The Superb Lily; Lilium superbum; from north America; engraved by J. P. Quilley after an original painting by Philip Reinagle.From Dr. Robert Thorton's 鈥楾he Temple of Flora;' 1812; Lottery or quarto edition. The illustrations were a mix of aquatint; mezzotint and stipple engravings finished by hand. Dr. Thornton (1768?-1837) was a botanist and publisher who bankrupted himself producing what is now regarded as the greatest English botanical book.