Flowering Lyons' Chelone Botanical: A 19th C. Hand-Colored Engraving by Curtis, 1816

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This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Chelone Major" (Flowering Lyons' Chelone plant), plate 1864, published … more This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Chelone Major" (Flowering Lyons' Chelone plant), plate 1864, published in London in 1816 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 is mild irregularity of the lower edge of the sheet related to the journal binding. It is otherwise in excellent condition. The original English descriptive pages from the publication are included. less