Flowering Crinum Plant: A 19th Century Hand-Colored Engraving by Curtis, 1822

Description

This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Speciosum" (Specious-flowered Crinum), plate 2217, published in London … more This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Speciosum" (Specious-flowered Crinum), plate 2217, 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 vertical folds, as issued. There is slight irregularity of the right edge of the sheet where it had been bound in the journal. There are two very small and faint spots in the print and one in the lower margin and minimal focal discoloration in the upper margin, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. The original English descriptive pages from the publication are included. less