Pomological plates

Lot 258
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 752988
Lot 258 | Pomological plates
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Pomological platesElizabeth Maria Search, 1860sSEARCH, Elizabeth Maria (1819-1894), et al. [Pomological plates]. Probably Rochester, 1860s? An album of horticultural illustrations of fruit, flowers, and trees, likely for use by nurserymen. For more on the Rochester horticultural printing industry, see lot 254. Most of these prints are after work by Elizabeth Search, mother of Charles M. Search, himself a producer of horticultural plates, accompanied by prints from DM Dewey and Darrow. According to Reese, "such books were generally made up of loose plates to suit the individual firm, often mixing work from different printers or ones executed in different mediums. As a result, virtually every album is unique in its makeup" (Stamped with a National Character). See Stamped with a National Character 70-72; Oak Spring Pomona 64; and Jason W. Dean, "In Living Color: Crystal Bridges and its American Color Plate Collection," in Art Documentation 31.1 (2013), pp. 87-99. Quarto (270 x 199mm). 82 plates comprising lithographs finished by hand, pochoir prints, watercolors, and stencils, with printed or manuscript captions, in some cases pasted on, one plate with a lithograph of a pear pasted to the reverse (some toning and soiling, small tears and spots, some leaves chipped or shaved with losses to captions, one leaf loose from binding, dampstaining at ends). Contemporary brown cloth (very worn, with old repairs to spine and joints). Provenance: various illegible pencil inscriptions on flyleaves, with pencil annotations throughout noting planting seasons.
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