Curtis Melaleuca Botanical Engraving, 1817 Maryland as well as Europe and

as well as Europe and Asia

Monsen from Harper’s Weekly

Dimensions: 8

It also traces the routes of the great discoverers who sailed strange seas and penetrated misty continents to add new areas to the known world

Original Copper Plate Engraving from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds by George Edwards

Curtis Melaleuca Botanical Engraving, 1817 Maryland as well as Europe andOriginal copper engraving by William Curtis. Curtis began publication of the Botanical Magazine in February 1787 and continued almost without interruption for 160 years. The plates are known for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring, during a period of time when detailed botanical illustrations were often one of the only ways to record and understand the vast diversity of plant life. Dimensions: 11 x 14