Lot 78
  • 78

Bury, Priscilla

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • PAPER AND INK
A pair of hand-colored engraved plates after Bury by Robert Havell, removed from A Selection of Hexandrian Plants [1831-1834], being plate 16 (Amaryllis crocata) and plate 26 (Amaryllis fulgida) measuring 21 x 17 1/2 in.; 533 x 445 mm (not examined out of frame).  Uniformly matted, framed and glazed.

Literature

Dunthorne 71; Nissen BBI  306; Pritzel 1403; Stafleu & Cowan 937 

Condition

A pair of hand-colored engraved plates after Bury by Robert Havell, removed from A Selection of Hexandrian Plants [1831-1834], being plate 16 (Amaryllis crocata) and plate 26 (Amaryllis fulgida) measuring 21 x 17 1/2 in.; 533 x 445 mm (not examined out of frame). Uniformly matted, framed and glazed.
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