Antique Print - James Sowerby - Euphorbia Esula - Leafy-branched Spurge - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Euphorbia Esula - Leafy-branched Spurge - F1"Euphorbia Esula" 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

The map includes a legend located in the lower left corner

"Splachnum Angustatum"

This bird print is from William Swaysland’s ”A History of the Earth and Animated Nature”

"Poterium Sanguisorba"

Lathyrus Vernus (L

Arthur Gardiner Butler(1844-1925) was a prominent British ornithologist and naturalist

"Origanum Vulgare"

Oenanthe Aquatica (L

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It serves as a valuable historical document

This is a beautiful antique lithograph is from Richard Bowdler-Sharpe’s "Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum»

The city is depicted in great detail