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder & Co., and H. Woodgate, [1756-]1757. 2 o (418 x 256 mm). Engraved frontispiece by Charles Grignon after Samuel Wale, 2pp. letterpress dedication to the Earl of Bute, 60 engraved plates printed in black. (Slight creasing to frontispiece and title, some occasional pale spotting, generally very clean.) 19th-century diced russia gilt (front hinge cracked, inner hinges reinforced, some wear to extremities). Provenance: Fawsley (bookplate); Irene Osgood (signature on title). FIRST EDITION. The work, intended as a companion to the Compleat Body of Husbandry (London, 1756), was designed along very unusual lines for the period: each weekly part includes information on what should be done in the garden during the following week together with descriptions of the plants that should be at their peak at that time. In the introduction the author's intentions are made plain: "We shall treat Gardens from their Origin, Design, and first Construction, to the raising them to Perfection, and keeping them in that condition; and we shall consider, in our Course, their Products, whether of Use, Curiosity, or Beauty. These we shall describe in their several Seasons, suiting our Publications to the Time of their Appearance.'"Henrey III.776; Hunt 559; Nissen BBI 880; cf. Tongiorgi Tomasi, An Oak Spring Flora 53.

HILL, John (1716/17-1775). The British Herbal: an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty. London: for T. Osborne and J. Shipton and others, 1756 [1757-8].

2o (462 x 270mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece by H. Roberts after S. Wale, title with engraved vignette, dedication to the Earl of Northumberland headed by engraved arms, 75 hand-coloured engraved plates by Boyce, Darly & Edwards, R. Benning, H. Roberts and others after Darly & Edwards and J. Burgess, plate VII of slightly smaller paper size, woodcut tailpieces. (Occasional light browning mainly affecting text leaves, occasional light marginal soiling or spotting affecting a few plates only.) Later diced russia gilt (some light scuffing to extremities, short split to spine, some wear at head with loss). A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, with highly decorative coloured plates comprising over 1,500 plant illustrations. Divided into 35 classes and arranged according to an individual system, with mixed genera on each plate, Hill's work is 'nomenclaturally important' for reinstating 'pre-Linnaean generic names which Linnaeus had supressed' (Blunt). Originally issued in fascicles, the first complete work was issued both as a royal folio, as here, and in demy folio form. A colourful figure of the 18th century, Hill was an apothecary, horticulturalist, botanist, playwright and journalist. Although 'vain and quarrelsome' he displayed a great scientific ability (Stern) and was an important and prolific contributor to botanical literature. The dedicatee, Hugh Smithson (later Percy), Earl of Northumberland (1715-1786), became Knight of the Garter in 1756. Henrey 799; Hunt 557; Nissen BBI 881; Pritzel 4063; Stafleu and Cowan 2769.