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    2 - 3 December 2003

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    • JOHN HILL [EDITOR] (ACTIVE 18T
    Lot 119

    JOHN HILL [EDITOR] (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY)

    The British Herbal: Seven Plates

    Price realised

    USD 1,554

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    JOHN HILL [EDITOR] (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY)
    The British Herbal: Seven Plates
    seven engravings, circa 1765, with hand-coloring, on laid papers, all with margins, soft handling creases, several with soft rippling and folds, pale offsetting from text showing through from the reverse, a few with the palest light-staining, small binding holes showing in the left margin, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, in French mats with wash lines and faux bronzed frames, not examined out of the frames
    all P. approx. 14 7/8 x 8¾ in. (377 x 222 mm.)
    all S. approx. 22¼ x 16¼ in. (565 x 412 mm.) (7)

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