Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Rosa Spinosissima - Burnet Rofe - F1

Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Rosa Spinosissima - Burnet Rofe - F1"Rosa Spinosissima" 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

"Convolvulus Soldanella"

and his works left a notable impact on Swedish artistic and ornithological history

There is also a small birdeye view of Wroclaw in the lower right corner

and naturalist

"Campanula Latifolia"

"Birds of Paradife

"Lichen Filaceus"

Satureja vulgaris (L) Fritsch

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"Red & Yellow Jacobins"

Peter Akerlund was a Swedish artist

"Herniaria Glabra"