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Spé́cimens des fleurs [print].

Accession number
PML 49011.6
Creator
Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1636-1699.
Published
Paris : s.n., 1660-1690?
Credit line
Gift of Junius S. Morgan and Henry S. Morgan, 1957.
Notes
Plates lack engraved border and are unsigned; attribution and title from dealer's description on front flyleaf of album.
Set of 4 unnumbered botanical engravings of floral specimens, including rose, narcissus, anemone, snakes head fritillary, love-in-a-mist, columbine, iris, lily, and others; printed two to a sheet on two sheets.
Comprises part of a bound album of engravings of flowers, chiefly by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer, entitled "Collected engravings of flowers" (see PML 49011).
Description
4 prints on 2 sheets : engravings ; plate marks: 220 x 160 mm; on bound sheets: 530 x 375 mm
Provenance
Estate of Mrs. J.P. Morgan.
Classification
Department