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John Edwards

A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature: Large Double China Aster

1798
etching, hand colored

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Edwards was one of the best botanical draftsmen of the 18th century. Large Double China Aster is from a superb and extremely rare book with 77 plates illustrating a variety of beautiful flowers. The coloring is particularly fine owing to the use of pale printer’s ink that does not interfere with the delicacy of the watercolor.

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