Date of Printing: 1807 • Medium: Copperplate Engraving (hand colored) • Subject Category: Natural History - Plants & Flowers • Signed: Plate signed, Lower Left • Period Created: Romantic (1800 - 1899) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 20.4 x 13 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 23 x 14.3 • Style: Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Good • Edition Type: Limited Edition • Paper Type: Woven • Framed: Print only
Latana flower from Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," published in 1807. Original hand coloured engraving. Condition Good - bend in paper lower left. Please see photos.
The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is 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.
Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations.