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Papaveraceae - Papaver dubium From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1803, volume 17, plate 644. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 130 x 228 mm). Text enclosed. € 60
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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