Lot 161
161
M. E. Rosenberg
Museum of flowers. 1845. EA.
Estimate:
€ 1,300 / $ 1,391 Sold:
€ 1,610 / $ 1,722 (incl. surcharge)
Nissen 1679. - Sitwell/Blunt, Great Flower Books S. 133. - Coll. A. Plesch 387. - Erste Ausgabe, selten. - Mit prachtvollen, dekorativen Blumentafeln (Rosen, Tulpen, Anemonen, Dalien etc.). - "Miss Rosenberg came of a Family of artist at Bath (her brother, G. F. R. 1825-69 is the best known) and in 1850 she married W. Duffield of the same city and profession. The book is dedicated to Mrs. Robert Montgomery, wife of the poet, who was also born and brought up in Bath. The list of the plates calls for only 36 and that number are sometimes present, so the work must have been issued in at least two parts." (Plesch) - Vereinzelt fleckig. Vorderes Gelenk vom Buchblock gelöst. - Exlibris. - Aus der Sammlung Arpad Plesch.
161
M. E. Rosenberg
Museum of flowers. 1845. EA.
Estimate:
€ 1,300 / $ 1,391 Sold:
€ 1,610 / $ 1,722 (incl. surcharge)