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The hand-coloured engravings described below come from Flora Londinensis or Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London: with Their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering; Their Several Names According to Linnaeus and Other Authors, by William Curtis, printed and sold by the author, 51, Gracechurch Street, (1775).
1st (de luxe) Edition, 1777-98, uses chain-linked paper.
Second edition, 1817, the paper is whiter, thicker and woven compared to the first edition.
$365.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Egg Mushroom, Agaricus fimetarius;
Price: US$365.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$299.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Pucker'd Mushroom, Agaricus ovatus;
Price: US$299.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good, with some faint bleeding from facing page, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$405.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Warty Mushroom, Agaricus verrucosus;
Price: US$405.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Good, with some bleeding from facing page, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$215.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Velvet Stalked Mushroom, Agaricus velutipes;
Price: US$215.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good, with two small black spots in left margin, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$270.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Wild Pansie, Viola tricolor;
Price: US$270.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Good, with bleeding from facing page, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$270.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Water-Cress, Sisymbrium nasturtium;
Price: US$270.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Good, with bleeding from facing page, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$199.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Early Hair-Grass,
Aira praecox; foliis setaceis, vaginis angulatis, ...
Price: US$199.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
Second edition, 1817.
Page size: Large folio, 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (49cm x 31.5cm) approximately.
Image size: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (16cm x 11.5cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good, with some light marks in left margin, as seen in larger photograph.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$175.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Silver Hair-Grass,
Aira caryophyllea; foliis setaceis, panicula divaricato-patente, ...
Price: US$175.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
Second edition, 1817.
Page size: Large folio, 19 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (49cm x 29.5cm) approximately.
Image size: 8 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (21cm x 8.2cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent with some age toning top margin, please see larger photograph.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$199.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Hard Meadow-Grass,
Poa rigida; panicula lanceolata disticho-secunda (rigida),...
Price: US$199.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
Second edition, 1817, watermarked.
Page size: Large folio, 19 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (49cm x 30cm) approximately.
Image size: 8 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (20.7cm x 10cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent with some age toning top margin, and two small marks in right margin, please see larger photograph.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$175.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Marsh Arrow-Grass,
Triglochin palustre; capsulis trilocularibus, sublinearibus
Price: US$175.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
Second edition, 1817.
Page size: Large folio, 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (49cm x 31.5cm) approximately.
Image size: 14 1/4 x 6 inches (36.5cm x 15cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good with some age toning top and left margins, specks at top and left of the image and right margin, please see larger photograph.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$230.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Acute Carex, Carex acuta;
Price: US$230.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good, there is a noticeable foxing mark 2/3 down on the left of the image, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$230.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Great or Common Carex, Carex riparia;
Price: US$230.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
SOLD
Catstail, Typha minor;
Price: US$470.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 inches x 11 3/16inches (46cm x 28cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
$180.00 USD
(includes shipping)
Soft Brome Grass, Bromus mollis;
Price: US$180.00 (includes shipping costs)
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand-colored engraving
Artist: William Curtis.
1st (de luxe) Edition, watermarked.
Print size: Large folio, 18 1/4inches x 11 1/4inches (47cm x 29cm) approximately.
Condition: Good, with some light foxing in the image, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
