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1801 1ed English Botany Plants Sowerby Flowers Illustrated 72 Botanical Plates

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1801 1ed English Botany Plants Sowerby Flowers Illustrated 72 Botanical Plates

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1801 1ed English Botany Plants Sowerby Flowers Illustrated 72 Botanical Plates

English naturalist James Sowerby published what would become the preeminent illustrated work on English botany. Entitled simply, English Botany. This work was a compendium of the native plants in Great Britain. Sowerby provided beautiful illustrations accompanied by descriptions of the various properties, natural habitat, and other characteristics of numerous plants across Britain.

This edition includes 72 beautifully hand-colored botanical plates including views of Fox Tail Grass, Red Oak leaves, common Burnet, Black Thorn flowers, and Lambs Lettuce.

Item number: #21568

Price: $599

SOWERBY, James

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Vol. 12.

London: Wilks and Taylor, 1801. First edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete;

Unpaginated

72 hand-colored plates

References: Sitwell pg. 140

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~9.25in X 5.75in (23.5cm x 15cm)

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