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Fri, Jan 13, 2017 06:00PM EST - Sat, Jan 14, 2017 06:00PM EST
Lot 210

After Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758): Caper, Plate 417; and Columbine, Plate 409, from A Curious Herbal

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Two engravings with hand-coloring on laid paper, originally published between 1737 and 1739, London. Both 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (plate), 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (sight), 19 3/4 x 15 in. (frame). Note: <I>A Curious Herbal<P> contained five hundred pictures of plants that could be used medicinal purposes.