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Lot 5391:
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:Androsace Lanuginosa & Campanula Alpina;Trichinium Manglesii;Linum Alpinum & Epilobium Obcordatum;Sedum Kamtschaticum & Scutellaria Macrantha;Viola Biflora & Cyclamen Repandum;Gentiana Bavarica & Primula Minima.
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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