Amaryllidaceae - Hippeastrum aulicum - Amaryllis aulica

Amaryllidaceae - Hippeastrum aulicum - Amaryllis aulica
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. Conducted by Samual Curtis. The descriptions by William Jackson Hooker.
London, Samual Curtis, 1834, volume 61, plate 3311. Hand-coloured engraving by William Jackson Hooker (sheet 327 x 254 mm with folds). Slight offset. Text enclosed.
€ 65
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.