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THOMAS MOORE. THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. LASTREA FILIX-MAS, POLYPODIUM VULGAR
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2,500 - 3,500 USD
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- The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: Six Color Nature-printed Engravings
Six nature-printed engravings in color, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855 [-1856]. Framed. lot includes: Lastrea Filix-mas [Male Crested Wood Fern], [Pl. XIV] — Polypodium vulgare [Brake Root], P.vulgare acutum [Pointed Brake Root], P.vulgare bifidum [Clefted Brake Root], [Pl. I] — Polypodium Dryopteris [Smooth Three-Branched Polypody, or Oak Fern], [Pl. V] — Lastrea dilatata dumetorum [Broad Prickly-toothed Buckler Fern], [Pl. XXV] — Osmunda regalis [Buckthorn Brake], [Pl. L] — Asplenium Adiantum - nigrum acutum [Black Spleenwort], [Pl. XXXVII] each sheet approximately: 546 x 368 mm 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in
Condition
In generally fine condition with the exception of one or two short closed marginal tears, and one or two instances of minor marginal soiling.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
拍品資料及來源
A groups of prints from Moore's important work on nature printing was one of the first of the genre printed in England. The beautifully executed plates were produced under the direction of Henry Bradbury, England's first nature printer, and are considered to be among the finest pieces of nature printing ever completed. The plates were produced "... by passing the plant, under pressure, between a plate of soft lead from which an electrotype could be made" (Blunt). As a result, they recorded the smallest details of flowers and the finest venations of leaves.
Bradbury, whose father was of the publishing house Bradbury & Evans, studied at the Imperial Printing Office in Vienna. His interest in printing extended to "... the production of bank notes and the security of paper money, on which he discoursed at the Royal Institute" (DNB) and to the history of printing. He had many ideas for lavish and extensive works, including nature-printed books on fungi and trees and a work on the graphic arts of the nineteenth century, but none of these were ever realised. He died in 1860 at the age of twenty-nine.
Bradbury, whose father was of the publishing house Bradbury & Evans, studied at the Imperial Printing Office in Vienna. His interest in printing extended to "... the production of bank notes and the security of paper money, on which he discoursed at the Royal Institute" (DNB) and to the history of printing. He had many ideas for lavish and extensive works, including nature-printed books on fungi and trees and a work on the graphic arts of the nineteenth century, but none of these were ever realised. He died in 1860 at the age of twenty-nine.