Flora Superba | Selected and Painted by the Artist (Signed)

Published by Published by The Tryon Gallery 41-42 Dover Street, Mayfair, London | George Rainbird Ltd., of Marble Arch House, 44 Edgware Road, London First Edition . 1971., 1971

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First edition hard back binding in publisher's original half vellum and Persian blue buckram covered boards by Zaehnsdorf of London, gilt title lettering to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt floral vignette to the front cover. Elephant folio. 21¼'' x 15''. Hand written number 174 of 406 Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the artist to the limitation leaf 'Paul Jones'. Contains [48] pp, with 16 superb full-page tissue-guarded colour plates printed on matt coated cartridge paper with detailed description opposite each plate. Fine condition book in matching cloth slip case with white mottling to the cloth. In publisher's original card board box with printed white address label to one side being sent directly from Tryon Gallery to London art dealer 'Michael Tollemache, Tollemache Hall, Offton, Ipswich, Suffolk', the gentleman who paid £7.3 million for John James Audubon's famous book 'The Birds of America'. Heavy oversized volume weighing 6 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOTANY (Phytology).…

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Title
Flora Superba | Selected and Painted by the Artist (Signed)
Author
Jones, Paul [Paul Jones (1921-1997) Highly-regarded Australian Artist] Text by Wilfrid Blunt | Foreword by Sir George Taylor
Publisher
Published by The Tryon Gallery 41-42 Dover Street, Mayfair, London | George Rainbird Ltd., of Marble Arch House, 44 Edgware Road, London First Edition . 1971.
Publication year
1971
Condition
Fine
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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