William Curtis was
trained as both a botanist and as an apothecary.
William Curtis (1746 - 1799) was born in Alton,
Hampshire. He was responsible for England's
three finest series of late eighteenth century
botanical art' Flora Londinensis (1777 - 1798) ,
Assistant Plates to the Materia Medica (1786)
and the still surviving publication, The
Botanical Magazine (founded by him in 1787), He
also established famous botanical gardens at
Lambeth and Brompton.William Curtis Botanical
Magazine 1787-1826
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Plate 585
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1807. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£10
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Plate 866
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£10
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Plate443 Erica
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£10 with
text
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Plate447 Erica
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£10 with
text
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Plate 558
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£10
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Plate 1030 Iberis
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£10 with
text
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Plate 2062
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£12 sent mounted or framed to
collect
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Plate 1027
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in Curtis' Botanical Magazine,
1805. Size: 9" x 5 1/2" Pub. by T. Curtis
Mar. 1, 1802...Syd.Edwards del. F. Sanfom
sc.£12 sent mounted or framed to
collect
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James Sowerby was the
first of a long line of natural-history
draughtsmen.Sowerby went to work for Wm Curtis
contributing c. seventy plates to volumes of The
Botanical Magazine and about fifty to the fifth
part of 'Flora Londinensis' (1777-1798). He
designed, and engraved some of the plates for
'Flora Londinensis'. From 1790 onwards he was
chiefly occupied in illustrating the works of
Sir J. E. Smith and is usually associated with
the long series of works that he illustrated for
Sir J. E. Smith, in particular the
thirty-six-volume 'English Botany, for which
Smith wrote the text. By the mid 1790's James
Sowerby had established himself as perhaps the
finest botanical artist in England.
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Plate 2333/1365
Salix
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 1342/1321
Oak
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 456/551
Myrtle
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 1346/1323
Fagus
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 862/737
Potentilla
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 94/1203
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 865/289
Azalea
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 1404/1367
Salix
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Plate 1340/1807
Salix
Hand coloured copper engraving
published in 1804 by J Sowerby, London
size 1/2 X 5 1/4
in..£10
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Medlar + Marigold
Hand coloured copper engraving, image
approx. 5 x 7 1/2" on sheet 5 1/2 x 9".
Published by G. Kearsley. London. 1810.
£10
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Gladiolus + Helionas
Hand coloured copper engraving, image
approx. 5 x 7 1/2" on sheet 5 1/2 x 9".
Published by G. Kearsley. London. 1810.
£10
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Fucus + Erica
Hand coloured copper engraving, image
approx. 5 x 7 1/2" on sheet 5 1/2 x 9".
Published by G. Kearsley. London. 1810.
£10
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Fuschia + Euphorbia
Hand coloured copper engraving, image
approx. 5 x 7 1/2" on sheet 5 1/2 x 9".
Published by G. Kearsley. London. 1810.
£10
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Cornus + Cypredium
Hand coloured copper engraving, image
approx. 5 x 7 1/2" on sheet 5 1/2 x 9".
Published by G. Kearsley. London. 1810.
£10
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Fucus
Hand coloured copper engraving, image
approx. 5 x 7 1/2" on sheet 5 1/2 x 9".
Published by G. Kearsley. London. 1810.
£10
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Ásparagus Sylvaticus Tab 201.
vol 3 full page good colour bad pic
£55 mega RARE
from WALDSTEIN, F. DE
PAULA ADAM GRAF VON & P. KITAIBEL.
Descriptiones et icones plantarum
rariorum Hungariae. pub
Vienna, Matthias Andreas Schmidt,
(1799) 1802 to1812. 3 volumes. Folio
(465 x 332mm). With large sepia
aquatint view at beginning of preface
to vol I and 280 handcoloured engraved
plates, 16 folding.The first (and only)
edition of this monumental flora of
Hungary and adjacent territories,
including Croatia, with splendid plates
in the Viennese 'Jacquin' style. The
text was by Paul Kitaibel (1757
to1817), professor of botany at the
University of Pest. 'He spent much of
his career roaming Hungary and
collecting botanical, zoological, and
mineralogical specimens as well as
folklore. His collections of botanical
and mineralogical specimens formed the
basis for the natural history
collection in the Hungarian National
Museum' (Johnston). The work was
financed by Count Franz Waldstein
(1759-1823), an Austrian military
leader who fought against the Turks and
North African states as a Maltese
knight and in the Austrian-Turkish war
and the Prussian campaign. From 1789 he
devoted himself to botany, travelling
with Kitaibel through Hungary
collecting plants, interspersed with
military service. His herbarium is in
Prague. The aquatint view is signed by
Hirscher. The plates are engraved by
Karl Schutz after drawings by his son
Johann. The work was intended to be
completed in four volumes but a note on
page 310 states that publication was
suspended because of 'multiplicia
impedimenta, quae e gravibus temporibus
in quibus vivimus inseparatibilia sunt'
(the many impediments which are
inseparable from the troubled times we
live in).
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Galium infestum Tab 202. vol 3 full
page good colour bad pic £55 mega
RARE
from WALDSTEIN, F. DE
PAULA ADAM GRAF VON & P. KITAIBEL.
Descriptiones et icones plantarum
rariorum Hungariae. pub
Vienna, Matthias Andreas Schmidt,
(1799) 1802 to1812. 3 volumes. Folio
(465 x 332mm). With large sepia
aquatint view at beginning of preface
to vol I and 280 handcoloured engraved
plates, 16 folding.The first (and only)
edition of this monumental flora of
Hungary and adjacent territories,
including Croatia, with splendid plates
in the Viennese 'Jacquin' style. The
text was by Paul Kitaibel (1757
to1817), professor of botany at the
University of Pest. 'He spent much of
his career roaming Hungary and
collecting botanical, zoological, and
mineralogical specimens as well as
folklore. His collections of botanical
and mineralogical specimens formed the
basis for the natural history
collection in the Hungarian National
Museum' (Johnston). The work was
financed by Count Franz Waldstein
(1759-1823), an Austrian military
leader who fought against the Turks and
North African states as a Maltese
knight and in the Austrian-Turkish war
and the Prussian campaign. From 1789 he
devoted himself to botany, travelling
with Kitaibel through Hungary
collecting plants, interspersed with
military service. His herbarium is in
Prague. The aquatint view is signed by
Hirscher. The plates are engraved by
Karl Schutz after drawings by his son
Johann. The work was intended to be
completed in four volumes but a note on
page 310 states that publication was
suspended because of 'multiplicia
impedimenta, quae e gravibus temporibus
in quibus vivimus inseparatibilia sunt'
(the many impediments which are
inseparable from the troubled times we
live in).
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Plantago hungarica Tab 203. vol3 full
page good colour bad pic £55 mega
RARE
from WALDSTEIN, F. DE
PAULA ADAM GRAF VON & P. KITAIBEL.
Descriptiones et icones plantarum
rariorum Hungariae. pub
Vienna, Matthias Andreas Schmidt,
(1799) 1802 to1812. 3 volumes. Folio
(465 x 332mm). With large sepia
aquatint view at beginning of preface
to vol I and 280 handcoloured engraved
plates, 16 folding.The first (and only)
edition of this monumental flora of
Hungary and adjacent territories,
including Croatia, with splendid plates
in the Viennese 'Jacquin' style. The
text was by Paul Kitaibel (1757
to1817), professor of botany at the
University of Pest. 'He spent much of
his career roaming Hungary and
collecting botanical, zoological, and
mineralogical specimens as well as
folklore. His collections of botanical
and mineralogical specimens formed the
basis for the natural history
collection in the Hungarian National
Museum' (Johnston). The work was
financed by Count Franz Waldstein
(1759-1823), an Austrian military
leader who fought against the Turks and
North African states as a Maltese
knight and in the Austrian-Turkish war
and the Prussian campaign. From 1789 he
devoted himself to botany, travelling
with Kitaibel through Hungary
collecting plants, interspersed with
military service. His herbarium is in
Prague. The aquatint view is signed by
Hirscher. The plates are engraved by
Karl Schutz after drawings by his son
Johann. The work was intended to be
completed in four volumes but a note on
page 310 states that publication was
suspended because of 'multiplicia
impedimenta, quae e gravibus temporibus
in quibus vivimus inseparatibilia sunt'
(the many impediments which are
inseparable from the troubled times we
live in).
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"Voyages de Pallas' 1803 France ;It was
published in the very first grand folio atlas, by
Peter Simon Pallas, Titled: " Voyages du Professeur
Pallas, dans Plusieurs Provinces de L'Empire de
Russie, et Dans L'Asie Septentrionale; Traduits de
l'Allemand par le Cit. Gauthier de la Peyronie. "
It is in French (en Francais ) Large plate copper
engravings of botanic specimens some colour wash.
Mounted in neutral cream card apperture /picture
size exceeds 22.5 x 27 cm. £20 ea. Full size
images available upon request.
These are A3 scans and in
many instances are incomplete due to plate
size
All
prices are postage inclusive if over
£25.......Any print will be reserved upon
receiving an email and kept for a week to allow
a cheque to arrive; if online payment is not
required.
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Cytisus
Austriacus
Omnithogalium
Reticulatum
Lacerta
Aurita
vol 5
pl 9 page 142
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Pterococcus
Aphyllus
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1)
Lapidium Ceratocarpon
2)Mus
Arenarius
3)Sungorus
Vol 3
pl 8 page 174
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Scorzonera
Caricifolia ; Spartium Aphyllum
Vol 5
pl 8 page 138
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Dryas
Anemonoides /
Pedicularis
Myriophylla/
Astrogalus
Ampullatus et Vesicarius,
vol 4
pl 29 page 485
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1)
Cotyledon Malacophyllum;
2)
Myosotis Rupestris
Vol 4
pl 6 page 271
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Sagittaria
Natans
vol 5
pl 21 page 515
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Salicornia
Foliata
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Salsola
Arbuscula
vol 1
pl 24 page 647
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Rindera
Tetraspis
Vol 1
pl 20 page 353
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Astragalus
Spicatus
page
424
Vol 2
plate 9
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Polycnnnemium
oppositi Folinium
Salicornia
Caspicia
Vol 1
pl 27 page 662
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Salsola
Prostrata
Vol 1
pl 12 page 346
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KOELPINIA
LINEARIS PL 340
SLIGHT
TEAR £15
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Cytisus
Anigricans /
Lithospernum
Retortum /
Myosotis
Echinospora
Vol 5
pl 16 page 203
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GRAMMINIS
SINGULARIS SPECIES
;ORNITHOGALIUM
Bulbiferium;
Crinium
Caspicum
Page
469 vol 2 pl 11
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Hesperis
Tatarica
Vol 1
pl 22 page 638
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Betual
fusca /
Betual
Fruiticans
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Salsola
Hyssopifolia;
Salsicornia
Herbaccea
Vol 1
pl 28 page 696
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Salicornia
Foliata
Vol 1
pl 26 page 662
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Iris
Dichotoma Anacaulis /
Spirea
Aquilegifolia
Vol 4
pl 11 page 299
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Glycirrhiza
Aspera
page
543
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1)
Myagrum Rigidum
2)
Koelpinia Linearis
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Salsola
Sedoides
Vol 1
pl 21 page 342
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Onosma
mMicrocanthos
vol 3
pl 7 page 160
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Pterococcus
Aphyllus
Vol 2
pl 16 page 473
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Sirsymbrium
Salsuginosum
vol 3
pl 4 page 134
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Polycneumum
Triandrum
Vol 1
pl 25 page 659
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Grammminis
singularis Species
5
£15
smaller
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Polycneumum
Sclerospemum;
Salsola
Monandra
Vol 4
pl 12 page 243
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