Gesneriaceae - Aeschynanthus mimetes From: Curtis’s botanical magazine. Edited by Arthur William Hill. London, The Royal Horticultural Society & Bernard Quaritch, 1940, volume 162 (plate 9595). Hand-coloured lithograph by Lilian Snelling (sheet 157 x 252 mm). Text enclosed. € 35 "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. * Dunthorne 88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Stafleu & Cowan 1290. www.meemelink.com  |  index  |  Gesneriaceae