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Poaceae - Avena pratensis - Avena
planiculmis From: English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants by James Edward Smith. London, R. Taylor, J. Sowerby, etc., 1810, volume 30 (plate 2141). Hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby (sheet 145 x 237 mm; impression 87 x 174 mm). Text enclosed. Slight offset.
€ 35
One of the most celebrated of all
British floras is Sowerby’s English botany. This periodical publication,
issued in 267 numbers, and published in thirty-six volumes between 1790 and
1814, contains 2,592 beautifully coloured illustrations of plants most of which
are drawn and engraved by James Sowerby. The plates are accompanied by
descriptive letterpress written by the eminent botanist James Edward Smith, …
(Henrey II p. 141). James Sowerby, who was the first of several members of this
family who became noted as authors and illustrators of books on natural history,
lived from 1757-1822. He studied painting at the Royal Academy, and soon turned
to botanical illustration. His first work was for William Curtis’s Flora
londinensis and his Botanical magazine.* Pritzel 8789; Dunthorne 291; Blunt pp. 190-192; Nissen BBI 2225; Great flower books p. 76; Hunt 717; Henrey 1366; Stafleu & Cowan 12.221. |
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