James Sowerby, London - English Botany - a selection of n. 21 handcoloured plates - 1849

A selection of twenty-one original plates from "English Botany" by James Sowerby, London, Third Edition, 1849.
Each plate was partly handcoloured at the time and shows different species of plants.
Technique: copper engraving. Plate size: cm. 21,5 X 13 (8,5 X 5 inch). Back is blank.
Name of plants are reported in Latin and same plates also includes reference number to previus editions.

Plate colours are still bright, however some foxing due to the age may appear here and there.

Included plates:

- s.n.
- Lysimachia thyrsiflora
- Lysimachia Nemorum
– Campanula hybrida
– Phyteuma arbiculare
– Lobelia Dortmanna
– s.n.
– s. n.
– Viola canina
– s. n.
– Viola lutea
– Rhamnus frangula
– Euonymus europaeus
– Ribes rubrum
– Ribes petraeum
– Chenopodium fruticosum
– Chenopodium olidum
– Chenopodium polyspermum
– Chenopodium acutifolium
– Chenopodium Bonus Henricus
– Chenopodium hybridum



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