Original Antique Botanical Print 

A beautiful, hand coloured, copper engraving entitled

PSORALEA GLANDULOSA

Striped Flowered Psoralea or St Augustine's Grass

Drawn by Sydenham Edwards , engraved by F.Sansom for

" Curtis's Botanical Magazine",

or

" Flower Garden Displayed"

published  1806.

Plate 990

  These fine, vibrant engravings are highly desirable, superbly decorative & quite rare, so they are considered very collectable. Accompanying the print are associated botanical notes.

Fine condition save for light age toning Credited & dated within the plate. 

Measuring approx. approx 9"x 5.5"( 230mm x 140mm) overall.

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Sydenham  Edwards was the son of a Welsh schoolmaster. He accompanied William Curtis on his botanical travels as an artist and worked with Curtis many years on the Botanical Magazine.

The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, was an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine.

A GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 200 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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