Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Rumex Maritimus - Sea Dock - F1

Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Rumex Maritimus - Sea Dock - F1"Rumex Maritimus" 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

"Stegeborg Castle"

Magnus von Wright (1805 - 68) was the first taxidermist working with the vertebrate collections of Helsinki University

"Knutstor"

Goldsmith showcases his extensive knowledge of nature and the animal kingdom

"Façade du XII Plan d'un Bâtiment Composite de 120 Toisse"

"Lysimachia Thyrsiflora"

"Lichen Chloroleucus"

"Das Appenzeller Wildkirchlein (Schweiz)"

"Lycopus Europaeus"

nearly all of which he both designed and engraved

"Opegrapha Serpentina"

"Alisma Plantago-aquatica L