Antique Print - James Sowerby - Prunus Insititia - Wild Bullace-tree - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Prunus Insititia - Wild Bullace-tree - F1"Prunus Insititia" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. James Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator born in 1757 and died in 1822. He is best known for his extensive work in botanical

"Dicranum Crispum"

Variegat (Hort: Versch) Para

Astragalus Glycyphyllos L"

Mr Brainwash (Thierry Guetta)

”Strandart

This bird print is from Oliver Goldsmith’s ”A History of the Earth and Animated Nature”

”Skarpstarr

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Carex Atrofusca And Svartstarr

"Origanum Vulgare"

”Rapunkel

Date: 18th Century