|
Asteraceae - Sonchus oleraceus From: Flora londinensis by William Curtis. London, the author, [1775-] 1777-1798. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 312 x 500; impression 234 x 445 mm; a few marginal brown spots; under passe-partout). Text missing.
€ 110
Though
William Curtis was not one of the great scientists, his name is writ large in
English botany. Trained as an apothecary, he turned to gardening and then the
description and illustration of plants. In his Flora Londinensis he
presented an impressive record of wildflowers growing within ten miles of
London, including many no longer found there; and in his Botanical Magazine
(1786 to date) he offered those exotics which Englishmen were pleased to grow in
their gardens. … this splendid, complicated, basic English flora … (Hunt). Most
of the plates are unsigned, but the artists involved were James Sowerby,
Sydenham Teast Edwards and William Kilburn.* Pritzel 2004; Dunthorne 87; Blunt p. 185; Nissen BBI 439; Great flower books p. 54; Hunt 650; Henrey 595; Stafleu & Cowan 1286. www.meemelink.com · index · Asteraceae |