Lot 4: LAWRANCE, MARY.

FROM THE LIBRARY OF HANNA STRAUSS-WEIL (1921-2011)
A COLLECTION OF ROSES FROM NATURE. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY MISS LAWRANCE, TEACHER OF BOTANICAL DRAWINGS, 1799
First edition, folio (395 x 310mm.), hand-coloured etched and stipple-engraved frontispiece, engraved title and dedication, 2 leaves of letterpress, 90 hand-coloured etched and stipple engraved plates of roses, [Dunthorne 176; Great Flower Books, p.64; Henry 3:948; Nissen BBI 1151; An Oak Spring Flora 78; not in Hunt], blue straight-grained morocco gilt, one or two plates dampstained at head, binding rubbed, corners repaired