Antique botanical print

Original, hand-coloured copperplate Orchid flower engraving entitled , 

EPIPACTIS PALUSTRIS

Marsh Orchid or Helleborine

Drawn and 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 1839

  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 save for a very faint crease across the upper left hand corner, credited and 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 180 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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