Asclepidiadaceae - Araujia sericifera

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.