May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ANDREWS, HENRY CHARLES. Coloured Engravings of Heaths. [Two volumes only.] 99 (of 144) hand-colored engraved plates by and after Andrews, printed in green or black, some heightened with gum Arabic. Volumes 1 and 2, only (of 4). Folio (16 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches), 19th century 1/2 green calf, partially disbound; volume II lacks the title page. London: printed by T. Bensley [vol.I] or R. Taylor [vol.II] for the Author, [1794-]1802-1805.

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A selection of plates from the first edition of the first two volumes on this spectacular monograph on the heathers: a work which Blunt considered to be Andrews' "finest achievement ... noble in conception and impressive in execution." BM (NH) I, p.46; Dunthorne 9; Great Flower Books (1990) p. 69; Johnston Cleveland Collections 674 (vols.I-III only); Nissen BBI 31; Pritzel 174; Stafleu & Cowan 134.