Lot 41

Bookbinding - Susan Allix

Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£1,250
Description
A flora. Words about flowers from sixteen authors. London: S. Allix, 1992. 4to, number 5 of 26 copies, one of 4 de luxe copies, with 2 original watercolours, one on vellum, 23 etched plates (6 with hand-colouring), 7 lino cuts and 2 woodcuts, full dark green Oasis morocco, with onlays of red and green poppy and leaf designs, with central panel cut away to reveal original drawing, spine with opening "shutters", apricot silk doublures, folding box, with original prospectus and correspondence from Susan Allix loosely inserted
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
