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Embury, Emma C.
Estimate
500 - 700 USD
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Description
- American Wild Flowers in their Native Haunts...with twenty plates of plants, carefully colored after nature; and landscape views of their localities, from drawings on the spot, by E. Whitefield. New York and Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Company, 1845
- paper, ink, leather
Additional lithographed title-page. Illustration: 20 handcolored lithographed plates by E. Whitefield.
8vo (9 3/4 x 7 in.; 235 x 177 mm.) Binding: original blue publisher's cloth with ornate gilt covers, rebacked, preserving original spine. Minor wear to corners. Bookplate and old institutional stamp on front pastedown. Blind stamp on title pages and plates.
Stain in gutter, bookplate and old institutional stamp on front pastedown, blindstamp on title-pages and plates. Hinges reinforced, minor wear to corners.
8vo (9 3/4 x 7 in.; 235 x 177 mm.) Binding: original blue publisher's cloth with ornate gilt covers, rebacked, preserving original spine. Minor wear to corners. Bookplate and old institutional stamp on front pastedown. Blind stamp on title pages and plates.
Stain in gutter, bookplate and old institutional stamp on front pastedown, blindstamp on title-pages and plates. Hinges reinforced, minor wear to corners.
Literature
Bettina Norton, Edwin Whitefield, p.139; McGrath, pp. 45, 89; Sabin 22414
Condition
Stain in gutter, bookplate and old institutional stamp on front pastedown, blindstamp on title-pages and plates. Hinges reinforced, minor wear to corners.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Second edition, after the first of the same year. The unique combination of hand-coloring, full color-printing, and lithographic printing is representative of a shift in color plate printing to the more industrialized chromolithographic printing. "What makes this book interesting is...the fact that the plates show some touches of color printing; Lewis and Brown is one of the very early firms to produce chromolithographic illustrations for books" (McGrath).
Norton considers this one of the two most interesting color-plate books illustrated by Edwin Whitefield, an Englishman known for his lithographed views of American cities and landscapes.