| Other author/creator | Curtis, William, -1800, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819 artist. |
| Other author/creator | Graves, William illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | [Sansom, Francis], engraver. |
| Variant title |
Botanical magazine |
| Variant title |
Flower garden displayed |
| Portion of title |
Flower-garden displayed |
| Variant title |
Binder's title: Curtis's Botanical magazine |
| Frequency | Annual (collected issues) |
| General note | Compiled and edited by William Curtis; his name appears on the title pages of v. 2-14. |
| General note | Imprints vary; v. 2-4,"printed by Couchman and Fry, ... for W. Curtis,... and sold by the principal booksellers in Britain and Ireland"; v. 5-14, "printed by Stephen Couchman, for W. Curtis; and sold by the principal booksellers ...". |
| General note | Drawings for the plates were made by: James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards and Francis Sansom; coloring supervised by William Graves; principal engraver for early vols.: Francis Sansom (cf. Henrey). |
| General note | The monthly issues in each vol. include three plates, each with facing leaf of letterpress description. Some plates have extended description on more than one leaf. |
| General note | Text leaves are bound facing the plates they describe and numbered to correspond to that plate. |
| General note | Plates and leaves are numbered consecutively from volume to volume; letterpress leaves are unsigned. |
| General note | Illustrates and describes hundreds of flowering plants not native to the British Isles, cultivated in his own gardens by William Curtis. After his death the work was continued by his assistant, John Sims, who was responsible for vols. 15-18 (1801-1803). The series of volumes continued itnto the late 19th century. The plates in the first 14 vols. are remarkable for their quality, detail and natural color. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library. |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1308 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 54 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 46 |
| References |
Ward, W. S. Index of serials, p. 18 |
| References |
Henrey, 472 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P3097. |
| Special numbering | Volume numbering begins with vol. II. |
| Special numbering | Volumes lack chronological designation; dated from imprints. |
| Special numbering | Text of each volume is approximately foliated, except where extended description of a plant requires an additional leaf; in such a case that leaf is unnumbered; prefatory material and index leaves are also unnumbered. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Indexes |
Plant names in Latin and English in each volume. |
| Indexes |
Vols. 1-10 have cumulative index to English names, and classified index according to the system of Linnaeus. |
| Indexes |
Tonks, E. General index to the Latin names and synonyms of the plants depicted in v. 1-107 (London: 1883). |
| Title history note | Collects monthly issues of: The Botanical magazine. |
| Title history note | Early volumes reprinted by "Fry and Couchman" from 1787-<1790>; and by Stephen Couchman in 1790 and 1793, to meet popular demand. Most extant library sets include various printings. |
| Succeeding title |
Curtis's Botanical magazine, or Flower garden displayed. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
