Bidspirit auction | Edward Lowe - Hand-coloured fern

Edward Lowe - Hand-coloured fern engraving 1869 - This hand-finished colour wood-cut engraving is from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. This is one of several books on British ferns and grasses written by the Nottingham naturalist and illustrated with wood-engraved plates drawn by AF Lydon and printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield. Size: 9.5 x 6 inch (24 x 15cm)