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Curtis botanical Chironia decussata. Cross-Leaved Chironia. Sydenham Edwards c1804

Curtis botanical Chironia decussata. Cross-Leaved Chironia. Sydenham Edwards c1804

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by Edwards, Sydenham

Pretty hand-coloured antique botanical engraving of Chironia.

Hand-coloured copperplate engraving by Francis Sansom after a drawing by the eminent Welsh botanical illustrator Sydenham Edwards for “The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed” published in London circa 1803 by T. Curtis. Illustrations for "The Botanical Magazine" have been revered for their scientific accuracy, and the natural pigments used in these early engravings have survived over two hundred years, ensuring their beauty endures today.

Publication of  the Curtis Botanical Magazine was begun in 1787 by William Curtis (1746-1799) Praefectus Hortis of Chelsea PhysicGarden in London, “in response.. to solicitations for a work... (combining) Botany and Gardening”. Illustrating botanical specimens from around the world, this publication has been published continuously for over 222 years, - now as “Kew Magazine”.

Size of page 23 x 15cm (9 x 6 inches).

Stock Number: apbC707Price: $180.00