Flora Superba | Selected and Painted by the Artist (Signed)

Jones, Paul [Paul Jones (1921-1997) Highly-regarded Australian Artist] Text by Wilfrid Blunt | Foreword by Sir George Taylor

Published by Published by The Tryon Gallery 41-42 Dover Street, Mayfair, London | George Rainbird Ltd., of Marble Arch House, 44 Edgware Road, London First Edition . 1971., 1971

About this Item

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original half vellum and Persian blue buckram covered boards by Zaehnsdorf of London, gilt title lettering to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt floral vignette to the front cover. Elephant folio. 21¼'' x 15''. Hand written number 174 of 406 Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the artist to the limitation leaf 'Paul Jones'. Contains [48] pp, with 16 superb full-page tissue-guarded colour plates printed on matt coated cartridge paper with detailed description opposite each plate. Fine condition book in matching cloth slip case with white mottling to the cloth. In publisher's original card board box with printed white address label to one side being sent directly from Tryon Gallery to London art dealer 'Michael Tollemache, Tollemache Hall, Offton, Ipswich, Suffolk', the gentleman who paid £7.3 million for John James Audubon's famous book 'The Birds of America'. Heavy oversized volume weighing 6 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOTANY (Phytology).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flora Superba | Selected and Painted by the Artist (Signed)
• Publisher: Published by The Tryon Gallery 41-42 Dover Street, Mayfair, London | George Rainbird Ltd., of Marble Arch House, 44 Edgware Road, London First Edition . 1971.
• Publication Date: 1971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)