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Curtis’s Botanical Magazine

Hand-colored engravings from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, meticulously crafted between 1790 and 1850, are available for sale. These botanical illustrations are not only cherished historical artifacts but also coveted collectibles for enthusiasts of botanical art and natural history. These exquisite pieces, offering glimpses into the botanical wonders of past centuries, are often sought after by collectors, decorators, and individuals with a passion for botany and art.

Each engraving tells a unique story, depicting plant specimens discovered and documented by botanists and explorers during a time of great scientific exploration and discovery. Whether one is drawn to the delicate beauty of a particular flower or the historical significance of a botanical illustration, owning a hand-colored engraving from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine is a way to connect with the rich tapestry of botanical knowledge and discovery that has shaped our understanding of the natural world.

Owning a hand-colored engraving from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine is like possessing a piece of botanical history, a tangible link to the pioneering efforts of botanists and illustrators who sought to document and understand the world’s plant diversity. Each engraving is a testament to the enduring beauty and fascination of the plant kingdom, as well as the skill and dedication of those who sought to capture it on paper for posterity.

  • Curtis Plate 2 Purple Rudbeckia

    Curtis Plate 2 Purple Rudbeckia

    Curtis Plate 2 Purple Rudbeckia

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 3 Winter Hellebore, or Aconite

    Curtis Plate 3 Winter Hellebore, or Aconite

    Curtis Plate 3 Winter Hellebore, or Aconite

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 4 Round-Leaved Cyclamen

    Curtis Plate 4 Round-Leaved Cyclamen

    Curtis Plate 4 Round-Leaved Cyclamen

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 5 Dogs-Tooth or Dogs-Tooth Violet

    Curtis Plate 5 Dogs-Tooth or Dogs-Tooth Violet

    Curtis Plate 5 Dogs-Tooth or Dogs-Tooth Violet

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 6 Least Daffodil

    Curtis Plate 6 Least Daffodil

    Curtis Plate 6 Least Daffodil

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 9 Dwarf Iris

    Curtis Plate 9 Dwarf Iris

    Curtis Plate 9 Dwarf Iris

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 10 Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort

    Curtis Plate 10 Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort

    Curtis Plate 10 Hepatica, or Noble Liverwort

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 11 Herbaceous Heath

    Curtis Plate 11 Herbaceous Heath

    Curtis Plate 11 Herbaceous Heath

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 7 Blue Navelwort

    Curtis Plate 7 Blue Navelwort

    Curtis Plate 7 Blue Navelwort

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 8 Black Hellebore, or Christmas Rose

    Curtis Plate 8 Black Hellebore, or Christmas Rose

    Curtis Plate 8 Black Hellebore, or Christmas Rose

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 12 Mead's Dodecatheon, or American Cowslip

    Curtis Plate 12 Mead’s Dodecatheon, or American Cowslip

    Curtis Plate 12 Mead’s Dodecatheon, or American Cowslip

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 13 Sea-Green, or Day-smelling Coronilla

    Curtis Plate 13 Sea-Green, or Day-smelling Coronilla

    Curtis Plate 13 Sea-Green, or Day-smelling Coronilla

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 14 Mountain Primula

    Curtis Plate 14 Mountain Primula

    Curtis Plate 14 Mountain Primula

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 15 Common Jonquil

    Curtis Plate 15 Common Jonquil

    Curtis Plate 15 Common Jonquil

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 16 Variegated Iris

    Curtis Plate 16 Variegated Iris

    Curtis Plate 16 Variegated Iris

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 17 Creeping Cereus

    Curtis Plate 17 Creeping Cereus

    Curtis Plate 17 Creeping Cereus

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 18 Dwarf Geranium

    Curtis Plate 18 Dwarf Geranium

    Curtis Plate 18 Dwarf Geranium

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 19 Yellow Day-Lily

    Curtis Plate 19 Yellow Day-Lily

    Curtis Plate 19 Yellow Day-Lily

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 20 Ivy-Leaved Geranium

    Curtis Plate 20 Ivy-Leaved Geranium

    Curtis Plate 20 Ivy-Leaved Geranium

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 21 Particoloured Iris

    Curtis Plate 21 Particoloured Iris

    Curtis Plate 21 Particoloured Iris

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 22 Garden Fennel-flower, Love in a Mist, Devil in a Bush

    Curtis Plate 22 Garden Fennel-flower, Love in a Mist, Devil in a Bush

    Curtis Plate 22 Garden Fennel-flower, Love in a Mist, Devil in a Bush

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 23 Greater Indian-Cress, or Nasturtium

    Curtis Plate 23 Greater Indian-Cress, or Nasturtium

    Curtis Plate 23 Greater Indian-Cress, or Nasturtium

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 25 China or Indian Pink

    Curtis Plate 25 China or Indian Pink

    Curtis Plate 25 China or Indian Pink

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 26 Variegated Stapelia

    Curtis Plate 26 Variegated Stapelia

    Curtis Plate 26 Variegated Stapelia

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 27 Small Convolvulus or Bindweed

    Curtis Plate 27 Small Convolvulus or Bindweed

    Curtis Plate 27 Small Convolvulus or Bindweed

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 28 Common Passion Flower

    Curtis Plate 28 Common Passion Flower

    Curtis Plate 28 Common Passion Flower

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 29 Sweet-scented Reseda or Mignonette

    Curtis Plate 29 Sweet-scented Reseda or Mignonette

    Curtis Plate 29 Sweet-scented Reseda or Mignonette

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 24 Rose Cockle, or Campion

    Curtis Plate 24 Rose Cockle, or Campion

    Curtis Plate 24 Rose Cockle, or Campion

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 30 Chalcedonian Lily

    Curtis Plate 30 Chalcedonian Lily

    Curtis Plate 30 Chalcedonian Lily

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 31 Common Jasmine or Jessamine

    Curtis Plate 31 Common Jasmine or Jessamine

    Curtis Plate 31 Common Jasmine or Jessamine

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 32 Hatchet-Leaved Fig-Marigold

    Curtis Plate 32 Hatchet-Leaved Fig-Marigold

    Curtis Plate 32 Hatchet-Leaved Fig-Marigold

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 33 Bristly-Leaved Aster

    Curtis Plate 33 Bristly-Leaved Aster

    Curtis Plate 33 Bristly-Leaved Aster

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 34 Tall Browallia

    Curtis Plate 34 Tall Browallia

    Curtis Plate 34 Tall Browallia

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 35 Bearded Crepis, or Purple-eyed Succory-Hawkweed

    Curtis Plate 35 Bearded Crepis, or Purple-eyed Succory-Hawkweed

    Curtis Plate 35 Bearded Crepis, or Purple-eyed Succory-Hawkweed

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 36 Orange Lily

    Curtis Plate 36 Orange Lily

    Curtis Plate 36 Orange Lily

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1787 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 37 Shrubby Chironia

    Curtis Plate 37 Shrubby Chironia

    Curtis Plate 37 Shrubby Chironia

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 38 Common Laurustinus

    Curtis Plate 38 Common Laurustinus

    Curtis Plate 38 Common Laurustinus

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 41 Pinnated Slipper-wort

    Curtis Plate 41 Pinnated Slipper-wort

    Curtis Plate 41 Pinnated Slipper-wort

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 42 Rose Camellia

    Curtis Plate 42 Rose Camellia

    Curtis Plate 42 Rose Camellia

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 43 Hoary, or Rose Cistus

    Curtis Plate 43 Hoary, or Rose Cistus

    Curtis Plate 43 Hoary, or Rose Cistus

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 44 Persian Cyclamen

    Curtis Plate 44 Persian Cyclamen

    Curtis Plate 44 Persian Cyclamen

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 39 Franklin's Tartar Carnation

    Curtis Plate 39 Franklin’s Tartar Carnation

    Curtis Plate 39 Franklin’s Tartar Carnation

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 40 Sessile Trillium

    Curtis Plate 40 Sessile Trillium

    Curtis Plate 40 Sessile Trillium

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 45 Spring Crocus

    Curtis Plate 45 Spring Crocus

    Curtis Plate 45 Spring Crocus

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 46 Spring Snow-Flake

    Curtis Plate 46 Spring Snow-Flake

    Curtis Plate 46 Spring Snow-Flake

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 47 Jacobaean Amaryllis

    Curtis Plate 47 Jacobaean Amaryllis

    Curtis Plate 47 Jacobaean Amaryllis

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 48 Reflexed Daffodil

    Curtis Plate 48 Reflexed Daffodil

    Curtis Plate 48 Reflexed Daffodil

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 49 Alpine Soldanella

    Curtis Plate 49 Alpine Soldanella

    Curtis Plate 49 Alpine Soldanella

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1788 by Sydenham Teast Edwards illustrates flowering plants.

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Each engraving in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine is a masterpiece of precision and artistry, meticulously hand-colored to bring out the subtle nuances of each plant specimen. These images served not only to delight the eyes but also to educate and inspire generations of botanists, naturalists, and garden enthusiasts.

Beyond their aesthetic appeal, the engravings in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine are valuable historical documents, chronicling the botanical wonders encountered by explorers and naturalists during a time of burgeoning scientific discovery. They capture the spirit of curiosity and discovery that characterized the Age of Enlightenment, when the natural world was viewed with a sense of wonder and awe.

While original hand-colored engravings from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine are rare and highly prized, they do occasionally become available for sale through reputable antique dealers, auction houses, and specialized botanical art galleries. Acquiring one of these engravings allows one to own a tangible piece of botanical history, a testament to the meticulous craftsmanship and artistic vision of the era.