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Auction 115, Lot 759

"[Lot of 12 - Flowers]", Pratt, Anne

Subject: Botanicals

Period: 1880 (circa)

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Color: Printed Color

Size:
5 x 8 inches
12.7 x 20.3 cm
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A colorful group of chromolithograph botanical plates. One of the most successful woman botanical artists of her time, Anne Pratt wrote and illustrated twenty books on botany aimed primarily at a popular audience. This group covers a variety of flower types with most plates featuring several similar varieties.

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Condition: A

A few with a bit of scattered foxing, but most very good or fine.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $180

Closed on 6/21/2006

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