Brookshaw (George) A new treatise on flower painti title + pp. 46 (13-20 have 58 colour samples)

Brookshaw (George) A new treatise on flower painti title + pp. 46 (13-20 have 58 colour samples) plain plate of `strokes` 12 engraved plates each in 2 states plain and hand-coloured contemporary diced russia neatly rebacked bought by MW from Francis Edwards in 1963 and the original invoice inserted 4to printed for the author by J. Innes 1812. ***First edition under Brookshaw`s name. What seems to be essentially the same work was first published anonymously in 1797 [Henry 1167] and then under the pseudonym of G. Brown 1799-1803 [Henry 522]. Our edition is Henry 518 citing only Kew and her text collation of this is pp. [ii] 36 [2] ; there is no copy on Copac or World Cat. the earliest being 1816. A printer`s imprint is found on p.30 (but not on p.46) suggesting that this was published in two parts. Brookshaw seems to have started as a cabinet maker and switched to drawing master in mid career; see Lucy Wood`s article in Apollo May 1991.