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| Author/ Artist: |
Sydenham Teak Edwards (*1768 - †1819) |
| Title: |
Ixora grandiflora. Large-flowered scarlet Ixora. |
| Publisher/ Year: |
London, James Ridgways, 1816 |
| Sheet Size: |
23.0 x 14.6 cm (9.1 x 5.7 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
20.2 x 12.4 cm (8.0 x 4.9 inches) |
| Reference: |
Dunthorne 108, Nissen BBI 2379: Great flower books |
| Old hand coloured copper engraving of a Great Flowered Scarlet (lat. Ixora grandiflora) by Smith after Sydenham Edwards. With 1 additional text page. Dated and signed on plate. |
| Very good and fresh impression with original old colouring. Good visible plate mark. Some minor browning. |
| About the Author/ Artist: Sydenham Teast Edwards was born 1768 in Brynbuga, Wales. He worked 27 years for Curtis's "Botanical Magazine" as a botanical artist. In 1815 he created his own magazine titled "The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, cultivated in British Gardens, with their History and Mode of Treatment". He died in 1819. |
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