Selaginaceae - Selago myrtifolia. The botanical magazine.

Selaginaceae - Selago myrtifolia - Selago gillii
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
London, 1832, volume 57, plate 3028. Hand-coloured engraving by William Jackson Hooker (sheet 139 x 228 mm). 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.
* Pritzel 2007; Dunthorne 88; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Nissen BBI 2350; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290.

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