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Nymphaeaceae - Nuphar advena - Nymphaea advena From: Curtis’s botanical magazine by John Sims (editor). London, T. Curtis, 1803, volume 18, plate 684. Hand-coloured engraving by Francis Sansom after Sydenham Teast Edwards (sheet 148 x 223 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 2621; Dunthorne 108; Nissen BBI 2379; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 1625; Johnston 784.
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