CENTAUREA RAGUSINA. CRETAN CENTAURY. KNAPWEED. STAR THISTLE. NO. 494.
Sydenham Edwards
Centaurea Ragusina. Cretan Centaury. Knapweed. Star Thistle. No. 494.
Handcolored engraving, 1800.
Paper size 8 1/2 x 5 1/4" (217 x 133 mm).
Overall good condition with original color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 71572
Price: SOLD Publisher : Published by T. Curtis, London. From "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed". This renowned illustrated periodical was issued from 1787 until 1844. Dunthorne describes it as "a delightful work pictorially, never excelled as a periodical, most carefully colored". 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Other Flowers
