Old Masters, British & European Paintings Part I - 3rd September 2025
Lot 634
Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (c.1785-1871)
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4064
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Description
Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (c.1785-1871)
Icones plantarum sponte China nascentium; è Bibliothecâ Braamianâ excerptae, London: J. H. Bohte, 1821.
First edition, second issue, 30 hand-coloured plates, comprising 23 lithographed and 7 engraved, tissue guards, plate 9 with margin repaired, occasional light spotting throughout, original cloth, neatly rebacked, paper label to upper cover, extremities slightly worn, folio
Provenance:
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven
Literature:
Dunthorne 163; Great Flower Books, p. 62; Nissen BBI 1030
Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (1785–1871) was a pioneer in the private cultivation of orchids, contributing a series of articles to the Gardeners’ Chronicle under the pseudonym ‘Dodman’. The first issue of this work contains only 24 plates and remains exceptionally rare. The expanded second issue is offered here.