Some English garden flowers : Wrotham : calligraphic manuscript signed, 1960-1961.

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Some English garden flowers : Wrotham : calligraphic manuscript signed, 1960-1961.

Title in a large circle of colored flowers followed by 12 full-page drawings of flowers in color, chosen for each month of the year, with descriptions in a calligraphic hand on facing pages.

1 item (32 p.), unbound : vellum ; 19 cm

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SNAC Resource ID: 7177783

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