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Auction 130, Lot 817

"[Lot of 20 - Botanicals]", Pratt, Anne

1 of 12

Subject: Natural History, Botanicals

Period: 1880 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
5 x 8 inches
12.7 x 20.3 cm
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A colorful group of twenty chromolithographed botanical plates. This group covers a variety of types with most plates featuring several similar varieties of wildflowers. One of the most successful female botanical artists of her time, Anne Pratt wrote and illustrated twenty books on botany aimed primarily at a popular audience.

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Condition:

A few have some light foxing, with most very good and fine.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 12/2/2009

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