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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  191
• Lot Description:
  Sweet, Robert. Flora Australasica; or, a Selection of Handsome, or Curious Plants
  natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of some of the choicest Species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; With magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation… The drawings by E.D. Smith. Octavo, with 56 handcoloured engraved plates heightened with gum arabic, early stamp of the Medical Hall, Romsey, at the top of the index leaf, finely bound in green morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, James Ridgway, 1827 – 1828.
• Notes:
  Rare: one of the most appealing of all illustrated Australian botanical books from the early decades of settlement and a fundamental work on Australian botany. Robert Sweet was a prominent professional horticulturist and energetic promoter of exotic botany for English gardens and hot–houses. The species depicted in the 56 elegant and vibrantly handcoloured plates were drawn from live plants grown from seed in London, in the main by Sweet himself, making this the first work of Australian botany to be based entirely on living specimens. The original drawings were made by Edwin Dalton Smith, one of the best botanical artists of the period. In this handsome work the European public had a beautiful and extensively illustrated catalogue of newly–discovered South Seas flowering plants for the first time. Ferguson, 1144; Great Flower Books (1990), p. 143; Nissen, 1924.
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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