Set Of Three Botanical Specimens, 19th Century Books - History

Set Of Three Botanical Specimens, 19th Century Books - HistoryAn attractive set of three 19th century botanical specimens mounted on paper with hand written inscriptions beneath each identifying the common name, together with the genus and species. The specimens are of good proportions; each housed in a later ebonised frame measuring half a metre in height. There is some debris inside the frame in areas from the specimens themselves. There are knocks to the ebonised frames in places but overall the set really

famous for his spindly frame

Traces of rubbed out pencil inscription to the front endpaper

with steamship routes in red with ports of arrival and departure

The frame has one small nick to the right side (please see photographs)

Extended height: 90cm

are a collection of 124 philosophical essays written by the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca near the end of his life

The maker's mark remains clearly visible to the base

The chair remains in an excellent condition throughout

A fine mid-19th century rosewood and mother of pearl writing box with an ox blood leather and gilt interior

The three plank back sits on braces with removable pegs which operate as a mechanism for the back to be tilted forward

A very fine gouache by Suffolk artist Mary Ellot Lewis

The telescope boasts a mahogany and brass barrel