Sowerby English Botany
  • Sowerby Botany Plate 462 Sea Stock

    Sowerby Botany Plate 462 Sea Stock

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 462 Sea Stock

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 463 Prickly Chara

    Sowerby Botany Plate 463 Prickly Chara

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 463 Prickly Chara

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 464 Alpine Flea-bone

    Sowerby Botany Plate 464 Alpine Flea-bone

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 464 Alpine Flea-bone

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 465 Nottingham Catch-fly

    Sowerby Botany Plate 465 Nottingham Catch-fly

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 465 Nottingham Catch-fly

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 466 Hairy Mountain Milkwort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 466 Hairy Mountain Milkwort

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 466 Hairy Mountain Milkwort

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 467 Common Grass-wrack

    Sowerby Botany Plate 467 Common Grass-wrack

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 467 Common Grass-wrack

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 468 Plantain Shore-weed

    Sowerby Botany Plate 468 Plantain Shore-weed

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 468 Plantain Shore-weed

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 469 Alpine Ladies-smock

    Sowerby Botany Plate 469 Alpine Ladies-smock

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 469 Alpine Ladies-smock

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 470 Hard Fescue-grass

    Sowerby Botany Plate 470 Hard Fescue-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 470 Hard Fescue-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 471 Upright Brome-grass

    Sowerby Botany Plate 471 Upright Brome-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 471 Upright Brome-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 472 Alipine Chickweed

    Sowerby Botany Plate 472 Alipine Chickweed

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 472 Alipine Chickweed

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 473 Broad-leaved Chickweed

    Sowerby Botany Plate 473 Broad-leaved Chickweed

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 473 Broad-leaved Chickweed

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 474 Podded Fucus

    Sowerby Botany Plate 474 Podded Fucus

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 474 Podded Fucus

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 475 Dwarf Elder, or Danewort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 475 Dwarf Elder, or Danewort

    Price range: $24.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 475 Dwarf Elder, or Danewort

    Price range: $24.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 476 Common Elder

    Sowerby Botany Plate 476 Common Elder

    Price range: $24.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 476 Common Elder

    Price range: $24.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 477 Alpine Bugle

    Sowerby Botany Plate 477 Alpine Bugle

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 477 Alpine Bugle

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 478 Slender Thorough-wax, or Hare's-ear

    Sowerby Botany Plate 478 Slender Thorough-wax, or Hare’s-ear

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 478 Slender Thorough-wax, or Hare’s-ear

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 479 Water Hemlock; Water Cow-bane

    Sowerby Botany Plate 479 Water Hemlock; Water Cow-bane

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 479 Water Hemlock; Water Cow-bane

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 480 Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass

    Sowerby Botany Plate 480 Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 480 Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 481 Rough-podded Yellow Vetch

    Sowerby Botany Plate 481 Rough-podded Yellow Vetch

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 481 Rough-podded Yellow Vetch

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 482 Hairy-flowered Yellow Vetch

    Sowerby Botany Plate 482 Hairy-flowered Yellow Vetch

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 482 Hairy-flowered Yellow Vetch

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 483 Smooth-podded Sea Vetch

    Sowerby Botany Plate 483 Smooth-podded Sea Vetch

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 483 Smooth-podded Sea Vetch

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 484 Alpine Speedwell

    Sowerby Botany Plate 484 Alpine Speedwell

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 484 Alpine Speedwell

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 485 Oak Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 485 Oak Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 485 Oak Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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Sowerby English Botany

Antique hand-colored engravings by James Sowerby from English Botany, available for sale, are not just exquisite pieces of botanical art; they are also historical treasures capturing the essence of 18th and 19th-century botany. Crafted with meticulous detail and artistic flair, each engraving is a testament to Sowerby’s skill and passion for botanical illustration.

These engravings not only serve as beautiful decorations but also as valuable educational resources, offering a window into the botanical discoveries of their time. Sowerby’s work, in collaboration with eminent botanists like Sir James Edward Smith, helped document and disseminate knowledge about the rich flora of the British Isles and beyond. Sowerby Antique engravings for sale.

Beyond their aesthetic appeal, these engravings are a testament to the intersection of art and science. Sowerby’s ability to combine precision with artistic expression resulted in images that are both scientifically accurate and visually captivating, making them prized possessions for collectors, historians, and botany enthusiasts alike.

Owning a piece of Sowerby’s English Botany is not just acquiring a beautiful artwork at an affordable price; it’s possessing a piece of botanical history, a tangible connection to the pioneering spirit of botanical exploration and illustration that defined an era.