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Canadian wild flowers / Painted and lithographed by Agnes FitzGibbon (Mrs. Chamberlin) with botanical descriptions

In: The Story of Canadian Wild Flowers (Case Study)
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Full Title: 
Canadian wild flowers / Painted and lithographed by Agnes FitzGibbon (Mrs. Chamberlin) with botanical descriptions by C.P. Traill
Description: 

88 p., I [i.e. 10] leaves of plates : col. ill.
The cover of the fourth edition, dated 1895.
The title-page of the limited fourth edition, with William Briggs's imprint.
The limitation page for the fourth edition. In most copies only Agnes Chamberlin signed. In this unusal case, Catherine Parr Traill added a further inscription in 1899.

Creator: 
Chamberlin, Agnes, 1833-1913
Creator: 
Traill, Catherine Parr, 1802-1899
Creator: 
Traill, Catherine Parr, 1802-1899 (autograph)
Case Study: 
The Story of Canadian Wild Flowers
Publisher: 
William Briggs
Date: 
1895
Place: 
Toronto, Ont.
Material Type: 
artwork
Material Type: 
book
Material Type: 
book cover
Material Type: 
title page
Era: 
1840-1918

Citation

Contributor: 
University of Toronto
Call No.: 
cham 00005, copy 3

Subject

Subject: 
Wild flowers -- Canada
Subject: 
Wild flowers -- Pictorial works

Rights and Contributing Institution

Rights: 
Copyright: public domain. University of Toronto owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Contributing Institution: 
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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Language: 
eng
Identifier: 
CP01005
Type: 
image
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Theme

  • Production (Design, Illustration, Technology)

Case Study

  • 'The Story of Canadian Wild Flowers'

Creator

  • Chamberlin, Agnes, 1833-1913
  • Traill, Catherine Parr, 1802-1899
  • Traill, Catherine Parr, 1802-1899 (autograph)

Publisher

  • William Briggs

Era

  • 1840-1918

Subject

  • Wild flowers -- Canada
  • Wild flowers -- Pictorial works

Contributing Institution

  • Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

Date

  • 1895

Place

  • Toronto, Ont.

Material Type

  • artwork
  • book
  • book cover
  • title page

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