Antique Print - James Sowerby - Veronica Alpina - Alpine Speedwell - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Veronica Alpina - Alpine Speedwell - F1"Alpine Speedwell" 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. The reverse side of this engraving is blank. The text page on the third picture, below, is an original page from this work with original

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