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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.

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  • Curtis Plate 1241 Ruscus-leaved Liparia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1241 Ruscus-leaved Liparia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1243 Canadian Water-Lily

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1243 Canadian Water-Lily

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1245 Broadest-leaved Eustrephus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1245 Broadest-leaved Eustrephus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1246 Leaved-spiked Lapeyrousia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1246 Leaved-spiked Lapeyrousia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1247 Orange-coloured Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1247 Orange-coloured Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1248 Large-headed Yellow Centaury

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1248 Large-headed Yellow Centaury

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1249 Bearded-leaved Heath

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1249 Bearded-leaved Heath

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1250 Erica andromedaeflora

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1250 Erica andromedaeflora

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1251 Sceptre-flowered Hedysarum

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1251 Sceptre-flowered Hedysarum

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1253 Cape Coast Lily

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1253 Cape Coast Lily

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1254 Grass-leaved Evening-flower

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1254 Grass-leaved Evening-flower

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1256 Glandular-leaved Balsam

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1256 Glandular-leaved Balsam

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1258 Bearded Bell-flower

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1258 Bearded Bell-flower

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1259 Spotted-flowered Ibbetsonia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1259 Spotted-flowered Ibbetsonia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1262 Yellow reflex-flowered Narcissus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1262 Yellow reflex-flowered Narcissus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1263 Hairy-stemmed Mimosa

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1263 Hairy-stemmed Mimosa

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1264 Oriental Fennel-Flower

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1264 Oriental Fennel-Flower

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1266 Fennel-leaved Garidella

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1266 Fennel-leaved Garidella

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1267 Mountain Crocus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1267 Mountain Crocus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1269 Spotted-leaved Orchis-like Lachenalia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1269 Spotted-leaved Orchis-like Lachenalia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1271 Umbel-flowered

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1271 Umbel-flowered

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1272 Sulphur-wort-leaved Lomatia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1272 Sulphur-wort-leaved Lomatia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1273 Virginian Cynanchum

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1273 Virginian Cynanchum

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1274 Cross-leaved Dillwynia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1274 Cross-leaved Dillwynia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1275 Greenish-flowered Tritonia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1275 Greenish-flowered Tritonia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1276 Rolled-leaved Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1276 Rolled-leaved Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1277 Mourning-flowered Aristea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1277 Mourning-flowered Aristea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1278 Red-spined Glaucous Aloe

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1278 Red-spined Glaucous Aloe

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1279 Great-flowered Germander

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1279 Great-flowered Germander

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1282 Twin-flowered Daphne

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1282 Twin-flowered Daphne

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1283 Flexuose Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1283 Flexuose Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1284 Curled-leaved Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1284 Curled-leaved Moraea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1286 Globe-flowered calycled Andromeda

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1286 Globe-flowered calycled Andromeda

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1287 Silvery-leaved Milfoil

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1287 Silvery-leaved Milfoil

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1288 Red-flowered clammy Whortle-berry

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1288 Red-flowered clammy Whortle-berry

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1292 Narrow-leaved Galaxia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1292 Narrow-leaved Galaxia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1294 Purple-flowered Sage

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1294 Purple-flowered Sage

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1295 Woolly-headed Lachnaea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1295 Woolly-headed Lachnaea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1297 Cluster-flowered Styphelia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1297 Cluster-flowered Styphelia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1299 Jonquil-scented Narcissus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1299 Jonquil-scented Narcissus

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1300 Smaller white Spanish Daffodil

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1300 Smaller white Spanish Daffodil

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1304 Smooth Fabricia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1304 Smooth Fabricia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1305 Honey-bearing Euphorbia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1305 Honey-bearing Euphorbia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1307 Hairy Phlox, or Lychnidea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1307 Hairy Phlox, or Lychnidea

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1308 Fraser’s Hairy Phlox

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1308 Fraser’s Hairy Phlox

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1309 Chickweed Claytonia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1309 Chickweed Claytonia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1310 Hairy Goodia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1310 Hairy Goodia

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby illustrates flowering plants.

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  • Curtis Plate 1311 Nootka-Sound Lupin

    $22.50 – $270.00

    Curtis Plate 1311 Nootka-Sound Lupin

    $22.50 – $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed created in 1810 by James Sowerby 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.