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The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed remains the most important of all the small botanicals in the print world and has also become an authorative taxonomical series. First published in London in 1787 by William Curtis. New Zealand plants have featured in the magazine since 1791. The first NZ plants illustratd were Kowhai, Sophora tetraptera, seeds of which were collected during Captain Cook's first voyage, and Poroporo, Solanum laciniatum. A total of some 135 New Zealand indigenous plants appeared in the Botanical magazine.
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Original hand-colored copper-plate engraving
Artist: Sydenham Edwards
Print size: 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (24.2 x 14.5 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, with some age toning, please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
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Original hand-colored copper-plate engraving
Print size: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 13 cm).
Condition: Very good, please see larger image.
Text: text is included.
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Original hand-colored copper-plate engraving
Artist: Sydenham Edwards.
Print size: 9 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (24.7 x 15 cm).
Condition: Excellent, with some age toning, please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: Sydenham Edwards
Print size: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 13 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, some light foxing along the top of the image, please see larger photo.
Text: Accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: S. Curtis.
Print size: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 13 cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good with some age toning and faint bleeding from the text page, please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: S. Curtis.
Print size: double folding plate, 9 x 12 inches (22 x 32 cm) approximately.
Condition: Good, with extensive age toning, please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Sowerby.
Print size: 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (23.5 x 14.5 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Curtis.
Print size: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 13 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Curtis.
Print size: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 13 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Curtis.
Print size: 9 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (23 x 13.6 cm).
Condition: Very good, with some faint bleeding of text from facing page, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Curtis.
Print size: 5 1/2 x 9 inches (14 x 22.5 cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good with some age toning, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Curtis.
Print size: double folding plate, 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (24 x 31 cm) approximately.
Condition: Good with some age toning and some bleeding from facing page, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: J. Curtis.
Print size: 5 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (15 x 23.5 cm).
Condition: Very good, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.
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Hand coloured engraving
Artist: W.J. Hooker.
Print size: 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (15 x 24.5cm) approximately.
Condition: Very good with some age toning, please see larger image.
Text: Accompanied by text.