| Orchidaceae - Broughtonia sanguinea - Broughtonia coccinea From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. Conducted by Samual Curtis. The descriptions by William Jackson Hooker. London, Samual Curtis, 1836, volume 63, plate 3536. Hand-coloured engraving by Joseph Swan (sheet 160 x 253 mm). Slight offset. Text enclosed. € 55
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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