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Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants

by Sir Joseph Paxton

With engravings or lithographs from drawings by F.W. Smith & S. Holden

Published by Orr & Smith/W.S. Orr & Co., London
(1834-1849)

Original, fine hand-coloured engravings and lithographs over 175 years old


approx. 6¼x 9 inches on beautiful woven paper
Original text provided whenever possible.


Paxton

Sir Joseph Paxton
(1803-1865)

Paxton was a hugely talented man. He started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire.
His design of the conservatory at Chatsworth House served as a model for his design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851.
Incredibly, he designed this giant, intricate building in less than 9 days on a piece of blotting paper.
The building itself was erected in just six months, with 293,655 panes of glass, 330 huge iron columns and 24 miles of gutters.
These days he is best remembered for his very high quality botanical periodicals such as Paxton’s Magazine of Botany which was published in 16 volumes from 1834-49.
Paxton’s prints tend to be harder to find and more expensive than other 19th-century botanicals.
If you look in galleries in cities such as London you will often see similar prints by Paxton for sale for many hundreds of US Dollars.

(please click on thumbnails for an enlarged view)

Silene laciniata

Silene laciniata
(Cut-petalled Catchfly)


$79.95

Eriostemon cuspidatus

Eriostemon cuspidatus

$79.95

Clerodendrum speciosissimum

Clerodendrum speciosissimum
(Beautiful Scarlet Clerodendrum)


$79.95

Begonia oderata

Begonia oderata
(Sweet Scented Begonia)


$79.95

Acacia longifolia, Acacia pulchella

Acacia longifolia
(Long-leaved Acacia)
Acacia pulchella
(Pretty Zigzag-spined Acacia)


Acacia vestita

Acacia vestita
(Cunningham's Acacia)

Alstroemeria pelegrina alba

Alstroemeria pelegrina alba

$79.95

Illicium floridanum

Illicium floridanum
(Florida Aniseed-Tree)

$79.95

Mimulus variegatus

Mimulus variegatus

$79.95

Solanum Crispum

Solanum Crispum

$79.95

Petrea stapelsia

Petrea stapelsiae
(Stapelia-flower Petrea)


$79.95

Epacris impressa Epacris variabilis

Epacris impressa
Epacris variabilis


Leontice chrysogonum

Leontice chrysogonum

$79.95

Ribes speciosum

Ribes speciosum

$79.95

Styphelia tubiflora

Styphelia tubiflora

Gardoquia multiflora

Gardoquia multiflora

$79.95

Phlox Drummondii

Phlox Drummondii


Podolobium staurophyllum

Podolobium staurophyllum
(Cross-leaved Podolobium)


$79.95

Pimelea decussata

Pimelea decussata

$79.95

Calceolaria bicolor

Calceolaria bicolor

$79.95

Lobelia propingua

Lobelia propingua

$79.95

Lobelia ramosa

Lobelia ramosa

$79.95

Ipomopsis picta

Ipomopsis picta

$79.95

Euphorbia fulgens

Euphorbia fulgens
(Fulgent Euphorbia)

$79.95

Poinciana pulcherrima

Poinciana pulcherrima

$79.95

Agrostemma Bungeana

Agrostemma Bungeana

Aristolochia trilobata

Aristolochia trilobata

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