Paxton’s Magazine of Botany.
London, Orr and Smith, Paternoster Row,1836.

Joseph Paxton was one of the most talented and famous gardeners and garden designers of the 19th century. When he was quite a young man, the Duke of Devonshire recognized Paxton’s skill with plants and hired him to be the head gardener of his estate at Chatsworth. The Duke’s great wealth enabled Paxton to assemble collections of rare and exotic species, including varieties of orchids. This wonderful print was included in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany. Authorities on antique botanicals have referred to this series as one of the most important floricultural periodicals. (See Blunt, p. 209) The brilliant original coloring was expertly applied at the time of publication and has been perfectly preserved to the present day. It captures every nuance of shading, tone and texture created by the artist, S. Holden, and the lithographer, F.W. Smith.

Full untrimmed sheet measuring 9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches.
Finely hand colored lithograph.
Excellent condition.

Paxton’s Magazine of Botany.
London: Orr and Smith, Paternoster Row,1836.

Joseph Paxton was one of the most talented and famous gardeners and garden designers of the 19th century. When he was quite a young man, the Duke of Devonshire recognized Paxton’s skill with plants and hired him to be the head gardener of his estate at Chatsworth. The Duke’s great wealth enabled Paxton to assemble collections of rare and exotic species, including varieties of orchids. This wonderful print was included in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany. Authorities on antique botanicals have referred to this series as one of the most important floricultural periodicals. (See Blunt, p. 209) The brilliant original coloring was expertly applied at the time of publication and has been perfectly preserved to the present day. It captures every nuance of shading, tone and texture created by the artist, S. Holden, and the lithographer, F.W. Smith.

Full untrimmed sheet measuring 9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches.
Finely hand colored lithograph.
Excellent condition.

Paxton’s Magazine of Botany.
London: Orr and Smith, Paternoster Row,1836.

Joseph Paxton was one of the most talented and famous gardeners and garden designers of the 19th century. When he was quite a young man, the Duke of Devonshire recognized Paxton’s skill with plants and hired him to be the head gardener of his estate at Chatsworth. The Duke’s great wealth enabled Paxton to assemble collections of rare and exotic species, including varieties of orchids. This wonderful print was included in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany. Authorities on antique botanicals have referred to this series as one of the most important floricultural periodicals. (See Blunt, p. 209) The brilliant original coloring was expertly applied at the time of publication and has been perfectly preserved to the present day. It captures every nuance of shading, tone and texture created by the artist, S. Holden, and the lithographer, F.W. Smith.

Full untrimmed sheet measuring 9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches.
Finely hand colored lithograph.
Excellent condition.

Sydenham Edwards began sketching plants from nature as a young boy, growing up in Wales. His fine drawings brought him to the attention of William Curtis. The two worked together for many years on Curtis’ influential Botanical Magazine. In fact, Edwards created over 1600 drawings for the publication. However, in 1815, the two men had a serious disagreement and, as a result, Edwards created a rival publication called The Botanical Register. The beautiful original prints in Edwards’ periodical were as detailed, finely engraved and beautifully hand colored as those in Curtis’ magazine. They were also very popular with 19th century audiences and the work continued to be published until 1847.

9 ½ x 11 inches, sheet.
Copperplate engraving with original hand coloring.
Very nice condition.

The Welsh botanical artist Sydenham Teast Edwards worked for 27 years for William Curtis’s Botanical Magazine before he began a rival publication in 1815. Edwards entitled his beautifully engraved periodical The Botanical register; consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants, cultivated in British gardens; with their history and mode of treatment. The principal illustrators were first rate including Edwards himself, M. Hart and Miss Drake. The engravers were Sansom, Smith, S. Watts, White and G. Barclay.

Hand colored copperplate engraving.
10 x 6 ¼ inches, sheet.
Very nice condition.

Hand colored copperplate engraving.
10 x 6 ¼ inches, sheet.
Very nice condition.

Hand colored copperplate engraving.
10 x 6 ¼ inches, sheet.
Very nice condition.

Hand colored copperplate engraving.
10 x 6 ¼ inches, sheet.
Very nice condition.

Hand colored copperplate engraving.
10 x 6 ¼ inches, sheet.
Good condition save very light transference and minor waterstain in top margin.

Hand colored copperplate engraving.
10 x 6 ¼ inches, sheet.
Very nice condition.