£1,890
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
[Sansepolcro]: Aboca Museum Edizioni, 2006. 3 volumes, large folio, original blind-stamped cream leather bindings, full-colour illustrations throughout, each volume housed in original printed cardboard case
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Deluxe facsimile of the first edition of one of the greatest flower books in existence, published at Nuremberg in 1613. One of 1450 copies, this copy apparently one of 50 reserved for Folio Society members, with a Folio Society prospectus laid in.