Set of 3 Antique Botany Prints, Flowered Heath, Daisy, Canadian Columbine
€ 360
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Sheet size
23 × 14 cm (9.1 × 5.5 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13340-30, BG-13340-12, BG-13340-4
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Wear consistent with age and use. Age-related toning, some wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Three original antique botanical prints from The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, begun by William Curtis in 1787. The plates are hand-colored copper engravings, each with its plate number at the upper right and the imprint "Pub. by W. Curtis, St. George's Crescent" below.
The set shows the Canadian columbine, with its red and yellow nodding flowers on slender branching stems, the Great Double Daisy, a red and white quilled flower with a rosette of green leaves and the root drawn out, and the Honeywort-flowered Heath, a long spray of narrow leaves with a hooked cluster of red tubular flowers. Each plant is drawn at natural size on an otherwise blank sheet, a form the Botanical Magazine used to give a reader a clear identification of the species.
The Botanical Magazine began in 1787 and is the longest-running botanical periodical, widely known by the later name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Its illustrations were hand colored and accompanied by a page or two of text on each plant, describing its properties, history and growth. Many plants were first illustrated in its pages, and it is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators.
