R. J. THORNTON The Temple of Flora Complete Plates

Robert John Thornton ‘The Temple of Flora’ The Complete Plates’, piece includes a decorative book box with a large book with an essay and description of all the flowers as well as a folder with 31 lithographs, box measures 17.75 inches by 22 inches, all in good condition, some scuffs and scrapes to box, Robert John Thornton, plate set, lithographs, flowers, floral art, botanical art, botanical science, botany, home decor, tabletop accessory, decorative art.7X Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) was an English physician and botanical writer, noted for "A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnæus" (1797-1807) and "The British Flora" of 1812. n 1799 Thornton commenced his work on the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus a work of botanical science to be published in three parts. The first was a dissertation on the sex of plants according to the Swedish scientist, Carolus von Linnaeus and the second an exposition of the sexual system.The most ambitious part of the