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Album of botanical watercolours decorative title page inscribed “Drawings from Nature by A.D.D. begining April 1821” with 31 skillfully executed botanical studies most captioned and dated in pen and ink with one drawn from the “Chief Justice`s Garden at Merville 1821” 30 watercolours over pencil with 1 pencil drawing including 5 later watercolours dated 1853-1864 possibly by a different hand 2 loosely inserted with one on wove paper watermarked 1852 occasional minor spotting and finger-soiling a collector`s ink stamp of indistinct intials surmounted by a gold crown [not in Lugt] pasted on back cover contemporary half morocco over marbled boards worn upper corner of spine damaged oblong 4to c.1821-1864. *** The drawing of a passion flower in this album is from the garden of William Downes 1st Baron Downes (1751-1826). He was one of the leading Irish judges of his day and resided at Merville House Dublin for several years. He was the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1803 to 1822.
Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed volumes 5 & 7 129 hand-coloured plates only uniformly bound in half dark green calf gilt decorated spines Stephen Couchman 1792 & 1794; Another volume 10 108 hand-coloured plates contemporary tree calf upper cover detached lower joint cracked spine damaged Stephen Couchman 1796; Hooker (W.J.) Curtis`s Botanical Magazine volume 1 119 hand-coloured plates cloth library binding by Riviere leather lettering label 1833 8vo (4) (4)
Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine; Or Flower-Garden Displayed 10 vol. 332 engraved hand-coloured plates 1 uncoloured occasional light offsetting and browning to text leaves occasional light browning to plates vols. I-V contemporary tree calf vols. VI-X contemporary half calf spines uniformally gilt with decoration corners and edges rubbed a few chips to leather [Nissen 2350 Henrey 473] 8vo 1787-1790.
Ferrari (Giovanni Battista) Flora overo Cultura di Fiori first edition in Italian copper-engraved decorative title frontispiece 6 plates of parterres and 39 other plates mostly botanical errata leaf at end Q2 & 3 misbound after Y signature browned light water-staining to outer margin of a few leaves at beginning modern calf g.e. slightly rubbed [Nissen 620] 4to Rome Pier.Ant.Facciotti 1638.
A ROCKINGHAM STYLE BOTANICAL FRUIT SET, each piece individually painted with flowers and inscribed to the reverse, to include Siberian Iris, Minor Convolvulus, Auricular and others, comprising fourteen dessert plates 9", two comports 9" diameter, and one square footed dish 10 1/2" (some staining and faults)
A SMALL FOLIO OF BOTANICAL STUDIES AND NATURAL HISTORY SUBJECTS Principally 19th Century, mainly watercolours of flowers with a few studies of birds (Loxia Mexicana by Ann Lie, 1770, illustrated), fish, butterflies, insects etc; also a few prints of shells, fish and whales, various sizes ++ Generally good overall; some wear and soiling etc
Bradley (Richard) Dictionarium Botanicum: Or a Botanical Dictionary for the Use of the Curious in Husbandry and Gardening 2 vol. first edition folding engraved plate browned some mostly marginal water-staining contemporary panelled calf sympathetically rebacked some water-staining to covers [Henrey 483] for T. Woodward 1728 § Phillips (Henry) History of Cultivated Vegetables 2 vol. second edition half-titles contemporary green calf gilt spines slightly faded 1822 § Badham (Charles David) A Treatise on Esculent Funguses of England half-title hand-coloured frontispiece and 11 plates advertisements at end original pictorial cloth gilt very short splits to head of spine a good copy 1863; and 8 others most Continental Natural History " v.s. (13)
an album of botanical watercolours 19 studies mostly of French flora including Oeillet des Dunes purple toothwort and purple mountain saxifrage 18 watercolours and 1 pencil drawing v.s. 4 on rice paper and laid into album almost all inscribed occasional spotting and surface dirt oblong 4to worn 19th century; with 4 loose botanical watercolours 3 with inscribed text on verso possibly by the same hand v.s. " unframed (Qty.).
A D IMMS: INSECT NATURAL HISTORY, 1947, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 8, later d/w, orig cl gt, d/w + W B TURRILL: BRITISH PLANT LIFE, 1948, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 10, orig cl gt, d/w + F J NORTH, BRUCE CAMPBELL AND RICHENDA SCOTT: SNOWDONIA – THE NATIONAL PARK OF NORTH WALES, 1949, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 13, orig cl gt, d/w +J E LOUSLEY: WILD FLOWERS OF CHALK AND LIMESTONE, 1950, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 16, orig cl gt, d/w + E M NICHOLSON: BIRDS AND MEN: THE BIRD LIFE OF BRITISH TOWNS VILLAGES GARDENS AND FARMLAND, 1951, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 17, orig cl gt, d/w + T T MACAN AND E B WORTHINGTON: LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS, 1951, 1st edn, later d/w, New Naturalist Series No 15, orig cl gt, d/w + C M YONGE: THE SEA SHORE, 1966 rev edn, New Naturalist Series No 12, orig cl gt, d/w + WILFRID BLUNT: THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION, 1967 reprint, New Naturalist Series No 14, orig cl gt, d/w (8)
A Portfolio of 19th and early 20th Century Topographical scenes, watercolours, and an oil by various hands, views of a South African tribal village, Algiers, Egypt, the Parry Passage in British Columbia, the grave of Cecil Rhodes in Rhodesia by Mabel Withers, and an interesting botanical watercolour of a Mountain Cactus in Flower, dated 1810, variously signed, inscribed and dated, various sizes (12)
AFTER GAY CORRAN "Botanical Study", signed limited edition print, AFTER PIERS BROWNLIE "Lie long high snowdrifts in the hedge", artist`s signed limited colour proof, 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL "Rural Dwellings", charcoal, unsigned, 20TH CENTURY SCHOOL "Stone balustrades with flowers", oil on board, monogrammed lower left, 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE SCHOOL "Badger in prunus and leafy landscape", etching, signed, together with further botanical prints, etc.
Chinese School 3 botanical studies watercolour and gouache on a Chinese paper laid on early 19th century india ink-ruled English wove paper supports each c.38 x 29 cm. (15 x 11 1/2 in) unframed (3). *** Provenance: from an album of similar studies lot 24 from the Philip Robinson Library sale Sotheby`s November 1988 the album having been inscribed on the front free endpaper “purchased at the Sale of Alex Davison Esqr” (30 April 1817) and marked 24024 [c.f. Phillips MS.24024 (China and Bengal c.1780-1800)]. Condition report: 2 with a few isolated spots the other more heavily spotted. All hinged into uniform mounts.
A small group of various botanical plates including a mezzotint of a bouquet by Smith after Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer 3 hand-coloured plates from Weinmann`s Phytanthoza Iconographia and 2 other botanical studies 18th century v.s. 350 x 230mm (13 3/4 x 9 in) to 185 x 130mm (7 1/4 x 5 in) unframed (6).
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