Tulip varieties; including the Louis XVI; Washington; La Triomphe Royale; Duchess of Devonshire; Gloria Mundi; La Majestieuse and Earl Spencer; engraved by William Dunkarton after an original painting by Philip Reinagle.From Dr. Robert Thornton's 鈥楾he Temple of Flora;' 1812; Lottery or quarto edition. The illustrations were a mix of aquatint; mezzotint and stipple engravings finished by hand. Dr. Thornton (1768?-1837) was a botanist and publisher who bankrupted himself producing what is now regarded as the greatest English botanical book.