Antique Print - James Sowerby - Subularia Aquatica - Water Starwort - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Subularia Aquatica - Water Starwort - F1"Subularia Aquatica" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. James Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator born in 1757 and died in 1822. He is best known for his extensive work in botanical

"Eriophorum Alpinum"

"Ovesholm Castle"

George Washington Bacon

Sagina cæspitosa

campagnes de Bonaparte” (Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt during the Campaigns of Bonaparte)

His contributions to publishing and education made him a notable figure in Victorian Britain

"Carte générale de l'Empire d'Alexandre A

This beautiful original aquatint is from Paolo Fumagalli’s ”Traité pittoresque

Scleranthus Annuus

"Archduchy of Austria

"Colchicum Autumnal"

"Artemisia Vulgaris"