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Original vintage and antique flower and fruit prints

British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of British Flowering Plants

by W. Baxter, A.L.S. F.H.S. &c.
Curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden

Published 1834-1840s, Oxford, England

Original 180+-year-old copperplate engravings by Isaac Russell, C. Mathews and others
with fine, delicate hand-colouring, as issued.
Sheet size=approximately 5.25 x 8.75 inches
Original text page included whenever available.

NOTE: Some of the prints have text offsetting (transfer of ink from the facing text page).
[We have found that using an art gum eraser (not a pencil eraser!)
can erradicate or lessen the appearance of the transferred ink in most cases.]

Please click on the thumbnails below for an enlarged view of the entire plate.

Wild Mignonette
PLATE 15
Wild Mignonette
Reseda lutea
$49.95
mild age toning, faint text offsetting
Wild Bugloss
PLATE 21
Wild Bugloss
Lycopsis arvensis
mild age toning, faint text offsetting
Common Vervain
PLATE 26
Common Vervain
Verbena officinalis
$49.95
mild age toning, faint text offsetting
Whitlow Grass
PLATE 38
Whitlow Grass
Draba verna
mild age toning, faint text offsetting
Meadow Fox-Tail Grass
PLATE 45
Meadow Fox-Tail Grass
Alopecurus pratensis
Creeping Dog's-Tooth Grass
PLATE 59
Creeping Dog's-Tooth Grass
Cynodon dactylon
$49.95
Treacle Mustard
PLATE 62
Treacle Mustard
Erysimum cheiranthoides
$49.95
Meadow Soft Grass
PLATE 64
Meadow Soft-Grass
Holcus lanatus
Timothy Grass
PLATE 68
Timothy Grass
Phleum pratense
Common Agrimony
PLATE 88
Common Agrimony
Agrimonia eupatoria
$49.95
mild age toning, text offsetting
Common Agrimony
PLATE 96
Common Mezereon
Daphne mezereum
mild age toning, old hinging tape remnant top BACK of print
Common Maple
PLATE 98
Common Maple
Acer campestre
mild age toning, slightly rumpled at bottom
Creeping Wheat Grass
PLATE 112
Creeping Wheat Grass
Triticum repens
$49.95
Wild Cornal
PLATE 114
Wild Cornal
Cornus sanguinea
light text offsetting
Perennial Rye Grass
PLATE 116
Perennial Rye Grass
Lolium perenne
light text offsetting
Common Spindle Tree
PLATE 123
Common Spindle Tree
Euonymous europaeus
$49.95
light text offsetting
Star of Bethlehem
PLATE 124
Star of Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
light text offsetting
Cow Parsnip
PLATE 130
Cow Parsnip
Heracleum sphondylium
light text offsetting
Wild Madder
PLATE 135
Wild Madder
Rubia peregrina
$49.95
moderate text offsetting
Rock Hutchinsia
PLATE 138
Rock Hutchinsia
Hutchinsia petraea
$49.95
moderate text offsetting
Wild Madder
PLATE 141
Common Ladies' Smock
Cardamine pratensis
$49.95
moderate text offsetting
Common Box-tree
PLATE 142
Common Box-tree
Buxus sempervirens
moderate text offsetting
Dogs Mercury
PLATE 143
Dogs Mercury
Mercurialis perennis
moderate text offsetting
Mountain Melic Grass
PLATE 144
Mountain Melic Grass
Melica nutans
$49.95
moderate text offsetting
Bubiferous Coral-Root
PLATE 145
Bubiferous Coral-Root
Dentaria bulbifera
$49.95
text offsetting
London Rocket
PLATE 146
London Rocket
Sisymbrium iris
$49.95
text offsetting
Common Sow-Thistle
PLATE 147
Common Sow-Thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
$49.95
text offsetting

Antique and Vintage Botanical Prints