Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lot 472
STEARN
STEARN, WILLIAM T & BLUNT, WILFRED - THE AUSTRALIAN FLOWER PAINTINGS OF FERDINAND BAUER London, Basilisk Press, 1976. First edition number 150 of 515 copies, elephant folio, 25 fine colour mounted plates, maps, a handsomely-produced work in the publisher's quarter green morocco with marbled boards and vellum tips to corners, contained in the publisher's quarter black morocco chemise. Some faint staining to a few text leaves and four plates with very slight cockling, but otherwise a very good copy of a beautiful book
Estimate: £80 - 120
Sold for £90