[Prints of Australian flora from Curtis' Botanical magazine, ca 1790-1835]
[Prints of Australian flora from Curtis' Botanical magazine, ca 1790-1835]
[Prints of Australian flora from Curtis' Botanical magazine, ca 1790-1835]
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Date
[ca 1790-1835]
Call Numbers
PXE 1659-PXE 1662
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Pictures, Prints and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
205 prints (4 boxes) - hand-coloured
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Published before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
205 hand-coloured plates from the Curtis Botanical Magazine of Australian native flora with accompanying text from Vol. 4, 1791 to Vol. 62, 1835. Painters and engravers include Sydenham Edwards, F. Sansom, Joseph Swan, William Jackson Hooker, James Curtis, H. Weddell and H. Barrand.
List contains the Curtis plate number with the Curtis Scien...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Prints of Australian flora from Curtis' Botanical magazine, ca 1790-1835]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Published information
The botanical magazine, or, Flower garden displayed by Williams Curtis. London: Printed for W. Curtis by S. Couchman, 1790-1806.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Barrington Kinnaird, May 2014
Administrative / Biographical history
Three thousand copies of the first part, with three plates, were sold at a shilling each, on average about forty-five plates were issued each year. Each plate was accompanied by a concise description of botanical details of the plant (in Latin), its various names, habitat, time of flowering and notes on its cultivation (all in English). Although Wi...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1659-PXE 1662
Record Identifier
1xqZ6OGY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZ6OGY
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Reference code
1166139
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