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ELWES, John Henry (1846-1922). A Monograph of the genus Lilium... [with] Supplement... London: Taylor & Francis for Dulau & Co., and others, [1877]-1880, 1933-1940, 1960-1962. 10 volumes ( Monograph and Supplement , parts I-IX), 2° (546 x 375mm; 552 x 375mm). 83 FINE HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES (1 double-page) and 5 chromolithographic plates by W.H.Fitch, Lilian Snelling and Margaret Stones, mounted photograph by Bourne, coloured map, illustrations. Contemporary red half morocco gilt, g.e. (scuffed) or original wrappers. Provenance : Crewe Hall (stamped on upper cover of Monograph ); Thomas Hoog, Harlem (inserted letters in Supplement , part VIII). FIRST EDITION, INCLUDING ALL THE SUPPLEMENTS. Limited to 250 copies ( Monograph and ? Supplement , parts I-VII); 40 copies ( Supplement , part VIII) or 500 copies ( Supplement , part IX). The work was issued in 3 stages: the Monograph between 1877 and 1880 with 48 plates by Fitch; the first seven parts of the Supplement by A.Grove and A.D.Cotton between 1933 and 1940 with 30 plates by Lilian Snelling; and finally, parts VIII and IX by W.B.Turrill between 1960 and 1962 with plates by Margaret Stones. The two final parts were available with the plates hand-coloured (40 copies) or chromolithographed (960 or 500 copies). Elwes became interested in lilies on a visit to the Himalayas. His work includes nearly all of the lilies then known in cultivation. Nissen BBI 594; Great Flower Books p.56; Stafleu & Cowan 1664. (10)