Harriet Grove Cradock (1809-1884)

Harriet Grove Cradock (1809-1884)
The Calendar of Nature or the Seasons of England, London: Dickinson Brothers, [1849–1850].
First edition, 4 parts bound in one volume, hand-coloured lithographed title, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, most heightened with gum arabic, guards, occasional spotting and browning, the first 5 plates somewhat creased, contemporary full green morocco, tooled gilt, extremities rubbed, all edges gilt, hinges cracked, large 4to

RARE.

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

Literature:
Great Flower Books, p. 54.

Lady Harriet Grove Cradock (1809–1884) was also an occasional author of fiction; her novels include Anne Grey (1834), Hulse House (1860) and Rose (1881).