Scrophulariaceae - Calceolaria corymbosa
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
London, 1823, volume 50, plate 14188. Hand-coloured engraving by Messrs Weddell after John Curtis (sheet 230 x 300 mm with folds). Slight offset from text. Text missing.
€ 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 2007; Dunthorne 88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Johnston 577.