Snelling, Lilian (illustrator)
A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium
£819
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Taylor and Francis, 1933-[62]. 9 parts in 1 volume, large folio (55.5 x 37cm), contemporary maroon crushed morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, [6] viii 143, 21 12 pp., decorative lithographic title-page, 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Lilian Snelling, 10 colour collotype plates by Margaret Stones, tissue-guards, spotting to lithographic title-page, text, and one of the collotype plates, plates otherwise largely clean [Nissen BBI 594]
Footnote
The first seven parts of the supplement, with the 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates, was published between 1933 and 1940, followed by the final two parts, containing the 10 collotype plates, in 1960-2.