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Lot 5370:
4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869
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:Cystopteris Fragilis;Cystopteris Fragilis – Var Dentata ;Cystopteris Fragilis Var. Dickieana;Cystopteris Fragilis Var. Furcans.
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
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