Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Mentha Odorata - Bergamot Mint - F1

Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Mentha Odorata - Bergamot Mint - F1"Mentha Odorata" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. The reverse side of this engraving is blank. The text page on the third picture, below, is an original page from this work with original description

"Lichen Tiliaceus"

"Savstaholm Castle"

"Treryn Castle and der Kuate von Cornwall"

in the distance Petersburg"

in iplius Foro"

one of the most important Italian Baroque painters and a leading representative of the Bolognese Baroque painting

"Conferva Flocculosa"

exteriors and interiors of French and other Continental architecture

"Atriplex Patula"

His contributions to publishing and education made him a notable figure in Victorian Britain

"Carlina Vulgaris L

"Hirundo Rustica"