CURTIS BOTANICAL 1839 Dble H/C - Papaw

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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! ORIGINAL HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING Double Folding Plate of Papaw (Carica citriformis) (Plate 3633, Volume 65) (Volume 12 Of The New Series) from CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE Publ. 1839 - London ****NO RESERVE**** SIZE: Approx 9 1/2" x 11" CONDITION: Good (but see comments & image below) This Is A Five Day Auction Please Note That For All Payments, Shipping on these Plates (Airmail & Insured) Will be $6. (Multiple shipments of similar items AT NO EXTRA CHARGE) You are bidding on an ORIGINAL hand-colored copper-plate engraving from the prestigious EARLY VOLUMES of the NEW SERIES of 'The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed', edited by W. J. Hooker. This Plate is accompanied by the relevant text pages. CONDITION: Good. (In some cases t is some slight offsetting from the text page) (See Scan.) IMAGE: The accompanying scan is high quality and is ACTUAL SIZE and REPRESENTATIVE of the ACTUAL PRINT. Background William Curtis (1746-1799) is one of the greatest names in the field of botanical illustration. His 'Botanical Magazine' has become the world's 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. William Jackson Hooker Editor of Curtis' read more