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Auction 92, Lot 406

"[Lot of 5 botanical engravings]", Sowerby, James

Subject: Botanical

Period: 1870 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.4 x 9.9 inches
16.3 x 25.1 cm
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A nice set of hand-colored copper engravings. Gallium Elatum (Common Great Bedstraw), Gallium Erectum (Narrow-leaved Great Bedstraw), Euphoria Lathyris, Chrysosplenium (Alternate-leaved Golden-Saxifrage), Saxifraga Decipiens (Palmate-leaved Mossy Saxifrage).

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Condition: A

Estimate: $50 - $75

Sold for: $25

Closed on 9/13/2000

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