drawn from nature in the years 1800-1882 in the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro...
Coombe Croft, 1893
Rare Brazilian flora with two original watercolours. Edith Norton's magnificent, large format flora of Rio de Janeiro, this copy with the addition of two additional watercolours. A feature of the book are the splendid orchid illustrations. The work is very scarce and rarely appears on the market. Only 3 complete copies have appeared at auction in the past 50 years.
Large folio (72.5 x 54.7 cm); 50 hand-coloured plates and 2 original watercolours, plate 9 with light damp stain to upper margin not affecting illustration, plate 49 soiled in upper margin (affecting plate number but not illustration), a few plates with a tiny water stain to very edge of lower margin not affecting illustration, plate 50 creased at extremities and with light damp stain, loose as issued in original morocco-backed cloth portfolio, joints worn.
Nissen BBI 1453.
Large folio (72.5 x 54.7 cm); 50 hand-coloured plates and 2 original watercolours, plate 9 with light damp stain to upper margin not affecting illustration, plate 49 soiled in upper margin (affecting plate number but not illustration), a few plates with a tiny water stain to very edge of lower margin not affecting illustration, plate 50 creased at extremities and with light damp stain, loose as issued in original morocco-backed cloth portfolio, joints worn.
Nissen BBI 1453.
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