Orchidaceae - Calochilus campestris
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
London, 1832, volume 59, plate 3187. Hand-coloured engraving by John Scott (sheet 143 x 230 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 70
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.