Lot 7: SNELLING, Lilian (1879-1972), illustrator -- GROVE, Arthur and A.D. COTTON. A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium .

SNELLING, Lilian (1879-1972), illustrator -- GROVE, Arthur and A.D. COTTON. A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium.
London: Taylor & Francis: 1933-1940. 7 parts in one volume, 2° (557 x 378mm). Decorative title. Errata slip bound in at beginning. 30 hand-coloured plates (one double-page), 28 of which by Lilian Snelling, text-illustrations, one of which full-page. (Occasional very light spotting or browning affecting a few text-leaves only.) Contemporary half green morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: LILIAN SNELLING (pencil note in her hand 'darker' to plate of Lilium grayii; sold by her descendants).

WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING IN PENCIL AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER BY SNELLING OF LILIUM CANDIDUM (354 x 252mm), dated in faint red chinagraph pencil 'Aug 28', signed 'Lilian Snelling' (lower left) and inscribed 'Lilium candidum' (lower right) in pencil. (Very lightly soiled.) (2)

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