Antique Print - James Sowerby - Parnassia Palustris - Grass of Parnassus - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Parnassia Palustris - Grass of Parnassus - F1"Parnassia Palustris" 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

" a major work describing the birds in the collection of the British Museum

26 cm x 42 cm

"Segovia in Spanien"

"Salix Hirta"

"The Radetzky monument in Prague"

published around 1825 in a boxed set titled 'Urania's Mirror

This hand-coloured map is from Joseph Roux’s "Receuil Des Principaux Plans

Rumex Aquaticus L”

not a modern reproduction

It was published in Joseph Roux's book La Femme (1725–1793)

”Christinehof Slott”

he continued to travel and paint