James Sowerby - 20 deels handgekleurde litho's o.a.zomerviolier, vroegeling, witte mosterd, waterpeper,
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Twenty partially hand-coloured lithographs from English Botany by James Sowerby (1832/1839), a 19th‑century UK lithographic series depicting British plants, each page measuring about 22 × 13.5 cm, in good condition with inevitable paper aging and foxing around the edges.
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20 partly hand-coloured lithographs from the English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places - London, Richard and John Taylor for Sowerby, 1832/1839
Good. Paper inevitably aged, foxing on/around the edges, only a few spots. Latin name printed on most. In half also English name written in ink (see photos). Only a corner crease, a dent.
20 engravings - All depicted.
1. Cheiranthus fruticulosus – Wallflower
2. Matthiola incana – Summer stock
3. Alisma natans – Floating water-plantain
4. Allium schoenoprasum – Chives
5. Alisma plantago – Great water-plantain
6. Polygonum hydropiper – Water pepper
7. Juncus acutus – Sharp rush
8. Sisymbrium officinale – Common rocket
9. Rhodomenia laciniata – Split weed
10. Erodium cicutarium – Common storksbill
11. Sinapis alba – White mustard
12. Chylocladia ovalis – Egg-shaped gut weed
13. Hydrocotyle vulgaris – Common water-navel
14. Torilis anthriscus – Hedge parsley seed
15. Heracleum sphondylium – Common hogweed
16. Rhodomenia ciliata – Fringed red weed
17. Polytrichum rubellum – Red fr),aimos
18. Draba verna – Vernal whitlow-grass
19. Orthotrichum affine – Common tufts moss
20. Bryum interruptum – Interrupted pea-moss
To be sent by registered mail.
20 partly hand-coloured lithographs from the English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places - London, Richard and John Taylor for Sowerby, 1832/1839
Good. Paper inevitably aged, foxing on/around the edges, only a few spots. Latin name printed on most. In half also English name written in ink (see photos). Only a corner crease, a dent.
20 engravings - All depicted.
1. Cheiranthus fruticulosus – Wallflower
2. Matthiola incana – Summer stock
3. Alisma natans – Floating water-plantain
4. Allium schoenoprasum – Chives
5. Alisma plantago – Great water-plantain
6. Polygonum hydropiper – Water pepper
7. Juncus acutus – Sharp rush
8. Sisymbrium officinale – Common rocket
9. Rhodomenia laciniata – Split weed
10. Erodium cicutarium – Common storksbill
11. Sinapis alba – White mustard
12. Chylocladia ovalis – Egg-shaped gut weed
13. Hydrocotyle vulgaris – Common water-navel
14. Torilis anthriscus – Hedge parsley seed
15. Heracleum sphondylium – Common hogweed
16. Rhodomenia ciliata – Fringed red weed
17. Polytrichum rubellum – Red fr),aimos
18. Draba verna – Vernal whitlow-grass
19. Orthotrichum affine – Common tufts moss
20. Bryum interruptum – Interrupted pea-moss
To be sent by registered mail.
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Artist
James Sowerby
Title of artwork
20 deels handgekleurde litho's o.a.zomerviolier, vroegeling, witte mosterd, waterpeper,
Technique
Lithograph
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Year
1832
Condition
Good condition
Height
22 cm
Width
13.5 cm
Depiction/theme
Plants and flowers
Sold with frame
No
Period
19th century
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