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Auction 135, Lot 733

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

1 of 12

Subject: Botanicals

Period: 1880 (circa)

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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: B+

Most very good, two with scattered foxing.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/16/2011

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