Australian Hibbertia Candollea Cunninghamii. Mr.Cunningham's Candollea. Half-Price Maund c1838

by Maund, Benjamin

Finely engraved antique print of Hibbertia Cunninghamii c1837.

The uncoloured flower details and shape of the shrub add a charming dimension to this Maund botanical engraving of Mr Cunningham's Candollea. Original hand-coloured steel engraving by Mr. S. Nevitt after a drawing by Maund for “The Botanist” published in London circa 1837 by pharmacist, botanist, printer, bookseller and fellow of the Linnean Society (1827), Benjamin Maund (1790-1863), assisted by Reverend Henslow, Dean of Botany at Cambridge. Maund's most noteworthy publications were the "Botanic Garden" and "The Botanist".

As with many of Maund's illustrations, the paper is so fine it has taken up the printing ink from the opposite page.There is a little soiling on the left of the page. Price reduced. Page size is 195 x 145mm (7.5 x 5.75 inches)