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by Laura Massey
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Gift Guide 06
Curated by Sue Prigmore
1. [CHINESE SCHOOL]. Bird and Insect. China,mid nineteenth century. £650
Fine, well executed, decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable, these watercolours, mostly produced in the Canton region, found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were, and continue to be, amongst the most sought-after subjects.
2. Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ. Crinium Giganteum. Paris,1802-16. £2,250
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of botanical illustration ever to be published." (Frans A. Stafleu, "Redoute - peintre de fleurs" in A Catalogue of Redouteana).
3. E[ugene] A[lain]. SEGUY. Papillons. [1929]. £1,250
Superb lithograph by the master of the format. “In comparison with their variety and brilliance, much Art Deco illustration seems pallid and constrained. And of course their large format makes them particularly attractive for exhibition purposes” (Ray, The Art Deco Book in France).
4. [CHINESE SCHOOL]. Bird and Insect. China,mid nineteenth century. £650
5. Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ. Fritillaria Imperialis. Paris,1802-16. £2,500
6. Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ. Lilium Superbum. Paris,1802-16. £2,500
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Deutschlands Flora
Reichenbach, H. G. Ludwig.Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £0.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00More than 3,000 colour plates. A rare complete set of the major, colour plate botanical work Deutschlands Flora by botanist and illustrator Heinric...
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A History of British Forest-Trees, Indigenous and Introduced.
SELBY, Prideaux John.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00With autograph letter to the engraver. First book edition, originally issued in parts between 1841 and 1842, with a loosely inserted autograph lett...
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A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand.
ROWAN, Mrs. [Marian Ellis].Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00Original price £0.00£450.00£450.00 - £450.00Current price £450.00Internationally renowned flower painter. First edition of this attractively designed travel memoir by Marian Ellis Rowan (1848-1922), 'one of Austr...
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To Persia for Flowers.
FULLERTON, Alice.Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £0.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00Scarce in the jacket. First edition, first impression and scarce in the dust jacket. To Persia for Flowers is the chronicle of a 1935 trip made by ...
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Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter.
MILLICAN, Albert.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00Supplying orchid-mania. First edition of the memoir of prominent Victorian orchid collector Albert Millican, uncommon in trade. This copy with the ...
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Nederlandsch Bloemwerk.
[TULIPS].Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £0.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00The ascendancy of the dutch nurseryman. First edition of this striking, hand-coloured Dutch botanical work, in beautiful contemporary calf.'Nederla...
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Illustrated Bouquet- Begonia Rex
HENDERSON, Edward George and Andrew.; SOWERBY, Charlotte Caroline (artist)Original price £300.00 - Original price £300.00Original price £0.00£300.00£300.00 - £300.00Current price £300.00The common name of this plant is the "Painted Leaf Begonia". This beautiful and vibrant botanical lithograph is after a drawing by Charlotte Carol...
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Illustrated Bouquet- Rhododendron Countess of Haddington
HENDERSON, Edward George and Andrew.; SOWERBY, Charlotte Caroline (artist)Original price £300.00 - Original price £300.00Original price £0.00£300.00£300.00 - £300.00Current price £300.00This beautiful and vibrant botanical lithograph is after a drawing by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby and Augusta Innes Wither and they were issued ins...
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Illustrated Bouquet- Allamanda Violacea
HENDERSON, Edward George and Andrew; SOWERBY, Charlotte Caroline (artist)Original price £300.00 - Original price £300.00Original price £0.00£300.00£300.00 - £300.00Current price £300.00Purple Allamanda (common name) is evergreen tropical shrub native to Brazil.This beautiful and vibrant botanical lithograph is after a drawing by ...
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GuidesA Guide to Guidebooks
by Lucinda BoyleKarl Baedeker was head of a successful publishing business, when in 1832 he acquired the publishing house of Franz Röhling which four years earlier had published a travel guide Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln: Ein Handbuch für Schnellreisende by Professor...
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LiteratureUkrainian Modernism
A visit to the Royal Academy in London by Eleanor MooreThe Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s, is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of bold artistic experimentation. Despite profound upheaval, there was a true flourishing...
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TravelProvenance
Julian MacKenzie chooses books from the collections of 3 great bibliophiles, currently on our shelves.The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy. To distinguish between copies the most desirable factors are condition and provenance and for me the greatest...
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