Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Carex Incurva - Curved Carex - F1 "Suite de Modéles contenant divers

"Suite de Modéles contenant divers Morceaux Distines a lusage et Décorations der Figlises Plusieurs Plans et Elevations de Tombeaux pour des Chapelles"

"Partridge"

"Gentiana Nivalis"

Pigafetta's map of Africa based on the explorations of Duarte Lopes

Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Carex Incurva - Curved Carex - F1 "Suite de Modéles contenant divers"Carex Incurva" 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