Huge collection of antique prints and maps
Lot 5379:
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:Lychnis Viscaria Splendens & Cypripedium Calceolus;Linaria Origanifolia, Sempervivum Arachnoideum & Aquilegia Pyrenaica;Campanula Turbinata & Papaver Nudicaule;Linnaea Borealis, Trientalis Europaea & Hypericum Nummularium;Sedum Reflexum & Aster Alpinus;Cypripedium Spectabile.
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 image carefully
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