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Line engraving, hand-colored, on white paper, matted in frame 77 x 64 cm. (Subscriber list) or 66 x 54 cm. (Month plates). Subscriber plate lists names in five columns, enclosed in a floral border, with common name in small script next to each flower. Each month plate depicts an arrangement of flowers (30 to 38 types) in a vase or urn standing on a plinth. Each flower is numbered and is identified by common name in a key on the bottom of the plate....
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Wood-engraving block made from end-grained Turkish box-wood housed in a black and red hand-made box with gold lettering and a red linen lining. Prints: White line wood engraving, black ink, on Japanese paper, mat 22 x 28 cm. (Copy 1). Image of a dog frightened during the night by false appearances of men which are formed by curious roots and branches.
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Text with reproductions of 4 wood engravings. Black ink on cream paper. Image of a man scything on cover, followed by two pages of descriptive text with images of a moth on bottom left, p. 2, and morning glory top right, p. 3. Excerpts of reviews and publisher information on p. 4 with image of small flower on bottom left.
12) The bittern
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Black line wood engraving, black ink, on Japanese paper, (c1): mat 22 x 28 cm., (c2): mat 31 x 26 cm. Bird in habitat.
13) Willow wren
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White line wood engraving, black ink, on white Japanese paper, (c1): mat 31 x 26 cm., (c2): mat 22 x 28 cm. Bird on branch over water.
19) Anemones
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Line engraving, hand-colored, on cream paper, mat 56 x 41 cm. Nine anemone flowers in a variety of colors and positions; one with leaves. Used for the designing of embroidery work. Possibly made in 18th-century France.
20) Amaranthus
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Line engraving, printed in sepia on cream paper and retouched by hand, mat 49 x 36 cm. Full flowering specimen showing a variety of leaves.