Old Masters, British & European Paintings Part I - 3rd September 2025

Lot 639

J. Duke

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1270

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Description

J. Duke
The Compleat Florist, London: J. Duke, 1747
Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and title page, 95 hand-coloured engraved plates, and 5 uncoloured, lightly browned, occasional offsetting, 2pp. manuscript index by William Shenstone at end, contemporary calf gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo

Provenance:
William Shenstone (1714–1763), English poet and landscape gardener;
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven

Literature:
ESTC N55522, Nissen BBI 554.