James Sowerby - 20 deels handgekleurde litho's o.a.bijenblad

20 partially hand-coloured lithographs from the English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places - London, Richard and John Taylor for Sowerby, 1832/1839 Good. Paper inevitably discoloured, foxing on/around edges, only a small spot. Latin name printed for most. For half also an English name written in ink (see photos). Only a little foxing on the spine, a bump. Twenty engravings - All depicted. 1. Melittis melissophyllum - Honeywort 2. Nasturtium amphibium - Yellow water-cress 3. Gigartina acicularis - Prickly needleweed 4. Bartsia odontites - Red valerian 5. Pimpinella saxifraga - Small burnet 6. Stachys annua - Field bind-fence thorn? (Common name: annual woundwort) 7. Vaccinium uliginosum - Bog bilberry 8. Cineraria campestris - Woolly ragwort 9. Asperococcus fistulosus - Tubular worm? (Common name not clear here) 10. Botrydium granulosum - Granular alga / corral weed 11. Apargia taraxaci - Autumn ox-tongue 12. Daucus carota - Wild carrot 13. Leucojum aestivum - Summer snowflake 14. Peplis portula - Water-primrose 15. Alopecurus bulbosus - Bulbous foxtail 16. Poa nemoralis - Shade grass 17. Hypnum squarrosum - Common hook-moss 18. Conferva flacca - Sludge-green algae 19. Didymodon rigidulus - Double-tooth moss 20. Hypnum pulchellum - Glossy dwarf moss Will be sent by registered mail.

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