ID 1026935
Lot 101 | One hundred and twenty copper-plates of English moths and butterflies, 1773
Estimate value
£ 2 400 – 7 000
4to (301 x 252 mm.), 119 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 120, lacking plate 122), contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, plates CVI, CVII, and CXI shaved at upper margin, repairs to plate CXVI, plate CXX frayed at outer margin, splitting at final gathering
| Artist: | Benjamin Wilkes (? - 1749) |
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| Artist: | Benjamin Wilkes (? - 1749) |
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| Address of auction |
Sotheby´s 34-35 New Bond Street W1A 2AA London United Kingdom | ||||||
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