The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part II

The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part II

  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 504. Carl Ludwig Willdenow | Historia amaranthorum, Zurich, [1790]-1798, contemporary half calf.
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Carl Ludwig Willdenow | Historia amaranthorum, Zurich, [1790]-1798, contemporary half calf

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

November 29, 03:25 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Carl Ludwig Willdenow


Historia amaranthorum. Zurich: Ziegler; Paris: Tilliard; London: Escher, [1790]-1798


FIRST EDITION, folio (460 x 280mm.), dedication, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Joh. Rud. Schellenberg, contemporary half calf, edges uncut, binding rubbed


A rare monograph on the amaranths. See next lot for details on Willdenow


LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 81; Nissen BBI 2156; Stafleu TL2 17.652


PROVENANCE:

Rev. and Hon. Richard Cavendish Boyle (1812-1886), Huntercombe, Berkshire, son of the Earl and Countess of Cork, Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, bookplate