Dec 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2689 -

Sale 2689 - Lot 221

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(TREES.) Jacob George Strutt. Sylva Britannica; or Portraits of Forest Trees. [bound with] Delicaiae Sylvarum; or Grand and Romantic Forest Scenery in England and Scotland. Frontispiece, pictorial title, 40 [and] 8 plates, all etched, printed on India paper and mounted to larger sheets of heavier stock, text leaves on "JWhatman/1825", without "Sylva Scotia" divisional title. * Pictorial title and 12 plates, all etched, printed on India paper and mounted to larger sheets of heavier stock, text leaves on "JWhatman/Turkey Mill/1827". 2 works in one. Large folio, 20¾x14½ inches, contemporary half morocco worn, front cover detached; scattered foxing. The second title is rare. London, 1826; and [1828]