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    Travel, Science & Natural History

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    24 September 2008

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    • Dr Robert John Thornton, Publi
    Lot 87

    Dr Robert John Thornton, Publisher, (circa 1768-1837)

    The Dragon Arum; The Snowdrop; and The Maggot-bearing Stapelia, by Ward and Stadler

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    GBP 1,250

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    GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

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    Dr Robert John Thornton, Publisher, (circa 1768-1837)
    The Dragon Arum; The Snowdrop; and The Maggot-bearing Stapelia, by Ward and Stadler
    mezzotints and aquatint printed in colour and finished by hand, published by Dr Thornton, London, 1801 and 1804
    S. 22½ x 17½in. (57.2 x 44.5cm.) (3)

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