On June 19, 2009, Sotheby’s will present a selection of color-plate books, atlases, cartography, and natural history watercolors from the collection of Graham Arader. Items to be presented will be on public view June 13 – 18, 2009. Graham Arader has been collecting symbols of American and European history for 40 years. Items to be auctioned include:
- Paintings by marine artist Robert Dodd
- The first complete edition of Atlas Maior by Johannes Blaeu
- The second edition of The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby
- Watercolor paintings by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
- Nineteen watercolors on vellum by Pierre Joseph Redouté
- Prints from The Birds of America and Quadrupeds by John James Audubon
- Unpublished original watercolors by John Abbot (Birds of Georgia and the Surrounding Region)
Details about the auction are available at FineArtPublicity.com.
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