Antique Print - Sowerby - Lichen Caeruleo-nigricans - Black and Blue Lichen - F1

Antique Print - Sowerby - Lichen Caeruleo-nigricans - Black and Blue Lichen - F1"Lichen Caeruleo nigricans" 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

Born in Valencia

Bupleurum Tenuissimum”

Carpinus Betulus”

"Histoire Naturelle" is an extensive multi-volume work authored by the French naturalist and scientist Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon ( 1707 - 1788)

Rumex Aquaticus L”

his heirs still published several maps

"Salix Croweana"

l'oiseau de Tempéte"

Orchis Mascula”

"Equisetum Hyemale"

"Sagina Apetala"

Lycopsis Arvensis L”