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Caryophyllaceae - Lychnis githago
- Agrostemma githago From: Flora rustica: exhibiting accurate figures of such plants as are either useful or injurious in husbandry by Thomas Martyn. London, F.P. Nodder, [1793], volume 3 (plate 105). Hand-coloured engraving by Frederick Polydore Nodder (sheet 133 x 220 mm). Slightly browned. Text enclosed. € 30
Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl. 1777-1800), Botanic Painter to Queen Charlotte,
made illustrations for Erasmus Darwin’s Botanic Garden, and a number of
delicate little plates for T. Martyn’s Flora Rustica … (Blunt). The
plates were not only drawn and engraved by Nodder, but also coloured under his
direction. Thomas Martyn was professor of botany at Cambridge.* Pritzel 5929; Dunthorne 196; Blunt p. 151; Great flower books p. 67; Hunt 721; Nissen BBI 1291; Henrey 1023; Stafleu & Cowan 5570. www.meemelink.com · index · Caryophyllaceae |