A hand-coloured copperplate botanical wild grass engraving entitled ,
PANICUM CRUS - GALLI
Cock's foot Grass or Japanese Millet
Drawn & engraved by C.Matthews for
" British Phaenogamous Botany or Figures and Descriptions of British Flowering Plants",
by William Baxter
Curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden
published 1842
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 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
T XX 9 21