Auction: Sale #2122 - 2122Location: BoltonDate / Time: January 19, 2002 10:00AM
Description:
Elisabeth Blackwell (British, 18th Century)
Lot of Four Plates from A CURIOUS HERBAL, published in two volumes, 1737-1739: The Fig Tree, Guinea Pepper, The Duck's Meat, andThe Sloe-tree. Each identified within the plates and on labels from Goodspeed's, Boston, on the reverse. Engraving with hand-coloring (possibly later) on paper, plate sizes approximately 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in., framed. Condition: Some with minor foxing and or staining, not examined out of frames.
Estimate $300-500