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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 coloured lithograph
Artist: N.J. Fitch
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: NO text.
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Original hand-colored lithograph
Artist: N.J. Fitch
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm).
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: NO text.
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Original hand-colored lithograph
Artist: J.D. Hooker.
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm).
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: NO text.
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Original hand coloured lithograph
Artist: N.J Fitch.
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: NO text.
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Original hand coloured lithograph
Artist: W. Fitch
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger photo.
Text: NO text.
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Original hand coloured lithograph
Artist: N.J. Fitch.
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
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Original hand coloured lithograph
Artist: N.J. Fitch.
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: accompanied by text.
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand coloured lithograph
Artist: N.J. Fitch.
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: NO text.
LINK to LARGER image
Original hand coloured lithograph
Artist: N.J. Fitch.
Print size: 10 x 6 1/4 inches (25 x 16cm) approximately.
Condition: please see larger image.
Text: NO text.