Lot 153
Grapes and Grape Vines of California, 1/300, San Francisco, 1980.
Hammer Price: £340
Description
Grapes and Grape Vines of California: A Facsimile of the Original Edition of 1877, with an introduction by Kevin Starr, number 113 of 300 copies (but actually only 65), 10 colour plates, loose as issued in original burgundy cloth portfolio, folio, San Francisco, John Windle, 1980.
⁂ Superb facsimile of the very rare first Californian ampelography, published in San Francisco by Edward Bosqui in 1877, with oleographic plates after water-colours by Hannah Millard, the first Californian imprint with coloured plates. Despite the intention to issue 310 copies only 65 were produced, 25 bound in morocco and the rest loose in portfolios as this copy.
Description
Grapes and Grape Vines of California: A Facsimile of the Original Edition of 1877, with an introduction by Kevin Starr, number 113 of 300 copies (but actually only 65), 10 colour plates, loose as issued in original burgundy cloth portfolio, folio, San Francisco, John Windle, 1980.
⁂ Superb facsimile of the very rare first Californian ampelography, published in San Francisco by Edward Bosqui in 1877, with oleographic plates after water-colours by Hannah Millard, the first Californian imprint with coloured plates. Despite the intention to issue 310 copies only 65 were produced, 25 bound in morocco and the rest loose in portfolios as this copy.
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