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Plumbaginaceae - Plumbago zeylanica From: The botanical register by Sydenham Teast Edwards and others. London, James Ridgeway, 1845, volume 27 (plate 31). Hand-coloured engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Drake (sheet 139 x 238 mm). A bit cropped. Text enclosed. € 50
Sydenham Teast
Edwards was a botanical artist who worked for 27 years for Curtis’s Botanical
magazine. In 1815 he started the rival The botanical register; consisting
of coloured figures of exotic plants, cultivated in British gardens; with their
history and mode of treatment. The text for the first 14 years is by John
Bellenden Ker and the volumes 15-33 by John Lindley as Edward’s botanical
register. The principal illustrators were Edwards himself, M. Hart and Miss
Drake and the engravers Sansom, Smith, S. Watts, White and G. Barclay.* Pritzel 2621; Dunthorne 108; Blunt pp. 214-216 (Drake); Nissen BBI 2379; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 1625; Johnston 784. |
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