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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 #:
  269
• Lot Description:
  Charsley, Fanny Anne. The Wild Flowers Around Melbourne
  Quarto, handcoloured lithographed title-page and 13 handcoloured lithographed plates, in the original blue sand-grain cloth, gilt. London, Day & Son, 1867.
• Notes:
  First edition: with a presentation inscription by Dr. Ferdinand von Mueller and a related three-page autograph letter signed. Between her arrival in Melbourne in 1857 and her return to England in 1867, Charsley painted a series of beautiful watercolours of native wild flowers that formed the basis for the fine handcoloured plates in this volume. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf of descriptive scientific text by Ferdinand von Mueller, to whom the book was dedicated. Ferguson, 8106a.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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