Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Polygonum Biſtorta - Bistort - F1 First edition of the extensively

First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series

8898” inches / 120 cm x 81 cm

"Vicia Sativa"

"XII Developpement pour un Bâtiment de huit Torres de face dans auvre sur doute deprofondeur"

"Rosa Canina"

Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Polygonum Biſtorta - Bistort - F1 First edition of the extensively"Polygonum Bitorta" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. James Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator born in 1757 and died in 1822. He is best known for his extensive work in botanical