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Hortus Indicus Malabaricus. Hendrik Draakestein.
The first complete flora from the east Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
39.5 cm x 49 cm (unframed)
‘Balam-pulli’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
‘Batta-valli’
CGW134469-10.4
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
‘Cametti’ Hortus Indicus Malabaricus.
Hendrik Draakestein.
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
‘Cara-nosi’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
‘Cudu-parili’
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the east Indies.
A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
64 cm x 72 cm
CGW134463-6.3
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
‘Kaida’
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the east Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
62 cm x 75 cm (framed)
39 cm x 48.5 cm (unframed)
CGW381539-2
‘Pee-amerdu’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
‘Pua-tsjetti’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
‘Talu-dama’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the east Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
‘Tenga’
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
62 cm x 75 cm
CGW381539-3
‘Caunga’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
Framed: 92cm x 77cm
CGW381539-1
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
‘Agati’
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
Framed: 75 cm x 62 cm
CGW381539-4
Duhamel DuMonceau Fruit
A collection of 23 mid 18th Century French hand coloured copper engravings, including, peach, apple, pear, apricot and cherry.
Slight foxing to some.
C.1760
Unframed
33 cm x 24 cm
Elizabeth Blackwell Framed ‘Pile Wort’ – 1730
Elizabeth Blackwell (nee Blachrie) was among the first women to achieve fame as a botanical illustrator.
She was born in Aberdeen in about 1700, but moved to London after she married. She undertook an ambitious project to raise money to pay her husband’s debts and release him from debtors’ prison.
Her project was a book called ‘A Curious Herbal’. She learned that physicians required a reference book which documented the medicinal qualities of plants and herbs.
In order to develop the publication she examined and drew specimens of plants available in the Chelsea Physic Garden. Sir Hans Sloane provided financial support to publish ‘A Curious Herbal’.
Elizabeth Blackwell is notable for being one of the first botanical artists to personally etch and engrave her own designs. This saved the expense of hiring a professional engraver.
In total, the enterprise took Blackwell six full years to complete and in the end she was able to release her husband from prison. ‘A Curious Herbal’ was published between 1737 and 1739.
The book contained the first illustrations of many odd-looking, unknown plants from the New World.
H. 53cm W. 38cm
Elizabeth Blackwell (nee Blachrie) was among the first women to achieve fame as a botanical illustrator.
She was born in Aberdeen in about 1700, but moved to London after she married. She undertook an ambitious project to raise money to pay her husband’s debts and release him from debtors’ prison.
Her project was a book called ‘A Curious Herbal’. She learned that physicians required a reference book which documented the medicinal qualities of plants and herbs.
In order to develop the publication she examined and drew specimens of plants available in the Chelsea Physic Garden. Sir Hans Sloane provided financial support to publish ‘A Curious Herbal’.
Elizabeth Blackwell is notable for being one of the first botanical artists to personally etch and engrave her own designs. This saved the expense of hiring a professional engraver.
In total, the enterprise took Blackwell six full years to complete and in the end she was able to release her husband from prison. ‘A Curious Herbal’ was published between 1737 and 1739.
The book contained the first illustrations of many odd-looking, unknown plants from the New World.
H. 55cm W. 45cm