James Sowerby - 20 deels handgekleurde litho's o.a.zomerviolier

20 partly hand-coloured lithographs from the English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places - London, Richard and John Taylor for Sowerby, 1832/1839 Good. Paper inevitably aged, foxing on/around the edges, only a few spots. Latin name printed on most. In half also English name written in ink (see photos). Only a corner crease, a dent. 20 engravings - All depicted. 1. Cheiranthus fruticulosus – Wallflower 2. Matthiola incana – Summer stock 3. Alisma natans – Floating water-plantain 4. Allium schoenoprasum – Chives 5. Alisma plantago – Great water-plantain 6. Polygonum hydropiper – Water pepper 7. Juncus acutus – Sharp rush 8. Sisymbrium officinale – Common rocket 9. Rhodomenia laciniata – Split weed 10. Erodium cicutarium – Common storksbill 11. Sinapis alba – White mustard 12. Chylocladia ovalis – Egg-shaped gut weed 13. Hydrocotyle vulgaris – Common water-navel 14. Torilis anthriscus – Hedge parsley seed 15. Heracleum sphondylium – Common hogweed 16. Rhodomenia ciliata – Fringed red weed 17. Polytrichum rubellum – Red fr),aimos 18. Draba verna – Vernal whitlow-grass 19. Orthotrichum affine – Common tufts moss 20. Bryum interruptum – Interrupted pea-moss To be sent by registered mail.

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