Phytolaccaceae - Rivina humilis
From: Curtis’s
botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed.
London, 1815, volume 43, plate 1781. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 143 x 237 mm). Text enclosed.€ 40
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; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt
689; Nissen BBI 2350; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290.
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