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Auction 96, Lot 504

"[Lot of 42 prints]", Pratt, Anne

Subject: Botanical

Period: 1880 (circa)

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Color: Printed Color

Size:
6.2 x 9.3 inches
15.7 x 23.6 cm
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A nice set of chromolithographed botanical plates. One of the most successful woman botanical artists of her time, Anne Pratt wrote and illustrated twenty books on botany aimed primarily at a popular audience. The group, from a couple of different publications, covers a variety of type of flowers with most plates featuring three or four similar varieties.

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Condition: B

Most very good or better, but a few with light foxing.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $500

Closed on 9/12/2001

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