Antique Print - James Sowerby - Potentilla Aurea - Golden Cinquefoil - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Potentilla Aurea - Golden Cinquefoil - F1"Potentilla Aurea" 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

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Date: 1766

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remaining an important source of knowledge for readers and researchers to this day

"Crepis Tectorum"

"Lolium Arvense"

Elatine Hydropiper

The geography is dominated by large mountain ranges and long rivers

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The author of this masterpiece is Ch

"Oenanthe Pimpinelloides"

He arrived in Paris around 1738 and studied engraving there