RUDGE (EDWARD) Plantarum Guianae rariorum icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY NATHANIEL WALLICH TO SARAH AMHERST 'For the Honl. Miss Amherst from her most obedt. servt. N. Wallich' on the title, 50 engraved plates (complete), uncoloured, contemporary half calf gilt, spine worn with some loss, upper joint/hinge weakened [Nissen BBI 1696; Sitwell p.134], folio (435 x 280mm.), Richard Taylor, for the Author, 1805-[1806] Footnotes: VERY RARE STUDY BY EDWARD RUDGE ON THE PLANTS OF FRENCH GUIANA, INSCRIBED BY HIS FELLOW BOTANIST NATHANIEL WALLICH. 'According to a note in The Philosophical Magazine (Anonymous 1806) 'only 150 copies' of Plantarum Guianae... 'Will be Published' (Fernando E. Vega, et al. 'Edward Rudge, Plantarum Guianæ rariorum icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditæ: suppressed preface', Archives of Natural History, Vol. 43, Issue 1). Rare Book Hub records one copy. Rudge based the book, illustrated with plates drawn by his wife Anne, on a collection of fifty plants which had been collected in French Guiana by Joseph Martin. Provenance: Sarah Hay Williams (née Amherst, 1801-1876), bookplate. She was the daughter of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst and his wife Sarah, with whom she travelled throughout India during the time her father served as Governor of Bengal. Sarah was, like her mother, an accomplished botanical illustrator and corresponded with Wallich, superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. He named a plant, the 'Amherstia nobilis' (illustrated in his Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, 1830) in their honour; by descent to present owner. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing