Three Botanical Prints

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Three Botanical Prints Comprising Plate 64, engraved, hand-colored, and captioned in Chinese, from "Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs plus belles et le plus curieuses qui se cultiventant dans les jardins de la Chine que dans ceux de l'Europe" published by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz, Paris, 1776; and two prints after Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer engraved and hand-colored by Avril: "Narcisse, volubilis" (pl. 4) and "Roses oeilletes" (pl. 6); together with a hand-colored engraving titled "The Little Bush-tailed Monkey from Surinam, Drawn from Life by George Edwards, October 28, 1761", numbered 312 Not examined out of frame Buc'hoz print: 19-1/8"h x 14-1/2"w overall; 12-1/2"h x 8-5/8"w sight Monnoyer prints: each appx. 15-1/4"h x 11-7/8"w overall; 9"h x 5-7/8"w sight Monkey print: 12-1/2"h x 10"w overall; 10-3/8"h x 8-3/8"w sight Provenance: Gordon Dunthorne, Washington, D.C.; Property from a Warwick, NY Estate