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    • Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1
    Lot 171

    Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699)

    Livre de Toutes Sortes de Fleurs d'Apres Nature: Eight Plates

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    USD 9,600

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699)
    Livre de Toutes Sortes de Fleurs d'Apres Nature: Eight Plates
    eight copper plate engravings with handcoloring with watercolor and gouache, circa 1660, on laid papers, published in Paris, all with margins, all with surface soiling and pale light-staining, all with scattered staining and scattered foxing, all with handling-creases, not examined out of the frames
    largest P. 16 x 12 in. (406 x 305 mm.)
    largest overall 25½ x 21½ in. (648 x 546 mm.) (8)

    Provenance

    Ann Kendall Richards, Inc., New York

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