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Begoniaceae - Begonia macroptera
- Begonia pauciflora From: The botanical register by Sydenham Teast Edwards and others. London, James Ridgeway, 1820, volume 6 (plate 471). Hand-coloured engraving by S. Watts after M. Hart (sheet 135 x 226 mm). Slight offset. Text enclosed. € 60
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; Nissen BBI 2379; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 1625; Johnston 784. www.meemelink.com · index · Begoniaceae |