JONES, Paul (1921-97, illustrator). Flora Superba, London, 1971, folio, 16 coloured lithographed plates by Paul Jones, original half vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 48 of 506 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

JONES, Paul (1921-97, illustrator).  Flora Superba. Selected and Painted by the Artist. Text by Wilfrid Blunt. Foreword by Sir George Taylor. London: The Tryon Gallery, 1971. Folio (528 x 370mm). Half title, title printed in green and black, 16 coloured lithographed plates by Paul Jones. Original half vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the spine lettered in gilt, floral motif stamped in gilt on the upper cover, top edges gilt, slipcase (the slipcase frayed at extremities). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 48 OF 506 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. "The plates were printed in muliti-coloured lithography at The Curwen Press Limited of London who also composed the type in Monotype Walbaum. The colour plates have been printed on a matt coated cartridge made by Bowaters at Sittingbourne, Kent, and the text on Arma all-rag paper made by E. Towgood & Sons, Limited, at Sawston, Cambridge" (from the limitation leaf). Both the publisher's note and Wilfrid Blunt's Introduction draw comparisons between the present work and that masterpiece of early 19th-century botanical books, The Temple of Flora.