ORIGINAL WILLIAM CURTIS BOTANICAL PRINT
ANTIQUE HAND-COLORED COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVING 
SIZE  6" x 9.5" approx
PLATE 1432 - Allium paniculatum - Pendulous-Flowered Garlic
Extracted from Volume 35 - Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published 1812
CONDITION is Very Good/Excellent.  There are (in some cases) minor blemishes to be expected with prints of this age. (200 + years old!) (See Photos.)  Accompanied by the relevant text pages.

About William Curtis
William Curtis (1746-1799) is one of the greatest names in the field of botanical illustration. His Botanical Magazine has become the worlds most famous and longest-running Botanical Periodical, published almost uninterrupted from 1787 to the present day. It is published today by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The early volumes are renowned for the quality of the hand-colored plates, which are highly sought after.
The principal artists employed in these early volumes were William Kilburn, James Sowerby and Sydenham Edwards, all of whom were, to varying degrees, protégés of Curtis, and amongst the FINEST ILLUSTRATORS OF THEIR DAY. In addition to their work for the Botanical Magazine, they worked for Curtis on his Flora Londinensis, and all three became famous in their own right - Kilburn for his fabric designs, Sowerby for English Botany and Edwards for his Botanical Register