Flowering Crinum Plant: A 19th C. Hand-Colored Botanical Engraving by Curtis, 1822

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This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Arenarium" (Water-Island Sand Crinum), plate 2355, published in … more This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Arenarium" (Water-Island Sand Crinum), plate 2355, published in London in 1822 in William Curtis’s 'The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed'. This beautiful colorful and detailed botanical engraving has two horizontal folds, as issued. There are very small faint spots in the margins, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. The original English descriptive pages from the 19th century publication are included. less