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Iridaceae - Sisyrinchium striatum - Marica striata From: Curtis’s botanical magazine. Edited by John Sims. London, T. Curtis, 1803, volume 19, plate 701. Hand-coloured plate by Sydenham Teast Edwards, engraved by Francis Sansom (sheet 150 x 240 mm). Text missing. € 45
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.
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