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Lot 253

Pierre Joseph Redoute and Pancrace Bessa

Estimate: $200 - $300

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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(French, 1770-1855)

from The North American Sylva, published by Michaux and Nuttall, 1810 edition, two by Bessa, Magnolia Tripetala, Pl. 5 and Magnolia Acuminata Pl. 3, one by Redoute, Magnolia Glauca, Pl. 2, accommodating french description text of each botanical print loose in synthetic sleeve on frame verso, all hand colored copperplate engravings on cream wove paper and floated on silk mat, all plates 9-1/8 x 5-7/8 in., all sheets 9-3/4 x 6-5/8 in.; matching gilt wood frames, 12-1/2 x 9-3/8 x 1 in. 

Provenance: W. Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label verso); Private Collection, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

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W. Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label verso); Private Collection, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

floated, full sheet, light toning and foxing, not examined out of frame, binding edge present on two; frames with abrasions