Antique prints and engravings
Lot 6303:
6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872
These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy, London 1872. The 6 prints comprise:Crocus Nudiflorus & Crocus Speciosus;Thymus Azureus & Campanula Garganica;Andromeda Tetragona & Cyclamen Coum Vernum;Saxifraga Aizoon & Silene Schafta;Linaria Alpina & Puschkinia Scilloides;Sedum Ewersii & Primula Amoena’These exquisitely coloured wood engravings (xylographs) were made from multiple blocks, prepared and printed by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield, based on the watercolor paintings of Alexander Francis Lydon. Size: Approx. 6.5 in X 9.5in (16.5cm x 24cm)
Condition: Excellent condition, some with occasional spotting – please review the images carefully
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