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British Phaenogamous Botany or Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, was published in 6 volumes by William Baxter between 1834 and 1843, with 509 hand-coloured copper-plate engravings by Isaac Russell (an Oxford glass painter) and C. Matthews. These men were not trained botanical artists, but gradually acquired a good working knowledge of the subject. The engravings were later hand-coloured by Baxter"s daughters and daughter-in-law.
The volumes were sold by Whittaker, Treacher and Company, London and John West. Parker.
William Hart Baxter (c1816-1890), William Baxter"s son, succeeded his father as curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden. This botanist is denoted by the author transcript Baxter when citing a botanical name.