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Acanthaceae - Acanthus spinosus. From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1816, volume 43, plate 1808. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 238 x 288 mm with folds). Text enclosed. € 80
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.
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