Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (c.1785-1871)

Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (c.1785-1871)
Icones plantarum sponte China nascentium; è Bibliothecâ Braamianâ excerptae, London: J. H. Bohte, 1821.
First edition, second issue, 30 hand-coloured plates, comprising 23 lithographed and 7 engraved, tissue guards, plate 9 with margin repaired, occasional light spotting throughout, original cloth, neatly rebacked, paper label to upper cover, extremities slightly worn, folio

Provenance:
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven

Literature:
Dunthorne 163; Great Flower Books, p. 62; Nissen BBI 1030

Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (1785–1871) was a pioneer in the private cultivation of orchids, contributing a series of articles to the Gardeners’ Chronicle under the pseudonym ‘Dodman’. The first issue of this work contains only 24 plates and remains exceptionally rare. The expanded second issue is offered here.