Trollius. Globe Flower. Asiatic Globe Flower. European Globe Flower. Vol. 25. Pl. 40.

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• ARTIST: John Hill

• PUBLISHER: Published London.

• MEDIUM: Copper engraving, hand colored,

  DATE: 1759-1786.

• EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 14 5/8 x 9" (373 x 228 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Hill's "The Vegetable System". Its 26 volumes were the first comprehensive treatment of the plant world in vernacular terms. But the massive effort bankrupted Hill, who then turned to quack medicine, peddling an elixir suposed to cure gout (ironically, the disease which led to his own demise).

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

• REFERENCE: De Belder #150. Great Flower Books, p. 59.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Other Flowers