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Lot 230
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$800 -
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$599
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Lot Description
[FLOWERING PLANTS]. A group of 10 works, including:
STERN, Frederic Claude. A Study of the Genus Paeonia. L: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1946. FIRST EDITION. -- HARDING, Edward, Mrs. The Book of the Peony. Philadelphia et al: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1917. Provenance: Mrs. Martin (inscription). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HARDING. -- MAINE, S. Catalogue of Agricultural and Horticultural Seeds. Number 449. L: Printed by Davison, 1834. -- [Hand-Painted Photograph Catalog of Evergreen Trees, Shrubs, and Flowering Deciduous Shrubs.] Agawam, MA: C.W. Atwater & Son Nursery, [1929]. 40 hand-painted photographs. -- Catalogue of Japanese Plants, Bulbs and Seeds. Yokohama: L. Boehmer & Co., [1903]. -- And 5 others. Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, various sizes, most illustrated, original or contemporary bindings, condition generally good. Complete list available on request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil











