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Auction 199, Lot 705

"Belladona Majoribus Foliis & Floribus Inst. R.H. 77.", Miller, Philip

Subject: Prints - Botanical

Period: 1756 (dated)

Publication: Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful and Uncommon Plants…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.2 x 16.3 inches
25.9 x 41.4 cm
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A superb engraving from this scarce and important English botanical book. Scottish botanist Philip Miller (1691-1771) was curator at the Chelsea Physic Garden - the nucleus of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Miller employed the best botanical artists and engravers of the day to provide these illustrations as an accompaniment to the Gardener's Dictionary. By the time Miller died, he had named more than five thousand species under cultivation. He was also the first to conduct experiments showing that insects aid in flower pollination. These large, folio size 18th century botanical engravings are now quite scarce as they were produced in limited numbers. Drawn by Richard Lancake and engraved by J. Miller.

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Condition: A

Contemporary color on a clean, bright sheet with a bit of light foxing along the left edge.

Estimate: $220 - $250

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Closed on 9/11/2024

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