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SOWERBY, JOHN EDWARDS - JOHNSON, C. PIERPOINT. British Wild Flowers. London (J. E. Sowerby) 1860.

8vo (235x140 mm.). (4), xlix, (1 blank), 168 pp. Handcoloured lithograph frontispiece, 80 plates with 1600 hand-coloured lithograph illustrations and 2 uncoloured lithograph plates by John Edward Sowerby (complete, minor staining or foxing, some notes in margin, tear to margin on page 113). Signature to title.
Green contemporary half leather, worn and rubbed, faded spine in compartments,

Nissen, BBI 997 (other editions.).
John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870), British botanical illustrator and publisher. Part of the Sowerby family, he was eldest son of Charles Edward Sowerby and grandson of James Sowerby.

Provenance: The consigners´ family is related to James Sowerby (1757-1822) through their great grandmother, who was the daughter Charlotte Ann Sowerby (Lottie), later married Bryant. The family´s grandmother later bought this work in London in the 1920´s.

Auktionsnummer:

6197

Datum:

2019-06-14