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Asclepidiadaceae - Araujia sericifera From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1832, volume 59, plate 3201. Hand-coloured engraving by James MacNab (sheet 139 x 228 mm). Slight offset. Text enclosed. € 40
The first and most important botanical
magazine made up of 'figures' of plants and short descriptions. Provides a
storehouse of exotics, paralleling the indigenous plants … (Hunt). A
delightful work pictorially, never excelled as a periodical, most carefully
coloured and a source of lasting interest and information (Dunthorne). Started
by William Curtis in 1787 publication still continues.
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