Set of Three Curtis Botanical Prints
Three handcolored botanical illustrations from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. Sold Unframed – May be purchased individually or as a set. Each
Botanical
Ixia Polystachya from Von Jacquin’s Collecaneorum supplementum
Antique Botanical Engraving from Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin’s Collectaneorum supplementum Ixia polystachya, the white-and-yellow-flower cornlily, is an Ixia species found on hills
Ornithogalum paradoxum from Von Jacquin – Albuca bracteata
18th Century Botanical illustration of Albuca bracteata, the Sea Onion by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Mushrooms from Jacquin’s Collectaneorum Supplementum
Two elegant late 18th Century copperplate engravings of the Polyporus tuberaster mushroom or stone fungus, showing the same mushroom from
Maria Sibylla Merian – Cotton Plant with Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Moth, and Butterfly, Plate 10
Beautiful botanical engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian from Insects of Surinam: cotton plant with caterpillar, chrysalis, moth, and butterfly
Maria Sibylla Merian – Sweet Potato and Parakeet Flower with Insects, Plate 41
Merian Plate 41 from Insects of Surinam: hand-colored engraving of sweet potato and heliconia with moths, butterfly, and leaf-footed bug.
Mark Catesby – Plate LXXXIII
Antique engraving by Mark Catesby – Plate LXXXIII from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Original
Maria Sibylla Merian – Opossum “Rat de Forest” plate 66 from “Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium”
Maria Sibylla Merian Plate 66 Insects of Surinam showing an opossum “Rat de Forest” with young and insects in a tropical setting.
Cereus Cactus Flower – Plantae Selectae
Tab XXXII – Cereus Original 18th Century engraving from Plantae Selectae. Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light
Cereus – Night Blooming Cactus – Plantae Selectae Plate XIV
Plantae Selectae – Tab XIV – CEREUS – Night Blooming Cactus Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light
Red Pineapple – Plate III – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae
Plate III – Ananas folio fix ferato Original 18th Century engraving from one of the greatest botanical books ever published.
Pineapple – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae
Plate II – Ananas (Hawaiian Pineapple) from Plantae Selectae Condition: Very good. Some light spotting and creasing. The high light
Camellia Countess of Derby – Van Houtte Flore des Serres et des Jardins
Camellia Countess of Derby from Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe Dimensions: 16.5 x 25 cm
Yellow Throated Warbler and Red Maple – J. M. Seligmann After Mark Catesby
Yellow Throated Warbler and Flowering Red Maple 1749 – J. M. SELIGMANN AFTER MARK CATESBY Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved
Seligmann after Catesby – Parus Uropygeo Luteo: The Yellow-Rump
Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved by Seligmann for his Sammlung verschiedener auslandischer und seltener Vogel based on the original plate
Mark Catesby – 18th Century Copperplate – The Hermit Crab
Cancellus Terrestris Bahamensis: The Hermit Crab; Manghala arbor Curassafica, foliis Salignis: Button-Wood; Frutex trifolius resinosus;…T.33. 18th Century Copperplate Engraving –
Mark Catesby – Lacertus Ominum Maximus – The Alligator and the Mangrove Tree
Lacertus omnium maximus, Crocodilus: The Alligator from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands “The Largeness, Strength,
Mark Catesby – Lacertus Cauda Caerulia – Plate LXVII – The Guana
Lacertus Indicus – The Guana – 18th Century Copperlate Engraving Original Hand-coloring Catesby described the Lizard thus: “This kind of
Mark Catesby – Species from the Bahamas – Acacia Tree and Butterfly
Acacia foliis amplioribus; siliquis cincinnatis.- “In the Bahama Islands these Trees grow to about fifteen Inches in Thickness, and thirty
Mark Catesby – Plate XCIII – Flowering Plants from the Bahamas
18th Century copperplate engraving with original gand-coloring from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Plate XCIII
Mark Catesby – Plate XCVII – Anguis viridis (Green Snake) – Cassena Vera
Anguis Viridis: The Green Snake – From Mark Catesby – The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands