(4pc) PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE (Belgian, 1759-1840)
c. 1808, four botanical hand-colored engravings, comprising: plate no. 187, "Pancratium Croceum / Pancrace Safrane" (lillies); plate no. 184, "Uvularia Perfoliata / Uvulaire Perfoliee" (perfoliate bellwort); plate no. 195, "Albuca Abyssinica / Albuca D'Abyssinie" ('kyosa' or 'kitunguu pori'); and plate no. 234, "Ornithogalum Pyrenacium / Orinthogale des Pyrenees" (Pyrenees star of Bethlehem, or Prussian asparagus)
h. 19-7/8 w. 12-5/8 in., sight
overall: 28 x 20-1/4 in.
Provenance: the estate of an important Greenwich, CT lady, with items descended from J.E.B. Stewart
Condition Report: Not frmd. matted with loose title page on verso
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c. 1808, four botanical hand-colored engravings, comprising: plate no. 187, "Pancratium Croceum / Pancrace Safrane" (lillies); plate no. 184, "Uvularia Perfoliata / Uvulaire Perfoliee" (perfoliate bellwort); plate no. 195, "Albuca Abyssinica / Albuca D'Abyssinie" ('kyosa' or 'kitunguu pori'); and plate no. 234, "Ornithogalum Pyrenacium / Orinthogale des Pyrenees" (Pyrenees star of Bethlehem, or Prussian asparagus)
h. 19-7/8 w. 12-5/8 in., sight
overall: 28 x 20-1/4 in.
Provenance: the estate of an important Greenwich, CT lady, with items descended from J.E.B. Stewart
Condition Report: Not frmd. matted with loose title page on verso
