Lot 154: LAWRANCE (MARY)

Est: £40,000 GBP - £50,000 GBP

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomApril 01, 2003

Item Overview

Description

A Collection of Roses from Nature, first edition, engraved title, dedication leaf, hand-coloured frontispiece and 90 hand-coloured etched plates, 2 leaf index bound at end, plates watermarked 1794, occasional very light soiling to margins, later half morocco [Nissen BBI 1151; Great Flower Books, p.64; Dunthorne 176; Henrey 948], folio (480 by 350mm), Miss Lawrance, [1796-] 1799 [-1810]

Artist or Maker

Mary (1794) Lawrence

Notes

The first illustrated monograph on roses and one of the most decorative colour-plate books of its time. Dedicated to Queen Charlotte the book created much sensation as nothing like it had been published before. Roses were beginning to take a prominent place in gardens and were rapidly gaining popularity; demand for the book was far in excess of the numbers printed.

Auction Details

Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Bonhams

April 01, 2003, 12:00 AM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK

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