FURBER, Robert and Richard BRADLEY. The Flower-Garden Display'd... 1732. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,000 -
$2,000
Sold for $4,128
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
FURBER, Robert (ca 1674-1756) and Richard BRADLEY (d.1732). The Flower-Garden Display'd, in above Four Hundred Curious Representations of the most Beautiful Flowers. London: Printed for J. Hazard; R. Montagu; W. Bickerton; R. Chandler; and Caesar Ward, 1732.
4to (238 x 183 mm). Title printed in red and black, hand-colored engraved title-page, 12 hand-colored engraved plates. (Spotting, some toning to plates.) Early 20ᵗʰ century red straight-grain morocco with gilt borders, edges gilt (front joint repaired); folding case.
FIRST EDITION, quarto format version of Furber's folio Twelve Months of Flowers (1730). Peter Smith engraved the plates after the original paintings by P. Casteels. Brunet 4954; Dunthorne 114; Great Flower Books, pp.30-31; Henrey 721; Hunt 487; Nissen BBI 677.
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