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Naturalist Prints

Thu, May 11, 2017 01:00PM EDT - Thu, May 25, 2017 02:19PM EDT
Lot 19

Mark Catesby

Estimate: $400 - $600

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(British, 1679-1749)

Sappadillo Tree (Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata (L.) Cronquist Wild Dilly), T.87 (Pl. LXXXVII), from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, volume II, 1754 or 1781 edition, hand-colored engraving on laid paper with Strasbourg Lily watermark with dropped "JH&Z", 14-3/4 x 10-1/8 in. (plate) 18-5/8 x 12-1/2 in. (page), unframed

 

(British, 1679-1749)

Sappadillo Tree (Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata (L.) Cronquist Wild Dilly), T.87 (Pl. LXXXVII), from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, volume II, 1754 or 1781 edition, hand-colored engraving on laid paper with Strasbourg Lily watermark with dropped "JH&Z", 14-3/4 x 10-1/8 in. (plate) 18-5/8 x 12-1/2 in. (page), unframed

 

(British, 1679-1749)

Sappadillo Tree (Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata (L.) Cronquist Wild Dilly), T.87 (Pl. LXXXVII), from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, volume II, 1754 or 1781 edition, hand-colored engraving on laid paper with Strasbourg Lily watermark with dropped "JH&Z", 14-3/4 x 10-1/8 in. (plate) 18-5/8 x 12-1/2 in. (page), unframed

 

Condition

erasure of inscription in bottom margin, green tonality to paper, handling grime and creases, staining, inscription verso and at upper right margin in pencil, bleed through to verso of brown, some toning and light foxing