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4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869

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Start price: £15

Estimated price: £50 - £100

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These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe’s Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869.

The engravings are of:Athyrium Filix-Foemina;Asplenium Lanceolatum;Asplenium Septentrionale & Germanicum;Asplenium Fontanum.

This is one of several books on British ferns and grasses written by the Nottingham naturalist and illustrated with wood-engraved plates drawn by AF Lydon and printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield.

Size: 9.5 x 6 inch (24 x 15cm)

Condition: Excellent condition – please review the image carefully