Sowerby English Botany
  • Sowerby Botany Plate 606 Triangular-sheathed Jungermannia

    Sowerby Botany Plate 606 Triangular-sheathed Jungermannia

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 606 Triangular-sheathed Jungermannia

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 607 Fringed Jungermannia

    Sowerby Botany Plate 607 Fringed Jungermannia

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 607 Fringed Jungermannia

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 608 Creeping Jungemannia

    Sowerby Botany Plate 608 Creeping Jungemannia

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 608 Creeping Jungemannia

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 609 Upright Pearlwort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 609 Upright Pearlwort

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 609 Upright Pearlwort

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 610 Lime or Linden-tree

    Sowerby Botany Plate 610 Lime or Linden-tree

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 610 Lime or Linden-tree

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 611 Greater Meadow-rue

    Sowerby Botany Plate 611 Greater Meadow-rue

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 611 Greater Meadow-rue

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 612 Traveller's Joy

    Sowerby Botany Plate 612 Traveller’s Joy

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 612 Traveller’s Joy

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 613 Stinking Hellebore

    Sowerby Botany Plate 613 Stinking Hellebore

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 613 Stinking Hellebore

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 614 Bristol Rock-Cress

    Sowerby Botany Plate 614 Bristol Rock-Cress

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 614 Bristol Rock-Cress

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 615 Fingered Carex

    Sowerby Botany Plate 615 Fingered Carex

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 615 Fingered Carex

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 616 Three-branched Polypody

    Sowerby Botany Plate 616 Three-branched Polypody

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 616 Three-branched Polypody

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 617 Crisped Hypnum

    Sowerby Botany Plate 617 Crisped Hypnum

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 617 Crisped Hypnum

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 618 Curled Clustered Phascum

    Sowerby Botany Plate 618 Curled Clustered Phascum

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 618 Curled Clustered Phascum

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 619 Sweet Violet

    Sowerby Botany Plate 619 Sweet Violet

    Price range: $20.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 619 Sweet Violet

    Price range: $20.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 620 Dog's Violet

    Sowerby Botany Plate 620 Dog’s Violet

    Price range: $20.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 620 Dog’s Violet

    Price range: $20.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 621 Summer Snowflake

    Sowerby Botany Plate 621 Summer Snowflake

    Price range: $20.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 621 Summer Snowflake

    Price range: $20.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 622 Common Fritillary

    Sowerby Botany Plate 622 Common Fritillary

    Price range: $20.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 622 Common Fritillary

    Price range: $20.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 623 Germander Speedwell

    Sowerby Botany Plate 623 Germander Speedwell

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 623 Germander 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 624 Wood Crowfoot

    Sowerby Botany Plate 624 Wood Crowfoot

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 624 Wood Crowfoot

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 625 Drawf Hypnum

    Sowerby Botany Plate 625 Drawf Hypnum

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 625 Drawf Hypnum

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 626 Moss Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 626 Moss Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 626 Moss 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 627 Waxy Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 627 Waxy Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 627 Waxy 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 628 Small Marsh Valerian

    Sowerby Botany Plate 628 Small Marsh Valerian

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 628 Small Marsh Valerian

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 629 Grey Carex

    Sowerby Botany Plate 629 Grey Carex

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 629 Grey Carex

    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 1799 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.