An original, hand-coloured copperplate botanical flower engraving entitled 

ERYTHRAEA CENTAURIUM

Centaurium Gentian or Common Centaury
 

Drawn and engraved for

" British Phaenogamous Botany or Figures and Descriptions of British Flowering Plants",

by William Baxter

Curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden

published 1840

These fine, vibrant engravings, known for their fine details and delicate colouring , are highly desirable, superbly decorative & quite rare, so they are considered very collectible.

Fine condition. Credited & dated ( 1840) within the plate. Accompanying the print are associated botanical notes

Measuring approx. 8.5"x 5 "( 200mm x 130mm) overall.

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A GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 170 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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