Antique prints and engravings
Lot 6279:
4 x Engravings by FP Nodder from Flora Rustica 1792
These hand-coloured engravings by Frederick P. Nodder are from Flora Rustica: Exhibiting Accurate Figures of such Plants as are either Useful or Injurious in Husbandry by Thomas Martyn. Published by FP Nodder, London 1792. Martyn (1735-1825) was a botanist and one of the earliest British exponents of Linneaus. Frederick Polydore Nodder (1770-1801) was an English illustrator, engraver, painter, and publisher. Nodder illustrated and published George Shaw’s periodical The Naturalist’s Miscellany and Thomas Martyn’s Flora Rustica. This delicate hand-coloured botanical image has been engraved on handmade paper and is beautifully detailed. The accompanying text is also available. Size: 5in x 8.5in (13cm x 21.5cm)
Condition: Excellent condition – please see images
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