FURBER, Robert and Richard BRADLEY. The Flower-Garden Display'd... 1732. FIRST EDITION.
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Jun 7, 2024
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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.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
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