Mesembryanthemum Dolabriforme. Hatchet-Leav'd Fig-Marigold. [From] The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed: In which the most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are Accurately Represented in their Natural Colours. To which are Added, their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, According to the Celebrated Linnĉus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering: Together with the Most Approved Methods of Culture. A Work Intended for the Use of such Ladies, Gentlemen, and Gardeners, as Wish to Become Scientifically Acquainted with the Plants they Cultivate.

[CURTIS, William].

Published by LondonPrinted by Stephen Couchman ., 1793

About this Item

Original hand-coloured copper engraving (22.5 x 13.5 cm) with accompanying leaf of descriptive text. The Botanical Magazine is one of the oldest scientific periodicals of its kind. The work was immediately successful (its publication continuing almost without interruption until 1983), endorsing Curtis's theory that his clients, who refused to buy folio pictures of unassuming plants, would subscribe to an octavo work which pictured showy plants that filled their gardens. Hunt 689; Nissen BBI 2350; Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Blunt (1994) pp.211-217; Great Flower Books (1990), pp.156-7.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mesembryanthemum Dolabriforme. Hatchet-Leav'd Fig-Marigold. [From] The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed: In which the most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are Accurately Represented in their Natural Colours. To which are Added, their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, According to the Celebrated Linnĉus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering: Together with the Most Approved Methods of Culture. A...
• Publisher: LondonPrinted by Stephen Couchman .
• Publication Date: 1793
• Binding: Soft cover
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  • Botanicals
  • PRINTS - NATURAL HISTORY