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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 192 Mountain Stone Parsley
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Thornton Flora Plate 192 Mountain Stone Parsley
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 191 Meadow Sulphurwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 191 Meadow Sulphurwort
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 190 Common Cow Parsnep
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Thornton Flora Plate 190 Common Cow Parsnep
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 189 Common Hemlock
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Thornton Flora Plate 189 Common Hemlock
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 187 Scottish Louage
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Thornton Flora Plate 187 Scottish Louage
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 184 Small Hartwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 184 Small Hartwort
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 181 Hemlock Water Dropwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 181 Hemlock Water Dropwort
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 180 Common Thoroughwax
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Thornton Flora Plate 180 Common Thoroughwax
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 179 Upright Hedge Parsley
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Thornton Flora Plate 179 Upright Hedge Parsley
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 178 Floating White-rot
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Thornton Flora Plate 178 Floating White-rot
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 173a Common English Mercury
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Thornton Flora Plate 173a Common English Mercury
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 173 Sea Beet
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Thornton Flora Plate 173 Sea Beet
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 172 Prickly Glasswort
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Thornton Flora Plate 172 Prickly Glasswort
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 170 Smooth Rupture-wort
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Thornton Flora Plate 170 Smooth Rupture-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 166 Greater Dodder
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Thornton Flora Plate 166 Greater Dodder
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 164 Bastard Toad-flax
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Thornton Flora Plate 164 Bastard Toad-flax
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 160 Spindle-tree
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Thornton Flora Plate 160 Spindle-tree
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Thornton Flora Plate 159 Buckthorn
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Thornton Flora Plate 159 Buckthorn
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Thornton Flora Plate 156 Brookweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 156 Brookweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 155 Nettle-leaved Bell-Flowered
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Thornton Flora Plate 155 Nettle-leaved Bell-Flowered
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 154a Thorn Apple
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Thornton Flora Plate 154a Thorn Apple
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Thornton Flora Plate 154 Thorn Apple
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Thornton Flora Plate 154 Thorn Apple
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Thornton Flora Plate 152 Common Cowslip, or Paigle
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Thornton Flora Plate 152 Common Cowslip, or Paigle
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 148 Trailing Rose-Bay
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Thornton Flora Plate 148 Trailing Rose-Bay
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 135 Small Bugloss
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Thornton Flora Plate 135 Small Bugloss
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 134 Common Hound’s-tongue
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Thornton Flora Plate 134 Common Hound’s-tongue
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 129 Common Blue Viper’s Bugloss
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Thornton Flora Plate 129 Common Blue Viper’s Bugloss
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 128 Marsh Lousewort
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Thornton Flora Plate 128 Marsh Lousewort
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 126 Water Figworth
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Thornton Flora Plate 126 Water Figworth
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Thornton Flora Plate 124 Mudwort
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Thornton Flora Plate 124 Mudwort
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 122 Sibthorpia Europaea
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Thornton Flora Plate 122 Sibthorpia Europaea
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 121 Crested Cow-wheat
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Thornton Flora Plate 121 Crested Cow-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 120 Alpine Bartside
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Thornton Flora Plate 120 Alpine Bartside
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 119 Great Tooth-wort
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Thornton Flora Plate 119 Great Tooth-wort
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 118 Yellow Rattle
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Thornton Flora Plate 118 Yellow Rattle
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 117 Common Eye-bright
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Thornton Flora Plate 117 Common Eye-bright
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 116 Greater Broom-rape
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Thornton Flora Plate 116 Greater Broom-rape
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 114 Cat-mint
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Thornton Flora Plate 114 Cat-mint
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 113 Yellow Archangel
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Thornton Flora Plate 113 Yellow Archangel
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 111 Wood Betony
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Thornton Flora Plate 111 Wood Betony
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 109a Water Germander
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Thornton Flora Plate 109a Water Germander
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 108 White Horehound
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Thornton Flora Plate 108 White Horehound
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 103 Common Skull-cap
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Thornton Flora Plate 103 Common Skull-cap
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 96 Pellitory of the Wall
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Thornton Flora Plate 96 Pellitory of the Wall
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 93 Sea Buckthorp
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Thornton Flora Plate 93 Sea Buckthorp
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 91 Great Nettle
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Thornton Flora Plate 91 Great Nettle
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 90 Plantain Shore-weed
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Thornton Flora Plate 90 Plantain Shore-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 88 Box Tree
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Thornton Flora Plate 88 Box 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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