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Estimate €500 - €750
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Description
Botany Weisz, Josef Flowers of the Alps. 4 vols. With 100 coloured woodcuts. Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1960–1963. 16 half-titles and title pages with table of contents, 14 text leaves in softback; plates on uncut loose leaves, each in a paper sleeve labelled with the title. Folio. Hardback wing folders with gold-embossed titles. One of the most magnificent and significant works of botanical illustration of the 20th century. - Sarkowski 1892. - Schauer I, 247. - One of 200 (instead of the planned 400) copies, hand-coloured by Ernst Schauer, printed by hand on handmade paper and signed by Weisz in the colophon. Botany. - One of the most magnificent and significant works of botanical illustration of the 20th century. - One of 200 (instead of the 400 originally planned) copies on laid paper, hand-coloured by Ernst Schauer and signed by Weisz in the imprint. Original half-vellum flap folder with gilt spine title. - A fine copy.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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