A  hand-coloured, copperplate botanical flower engraving depicting four illustrations on one plate ,

COMMELINA TUBEROSA ( Blue Spiderwort)

PENTSTEMON DIGITALIS ( Foxglove-Flowered Pentstemon)

TOLPIS BARBATA ( Umbrella Milkwort)

MATHIOLA ANNUA ( Ten - Week Stock)

engraved by S.Watts after E.D.Smith

for

" The Botanic Garden",

by Benjamin Maund

published 1831

These beautiful engravings, finely and delicately hand coloured , are highly desirable, superbly decorative & quite rare, so they are considered very collectible. Would look superb framed and displayed.

Fine, unmarked condition . Credited within the plate.

Measuring approx. 8.5"x 6 "( 200mm x 150mm) overall.

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Benjamin Maund (1790?1863) was a British pharmacist, botanist, printer, bookseller, fellow of the Linnean Society (1827) and publisher of the Botanic Garden and The Botanist. He served on the committee of the Worcestershire Natural History Society where he started a monthly botanical publication.

A GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 190 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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