5 botanical drawings.

Drawings, watercolour, heightened with gum, pencil, 20,5 x 11,5 cm, thick wove paper 28 x 23 cm, all signed, 3 drystamped "Bristol paper".

Under passe-partout.

Highly detailed, colourful drawings of various plants, including Pinus maritinus, Astrapea penduliflora, Paulownia imperialis, Indigofera procumbens and Dracaena brasiliensis. Original illustrations by Maubert for Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle", Paris, 1849. Maubert (1806-1879) was a prolific French natural history illustrator, who contributed to botanical books and horticultural journals.