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WIGHT (ROBERT) Illustrations of Indian Botany; or Figures Illustrative of Each of the Natural Orders of Indian Plants, vol. 1 only (of 2), Madras, J.B. Pharoah, for the Author, [1838]-1840, sold not subject to return
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WIGHT (ROBERT)
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A RARE MADRAS-PRINTED BOTANICAL. Wight was appointed as superintendent of the Madras Botanical Garden in 1826, employing locals to collect plant samples for him, and local artists to record them. Encouraged by the Madras Government's subscription for 50 copies, Wight decided to publish his work in India, originally issuing it in parts. In the preface he notes that it is "to be borne in mind that this being the first volume of the kind that ever issued from the Madras press; an establishment had to be formed expressly for itself: that colours of the best qualities are not to be had at any cost, and lastly, that until the arrival of a fresh supply of paper for to [sic] the publication of the 11th number, our material was much deteriorated by age and even so far damaged as to render the use of superior colours almost nugatory". A second volume appeared ten years later.





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