Lot 155
Basilisk Press.- Blunt (Wilfrid) Tulips & Tulipomania, 2 vol. including portfolio of plates, 1977 and another, simialr (2)
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Basilisk Press.- Blunt (Wilfrid) Tulips & Tulipomania, 2 vol. including portfolio of plates, text with tipped-in colour plates and illustrations, original morocco-backed tulip-patterned cloth, 8 colour plates by Rory McEwen, all signed, numbered and dated in pencil, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth drop-back box (with text in pocket inside lid), slightly soiled, 1977 § Stearn (William T.) and Wilfrid Blunt. The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer, tipped-in colour plates, original morocco-backed marbled boards, modern cloth drop-back box, 1976, each letter E of 515 copies, the first signed by the author, Basilisk Press, folio (2)
Description
Basilisk Press.- Blunt (Wilfrid) Tulips & Tulipomania, 2 vol. including portfolio of plates, text with tipped-in colour plates and illustrations, original morocco-backed tulip-patterned cloth, 8 colour plates by Rory McEwen, all signed, numbered and dated in pencil, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth drop-back box (with text in pocket inside lid), slightly soiled, 1977 § Stearn (William T.) and Wilfrid Blunt. The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer, tipped-in colour plates, original morocco-backed marbled boards, modern cloth drop-back box, 1976, each letter E of 515 copies, the first signed by the author, Basilisk Press, folio (2)