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Botanical Floral Prints

c1860s. Two colour lithographs, one with artist name “F. Yerna”, both with title and publisher’s line in image lower left to right, 23.5 x 15.6cm (approx. each). Slight foxing. Framed.

Publisher’s line reads “Paris. Imp. Zanote, 13 r. des Boulangers.” Images depict (1) Pancratium illyricum, (its Italian name “giglio stella”, means star lily), a species of bulbous plant native to Corsica, Sardinia and the Capraia Islands of Tuscany; and (2) Griffinia blumenavia, a small pink and white flowering bulb that grows in woodland sites in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ref: Wiki; Pacific Bulb Society.

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Item #CL199-27

Price (AUD): $770.00  other currencies