Lot 59: Otto Soltau (Germany 1885-1915)

Otto Soltau (Germany 1885-1915) >A group of five designs for botanical plates, comprising: Gooseberry (<i>Ribes grossularia<i>), Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) and Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca); Sweet woodruff (Asperula adorata) and Coffee (Coffea arabica); Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) and Honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium); Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum); and Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) >each inscribed with numbers and a key (on the backing paper) and each also inscribed with a plate number<br>pencil and watercolour >11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.5 cm.)<br>

Christie's, London, 23 June 1983, part of lot 147 (4), lot 150 (1 and 3), part of lot 162 (2) and part of lot 164 (5).