Banksia marginata
Engraving with original hand-colouring, 1823. 170mm by 110mm (sheet). Engraving of Australian native plant, partially hand-coloured, small paper edition, from Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet. The Loddiges family managed one of the most notable of the eighteenth and nineteenth century plant nurseries that traded in and introduced exotic plants into European gardens.The nursery rose to great prominence during the early nineteenth century under George Loddiges (1786-1846) who published in his serial numbers of The Botanical Cabinet 2000 coloured plates of rare plants introduced into its hothouses and gardens from around the world. With original descriptive text. CONDITION : Small light handling crease. Some brown marking from off-setting. Crease and stitching holes along right edge of the platemark. Staining to descriptive text. Item #4002
Price: $95.00