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LOT 5368:
4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869
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4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869
These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869.
The engravings are of:Scolopendrium Vulgare - Var. Ramo-marginatum; S. Vulgare - Var. Submarginatum & Jugosum; S. Vulgare - Var. Sublineato-striatum;S. Vulgare - Var. Stansfieldii.
This is one of several books on British ferns and grasses written by the Nottingham naturalist and illustrated with wood-engraved plates drawn by AF Lydon and printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield.
Size: 9.5 x 6 inch (24 x 15cm)
Condition: Excellent condition - please review the image carefully
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