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Auction 112, Lot 734

"[Lot of 2 - Flowers]", Miller, Philip

1 of 2

Subject: Botanicals

Period: 1755 (dated)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 12 inches
20.3 x 30.5 cm
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Pair of lovely hand colored engravings from this scarce and important English botanical book. Scottish botanist Philip Miller (1691-1771) was curator at the Chelsea Physic Garden - the nucleus of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Miller employed the best botanical artists and engravers of the day to provide these illustrations. By the time Miller died, he had named more than five thousand species under cultivation. He was also the first to conduct experiments showing that insects aid in flower pollination. Included in this lot are plate XL - Antholyza and plate XLIV - Apocynum.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $300 - $350

Sold for: $220

Closed on 9/28/2005

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