William Curtis

Vervain Three-leaved, Verbena triphylla Plate 367

1797

Boxthorn Japanese, Lyciym japonicum Plate 361 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

Epidendrum Aloe-leaved, Epdendrum aloides Plate 387 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

Marvel of Peru Common, Mirabilis jalapa Plate 371 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

Cyrilla Scarlet-flowered, Cyrilla pulchella Plate 374 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

An original antique color plate, Plate 182 of Volume IV of Anne Pratt's The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, showing the common buckwheat with the climb...

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Pulegium Cervinum, Pseudo Pulegium Struthium, Pulegium Regium", depicting flowering Peppermint, Weld and Pennyroyal plants respectively from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper. There are subtle creases in the right upper corner, very common with Besler's relating to the drying of the paper during its production. The right margin is thinner than the others. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring. Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...

'Echium Glaucophyllum - Sea-green-leaved Viper's Bugloss' Native of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews...

An original antique botanical plate of the British flora, printed in color in London for Frederick Warne and Co., this sheet is given over to the black horehound and motherwort with ...