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Saxifragaceae - Francoa appendiculata From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1832, volume 59, plate 3178. Hand-coloured engraving by William Jackson Hooker (sheet 143 x 225 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; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Nissen BBI 2350; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290. |
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