Lamiaceae - Sphacele lindleyi. From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
Lamiaceae - Sphacele lindleyi.
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
London, 1830, volume 57 (plate 2993). Hand-coloured engraving by William Jackson Hooker (sheet 140 x 228 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 60
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.
* Pritzel 2007; Dunthorne 88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290.