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Robert John Thornton
Explore and purchase genuine antique engravings from the first edition of Elements of Botany and British Flora created by Robert John Thornton in 1810.
In the early 19th century, Thornton commissioned renowned artists of the time, such as Philip Reinagle, Abraham Pether, and Peter Henderson, to create the stunning illustrations for his masterpiece The Temple of Flora, as well as his octavo-sized publications Elements of Botany and British Flora.
The Temple of Flora is a lavish and ambitious botanical book featuring illustrations of flowers by various artists. It is considered one of the most beautiful and extravagant botanical publications of its time. The botanicals are richly colored and often depicted flowers in mythological or allegorical settings, reflecting Thornton’s poetic and romantic vision of botany.
Robert John Thornton was a British physician, botanical writer, and publisher known for his significant contributions to the field of botany during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Thornton’s contributions to botany and botanical art endure as a testament to his passion for the natural world and his vision of blending scientific study with artistic expression.
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Thornton Flora Plate 389 Broad Leaved Linden Tree
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Thornton Flora Plate 389 Broad Leaved Linden Tree
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 384 Unarmed Hornwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 384 Unarmed Hornwort
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 383a Common House Leek
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Thornton Flora Plate 383a Common House Leek
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 383 Common House Leek
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Thornton Flora Plate 383 Common House Leek
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 382 Petty Spurge
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Thornton Flora Plate 382 Petty Spurge
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 381 Dyer’s Weed, or Weld
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Thornton Flora Plate 381 Dyer’s Weed, or Weld
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 379 Purple Loosestrife
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Thornton Flora Plate 379 Purple Loosestrife
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 377 Smooth Tare
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Thornton Flora Plate 377 Smooth Tare
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 376 Crimson Lathyrus
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Thornton Flora Plate 376 Crimson Lathyrus
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Thornton Flora Plate 374 Common Tare
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Thornton Flora Plate 374 Common Tare
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 373 Common Orobus
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Thornton Flora Plate 373 Common Orobus
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 372 Saint Foin
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Thornton Flora Plate 372 Saint Foin
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 369 Lucern
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Thornton Flora Plate 369 Lucern
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Thornton Flora Plate 368 Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil
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Thornton Flora Plate 368 Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 367 Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch
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Thornton Flora Plate 367 Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 366 Common Bird’s Foot
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Thornton Flora Plate 366 Common Bird’s Foot
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 365 Dutch Clover
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Thornton Flora Plate 365 Dutch Clover
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 364 Rest-Harrow
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Thornton Flora Plate 364 Rest-Harrow
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 363 Dyer’s Green-weed
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Thornton Flora Plate 363 Dyer’s Green-weed
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 361 Common Broom
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Thornton Flora Plate 361 Common Broom
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 359a Corn Spurry
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Thornton Flora Plate 359a Corn Spurry
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 359 Smooth Awl-shaped Spurry
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Thornton Flora Plate 359 Smooth Awl-shaped Spurry
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 358 Field Chickweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 358 Field Chickweed
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 354 Pepper Stonecrop
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Thornton Flora Plate 354 Pepper Stonecrop
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 353 Common Navelwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 353 Common Navelwort
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 352 Dwarf Cherleria
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Thornton Flora Plate 352 Dwarf Cherleria
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 351 English Catchfly
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Thornton Flora Plate 351 English Catchfly
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 350 Common Chickweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 350 Common Chickweed
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 349 Greater Stichwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 349 Greater Stichwort
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 345 Branulated Saxifrage
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Thornton Flora Plate 345 Branulated Saxifrage
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 343 Clove Pink
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Thornton Flora Plate 343 Clove Pink
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 342 Less Winter-Green
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Thornton Flora Plate 342 Less Winter-Green
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 341 Yellow Bird’s-nest
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Thornton Flora Plate 341 Yellow Bird’s-nest
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 339 Marsh Andromeda
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Thornton Flora Plate 339 Marsh Andromeda
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 338 Dog’s Mercury
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Thornton Flora Plate 338 Dog’s Mercury
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 333 Rose-root
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Thornton Flora Plate 333 Rose-root
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 332 Horn-Beam Tree
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Thornton Flora Plate 332 Horn-Beam Tree
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 331 Hazel-nut Tree
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Thornton Flora Plate 331 Hazel-nut Tree
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 329 Common Hornwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 329 Common Hornwort
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 328 Milkwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 328 Milkwort
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 326 Herb Paris
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Thornton Flora Plate 326 Herb Paris
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 325 Tuberous Moschatel
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Thornton Flora Plate 325 Tuberous Moschatel
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 324 Buck-Wheat
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Thornton Flora Plate 324 Buck-Wheat
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 323 Mezereon
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Thornton Flora Plate 323 Mezereon
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 322 Irish Heath
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Thornton Flora Plate 322 Irish Heath
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 321 Perforated Yellow Wort
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Thornton Flora Plate 321 Perforated Yellow Wort
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 316a Tower Wall-cress
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Thornton Flora Plate 316a Tower Wall-cress
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original hand-colored engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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Thornton Flora Plate 316 Bristol Rock Cress
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Thornton Flora Plate 316 Bristol Rock Cress
Price range: $16.50 through $215.00This original engraving from The British Flora created in 1812 by Robert John Thornton illustrates plants.
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