Antique Print - James Sowerby - Fucus Gigartinus - Grape-feed Fucus - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Fucus Gigartinus - Grape-feed Fucus - F1"Fucus Gigartinus" 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

"Conferva Gelatinosa"

"Coupe et Profil de la III Salle de Spectacle pris sur la longueur"

"Betonica Officinalis"

representing the culmination of many years of research and observations by the author

”Tuvbräcka

"Birds of Paradife

"Portal of a Chapel Decorated in the Doric Order"

"Dwers Compartiments à l'usage Des Plafonds et Autres Differentes Especes Douvrage"

”Hållrot

Betula Verrucosa”

"Elevation of a Corinthian Portico"

which may be considered a slight imperfection in its overall presentation