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  • JAMES SOWERBY - FOUR (4) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF BOTANICALS - C.1794
    Jul. 10, 2022

    JAMES SOWERBY - FOUR (4) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF BOTANICALS - C.1794

    Est: $100 - $120

    FOUR (4) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF BOTANICALS BY JAMES SOWERBY - SUITE #1: Four (4) Botanical lithographs by James Sowerby, Circa 1794. Each measures approximately 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Very Good Condition. James Sowerby, F.L.S. (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English botanist. Published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates. The use of vivid colour and accessible texts were intended to reach a widening audience in works of natural history. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth was published in 36 volumes over 23 years and was given the full title, English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, the descriptions supplied by Sir James E. Smith were illuminated by Sowerby's 2,592 hand-colored plates. The volumes were issued by subscription, as a part work over 23 years, until its eventual completion in 1813. This amounted to 36 volumes which came to be referred to 'Sowerby's Botany', though somewhat erroneously.

    Beowulf Art and Books
  • JAMES SOWERBY - FIVE (5) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF BOTANICALS - C.1794
    Jul. 10, 2022

    JAMES SOWERBY - FIVE (5) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF BOTANICALS - C.1794

    Est: $100 - $120

    FIVE (5) ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF BOTANICALS BY JAMES SOWERBY - SUITE #1: Five (5) Botanical lithographs by James Sowerby, Circa 1794. Each measures approximately 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Very Good Condition. James Sowerby, F.L.S. (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English botanist. Published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates. The use of vivid colour and accessible texts were intended to reach a widening audience in works of natural history. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth was published in 36 volumes over 23 years and was given the full title, English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, the descriptions supplied by Sir James E. Smith were illuminated by Sowerby's 2,592 hand-colored plates. The volumes were issued by subscription, as a part work over 23 years, until its eventual completion in 1813. This amounted to 36 volumes which came to be referred to 'Sowerby's Botany', though somewhat erroneously.

    Beowulf Art and Books
  • TWELVE ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS
    May. 20, 2015

    TWELVE ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    TWELVE ENGRAVINGS OF FLOWERS PUBLISHED BY JAMES SOWERBY , DATED 1795 Each inscribed and dated in the plate in silvered wood frames 10 ¼ x 6 ½ in. (26 x 16 cm.) overall

    Christie's
  • Fifteen hand coloured engravings from British
    Jun. 12, 2014

    Fifteen hand coloured engravings from British

    Est: £300 - £400

    Fifteen hand coloured engravings from British Mineralogy by James Sowerby (1804-1818), framed in five frames - plates 151, 152, 184 (fossils) - plates 52, 88, 160 (agates and gold) - plates 67, 72, 143 (calcite, selenite etc.) - plates 11, 24, 33 (galena, fluorite, calcite) - plates 27, 75, 176 (sphalerite, fluorite, galena)

    Canterbury Auction Galleries
  • Six hand coloured prints of fossils and minerals
    Jun. 12, 2014

    Six hand coloured prints of fossils and minerals

    Est: £60 - £80

    Six hand coloured prints of fossils and minerals from British Mineralogy (1804-1818) and Mineral Conchology (1812-1846), both by James Sowerby, all framed and glazed

    Canterbury Auction Galleries
  • (MINERALOGY.) Sowerby, James. British Mineralogy.
    Jun. 03, 2014

    (MINERALOGY.) Sowerby, James. British Mineralogy.

    Est: $7,000 - $10,000

    (MINERALOGY.) Sowerby, James. British Mineralogy. 550 hand-colored engraved plates. 5 volumes. 8vo, 230x142 mm, late 19th-/early 20th-century 1/2 calf gilt, spines darkened, front covers detached on volumes I and III-V rear cover detached on volume I, others starting; occasional offsetting onto plates from facing text pages, otherwise generally quite clean internally. London, 1804-17

    Swann Auction Galleries
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