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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 71 Trailing Catchweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 71 Trailing Catchweed
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 66 Sea Hard-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 66 Sea Hard-grass
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 65 Woolly Soft Grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 65 Woolly Soft Grass
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 64 Black Crake Berries
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Thornton Flora Plate 64 Black Crake Berries
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 63 Slender-spiked Sedge
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Thornton Flora Plate 63 Slender-spiked Sedge
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 62 Great Cat’s Tail
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Thornton Flora Plate 62 Great Cat’s Tail
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 61a Branched Bur-reed
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Thornton Flora Plate 61a Branched Bur-reed
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 61 Branched Bur-reed
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Thornton Flora Plate 61 Branched Bur-reed
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 60 Wild Amaranth
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Thornton Flora Plate 60 Wild Amaranth
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 59 White Bryony
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Thornton Flora Plate 59 White Bryony
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Thornton Flora Plate 58 Umbelliferous Mouse-ear
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Thornton Flora Plate 58 Umbelliferous Mouse-ear
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 57 Fourleaved Allseed
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Thornton Flora Plate 57 Fourleaved Allseed
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 56 Water Chickweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 56 Water Chickweed
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Thornton Flora Plate 55 Bearded Wheat-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 55 Bearded Wheat-grass
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 54 Crested Dog’s-tail-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 54 Crested Dog’s-tail-grass
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 53 Sea Barley
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Thornton Flora Plate 53 Sea Barley
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 51 Perennial Darnel
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Thornton Flora Plate 51 Perennial Darnel
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 50 Tall Fescue-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 50 Tall Fescue-grass
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 49 Common Reed
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Thornton Flora Plate 49 Common Reed
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 47 Soft Brome-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 47 Soft Brome-grass
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 46 Annual Meadow-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 46 Annual Meadow-grass
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 45 Common Quaking-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 45 Common Quaking-grass
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 44 Mountain Melic-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 44 Mountain Melic-grass
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 43 Upright Sea-lyme-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 43 Upright Sea-lyme-grass
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 42 Silver Hair-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 42 Silver Hair-grass
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 41 Ovate Hare’s-tail-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 41 Ovate Hare’s-tail-grass
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 40 Pennate Feather-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 40 Pennate Feather-grass
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 39 Rough Cocks-foot-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 39 Rough Cocks-foot-grass
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 38 Millet-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 38 Millet-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 37 Manured Canary-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 37 Manured Canary-grass
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 36 Common Cat’s-tail-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 36 Common Cat’s-tail-grass
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 35 Slender Foxtail-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 35 Slender Foxtail-grass
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 34 Green Panick-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 34 Green Panick-grass
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 33 Salt-marsh Club-rush
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Thornton Flora Plate 33 Salt-marsh Club-rush
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 32 Sweet Cyperus
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Thornton Flora Plate 32 Sweet Cyperus
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 31 Compressed Bog-rush
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Thornton Flora Plate 31 Compressed Bog-rush
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 30 Broad-leaved Cotton-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 30 Broad-leaved Cotton-grass
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 29 Mat-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 29 Mat-grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 25 Ash
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Thornton Flora Plate 25 Ash
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Thornton Flora Plate 24a One-stamend Willow
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Thornton Flora Plate 24a One-stamend Willow
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 24 Crack Willow
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Thornton Flora Plate 24 Crack Willow
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 23 Lesser Duck’s Meat
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Thornton Flora Plate 23 Lesser Duck’s Meat
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 22 Malaxis
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Thornton Flora Plate 22 Malaxis
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Thornton Flora Plate 19 Bird’s-nest Ophrys
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Thornton Flora Plate 19 Bird’s-nest Ophrys
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 18 Green Satyrion
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Thornton Flora Plate 18 Green Satyrion
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Thornton Flora Plate 17 Broad Leaved Orchis
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Thornton Flora Plate 17 Broad Leaved Orchis
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 16 Sweet Vernal Grass
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Thornton Flora Plate 16 Sweet Vernal Grass
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 14 European Gypsy-wort
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Thornton Flora Plate 14 European Gypsy-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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