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English Botany
Illustrated by James Sowerby with text by James Edward Smith.
Add a garden to any room with a selection of Sowerby’s English Botany botanical prints framed in natural wood frames. Antique hand-colored engravings by James Sowerby from English Botany, available for sale, are not just exquisite pieces of botanical art; they are also historical treasures capturing the essence of 18th and 19th-century botany. Crafted with meticulous detail and artistic flair, each engraving is a testament to Sowerby’s skill and passion for botanical illustration.
These engravings not only serve as beautiful decorations but also as valuable educational resources, offering a window into the botanical discoveries of their time. Sowerby’s work, in collaboration with eminent botanists like Sir James Edward Smith, helped document and disseminate knowledge about the rich flora of the British Isles and beyond.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1762 Disjointed Marine Conferva
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1762 Disjointed Marine Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1763 Horse-tail Conferva
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1763 Horse-tail Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1766 Twin-stalked Vaucheria
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1766 Twin-stalked Vaucheria
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1765 Sessile-fruited Vaucheria
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1765 Sessile-fruited Vaucheria
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1770 Common Purple Clover, or Honeysuckle Trefoil
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1770 Common Purple Clover, or Honeysuckle Trefoil
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1773 Oederian Carex
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1773 Oederian Carex
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1774 Spreading Narrow-leaved Orache
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1774 Spreading Narrow-leaved Orache
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1775 Dwarf Jungermannia
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1775 Dwarf Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1776 Sinoper Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1776 Sinoper Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1777 Aromatic Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1777 Aromatic Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1781 Leafy Ash Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1781 Leafy Ash Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1782 Small-leaved Spurious Cup Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1782 Small-leaved Spurious Cup Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1786 Red Fragrant Broom-rape
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1786 Red Fragrant Broom-rape
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1787 Elegant Smooth Bristle-moss
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1787 Elegant Smooth Bristle-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1788 Spleenwort Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1788 Spleenwort Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1789 Eruptive Opegrapha
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1789 Eruptive Opegrapha
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1793 Lemon-coloured Wall Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1793 Lemon-coloured Wall Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1790 Chalky Opegrapha
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1790 Chalky Opegrapha
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1791 Obsure Black-shielded Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1791 Obsure Black-shielded Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1792 Yolk of Egg Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1792 Yolk of Egg Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1794 Yellow Candle Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1794 Yellow Candle Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1795 Yellow Many-fruited Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1795 Yellow Many-fruited Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1796 Green Turfy Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1796 Green Turfy Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1797 Elegant Rivularia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1797 Elegant Rivularia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1798 Small Black Rivularia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1798 Small Black Rivularia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1799 Calcareous Rivularia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1799 Calcareous Rivularia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1800 Gory Tremella
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1800 Gory Tremella
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1874 Branched Wood Horsetail
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1874 Branched Wood Horsetail
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1875 Fern Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1875 Fern Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1882 Slender Tapering Fucus
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1882 Slender Tapering Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1883 Tape-worm Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1883 Tape-worm Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1884 Downy Rye Brome-grass
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1884 Downy Rye Brome-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1885 Corn Brome-grass
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1885 Corn Brome-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1886 Common Elm
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1886 Common Elm
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1887 Broad-leaved Elm Wych Hasel
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1887 Broad-leaved Elm Wych Hasel
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1888 Beared Earth-moss
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1888 Beared Earth-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1889 Hairy-leaved Bearless-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1889 Hairy-leaved Bearless-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1890 Spurious Opegrapha
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1890 Spurious Opegrapha
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1891 Little Dot Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1891 Little Dot Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1892 Black and White Bark Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1892 Black and White Bark Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1894 Daisy-flowered Cup Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1894 Daisy-flowered Cup Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1897 Grey Willow
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1897 Grey Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1898 Common Osier
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1898 Common Osier
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1899 Curve-leaved Grimmia
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1899 Curve-leaved Grimmia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1900 Pale Curved Grimmia
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1900 Pale Curved Grimmia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1901 Elliptical Fork-moss
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1901 Elliptical Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1903 Squirrel-tail Wing-moss
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1903 Squirrel-tail Wing-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1904 Lesser Matted Thread-moss
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1904 Lesser Matted Thread-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1808 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Beyond their aesthetic appeal, these engravings are a testament to the intersection of art and science. Sowerby’s ability to combine precision with artistic expression resulted in images that are both scientifically accurate and visually captivating, making them prized possessions for collectors, historians, and botany enthusiasts alike.
Owning a piece of Sowerby’s English Botany is not just acquiring a beautiful artwork at an affordable price; it’s possessing a piece of botanical history, a tangible connection to the pioneering spirit of botanical exploration and illustration that defined an era.