> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 724](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120855) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2470-1) LSID 2470-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1118055) QID Q1118055 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Edwards, Sydenham Teast (1769(?)-1819), British botanical artist. **Abbreviated name**: *Edwards* \[standard form in IPNI: *Edwards*\] #### Original drawings Sydenham Edwards was a botanical artist. Some of his original drawings are at BM. He is not known to have preserved the specimens used for the plates of the *Botanical Register*; they would presumably be in the herbaria of J. B. Ker (now at K), or Lindley (CGE). #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 192; Barnhart 1: 497; BB p. 101; BM 2: 512; DNB 17: 126; Jackson p. 114, 472; Langman p. 259; MW p. 105; NI 580, 580n; Plesch p. 217; PR 2621-2622. - Curtis, William Curtis 1746-1799, p. 137 index. 1941. - Blunt, The art of botanical illustration 192-193, 297. 1950. - Nissen, Zool. Buchill. 130. 1969. #### Eponymy *Edwardsia* Salisbury (1808). ### Publications ##### n.1625. The Botanical Register **Title** *The Botanical Register*: consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants, cultivated in British gardens; with their history and mode of treatment, London (James Ridgway) 1815-1847, 33 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Reg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: The text of the first 14 volumes is by John Bellenden Ker\[-Gawler\]. Vols. 15-33 were by J. Lindley. The above title is that for vols. 1-13. Further titles: *Vol. 14*: *The Botanical Register; or, ornamental flower-garden and shrubbery*... vol. 14, new series vol. I. London 1828. *Vols. 15-23*: *Edward's Botanical Register*: *or, ornamental flower-garden and shrubbery*:... continued by John Lindley. Vols. 15-23, new series vols. 2-10. London 1829-1837. *Vols. 24-31*: *Edward's Botanical Register;... and monthly chronicle of botanical and horticultural* *news*, continued by John Lindley, vols. 24-31. London 1838-1845. *Vols.32-33*: *Edward's Botanical Register*:... propagation, etc. Continued... London 1846-1847. Vols. 1-23 contain *plates nos. 1-2014* (total number 2022; there are two plates each to numbers *600, 700, 720, 736, 750, 774, 1203*). From vol. 24 on the plates are separately numbered per volume. The plates are dated; the volumes appeared in parts between March and February. The title pages, however, give (for vols. 1-19) only the year of the first plates. – The fascicles were generally issued on the first of each month. They contained eight plates each, occasionnally with a double plate counting as two. — The dates on the plates can be accepted as dates of publication. The numerous reviews in the contemporary literature contain no proof to the contrary. The list below describes the HU and U copies; for more precise dates the dates on the plates and, if available, those on the original covers should be consulted. All plates are accompanied by text (mostly one or two leaves). |vol. |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i-iv\], \[1, err.\], \[iii\]-xi |1-90 |1 Mar 1815-1 Feb 1816| |2 |\[i\]-\[vii\], \[8, ind., notes, err.\] |91-177 |1 Mar 1816-1 Feb 1817| |3 |\[i\]-\[vii\], \[8, ind., notes, err.\] |178-263 |1 Mar 1817-1 Feb 1818| |4 |\[i\]-\[vii\], \[8, notes, ind., err.\] |264-349 |1 Mar 1818-1 Feb 1819| |5 |\[i\]-\[vi\], \[8, notes, ind., err.\] |350-435 |1 Mar 1819-1 Feb 1820| |6 |\[i\]-\[vii\], \[4, notes\], plate, \[5, ind.\] |436-520<br/>1 extra pl. |1 Mar 1820-1 Feb 1821| |7 |\[i\]-\[vi\], \[12, notes, ind., err.\] leaf 573<br/>\["578"\], cancellans |521-605 |1 Mar 1821-1 Feb 1822| |8 |\[i\]-iv, \[13, ind., notes, err.\] |606-689 |1 Mar 1822-1 Feb 1823| |9 |\[i\], \[9, app., notes\], \[10, ind., err.\] |690-777 |1 Mar 1823-1 Feb 1824| |10 |\[i\], \[2, ind., err.\], \[2, notes\], \[8, ind.\] |778-867 |1 Mar 1824-1 Feb 1825| |11 |\[i\], \[8, ind.\] |868-955 |1 Mar 1825-1 Feb 1826| |12 |\[i\], \[1, ind.\], \[8, ind.\] |956-1043 |1 Mar 1826-1 Feb 1827| |13 |\[i\], \[1, ind.\], \[9, ind.\] |1044-1130 |1 Mar 1827-1 Feb 1828| |14 |\[i\], \[1, ind.\] |1131-1216 |1 Mar 1828-1 Feb 1829| |15 |\[i\], \[4, ind.\] |1217-1305 |1 Mar 1829-1 Feb 1830| |16 |\[i\], \[2, ind.\] |1306-1391 |1 Mar 1830-1 Feb 1831| |17 |\[i\], \[1, 3 ind.\] |1392-1476 |1 Mar 1831-1 Feb 1832| |18 |\[i\], \[1, 3 ind.\] |1477-1564 |1 Mar 1832-1 Feb 1833| |19 |\[i\], \[6, ind.\] |1565-1652 |1 Mar 1833-1 Feb 1834| |20 |\[i\], \[6, ind.\] |1653-1741 |1 Mar 1834-1 Feb 1835| |21 |\[i\], \[9, ind.\] |1742-1828 |1 Mar 1835-1 Feb 1836| |22 |\[i\], \[1, ind.\], \[8, ind.\] |1829-1919 |Feb-Dec 1836| |23 |\[i\], \[2, ind.\], \[1, addr.\], \[8, ind.\] |1920-2014 |Jan-Dec 1837| |24 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-95, \[2, ind.\] |1-68 |Jan-Dec 1838| |25 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-95 sheets dated |1-69 |Jan-Dec 1839| |26 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-90 sheets dated,<br/>\[i\], extra t.p.\], \[7, index\] |1-71 |Jan-Dec 1840| |27 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-92 sheets dated, \[9, ind.\] |1-70 |Jan-Dec 1841| |28 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-86, \[11, ind.\] |1-86 |Jan-Dec 1842| |29 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-85, \[12, ind.\] |1-66 |Jan-Dec 1843| |30 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-92, \[14, ind.\] |1-67 |Jan-Dec 1844| |31 |\[i\], notes \[1\]-86, \[15, ind.\] |1-69 |Jan-Dec 1845| |32 |\[i\], \[iii\], \[1, ind.\] |1-69 |Jan-Dec 1846| |33 |\[i\], \[iii\] |1-70 |Jan-Dec 1847| *Appendix* to vols. 1-23 (1839) issued in 3 parts (see also under Lindley). 1. App. i-xvi, *tt. 1-4*, ind. i-xxxii. 1 Nov 1839. 2. App. xvii-xxxii, *tt. 5-7*, ind. xxxiii-xlviii, 1 Dec 1839. 3. App. xxxiii-lviii, *tt. 8-9*, ind. xlix-lxiv, explanation of plates, 1 Jan 1840. The total number of plates is 2702. Those in volumes 1-32 are copper engravings, in vol. 33 lithographs. For artists see Nissen and Great flower books; the plates for volumes 1-15 were by Edwards himself. *Ref*.: BM 2: 512; GF p. 84; Jackson p. 472; Langman p. 259; NI 2379; Plesch p. 217; PR 2621; IDC 5422. - Tucker, J. Arnold Arb. 18: 183. 1937. - Sotheby, Cat. Stiftung Bot. 1: 208. 1975 (sold at *£* 3200).