Illustrated Bouquet-Eucharis Amazonica

£300 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Amazon Lily (common name) is part of the Amaryllis family. This beautiful and vibrant botanical lithograph is after a drawing by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby and Augusta Innes Wither and these illustrations were issued in instalments by the Hendersons. Edward George Henderson (1783-1876) and his son Andrew ((1823-1906) owned famous nurseries at Vine Place, Edgware Road and also owned the Wellington Road Nurseries and Pineapple Place in London. Hand-coloured lithograph: image size 34 cm x 26 cm, mounted size 49 cm x 39 cm.

• Binding: Hardcover

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