Auction Closed
November 29, 03:25 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Edward George Henderson and Andrew Henderson
The illustrated bouquet, consisting of figures with descriptions of new flowers. London: E.G. Henderson & Son,1857-1859
6 parts, 4to (382 x 281mm.), dedication leaf, 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates, original wrappers in card folder, some spotting and creasing at margins, wrappers torn at backstrip
A fine collection of 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates from this rare botanical reivew, published in instalments between 1857 and 1864, with the complete work comprising 3 volumes with 85 plates. Most of the plates are after drawings by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby and Augusta🦩 Innes♑ Withers.
LITERATURE:
Nissen BBI 847