Nuremberg: Jacob Trew, 1760. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 311. Page measures 13 1/2" x 8 1/2". Mercurialis is a slender woody perennial with medicinal properties. From the German edition of "A Curious Herbal" titled "Herbarium Blackwellianum" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. This edition is a revised and enlarged format engraved by Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger and published by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew, a botanist and physician. Minor scattered staining, aging..... More

Nuremberg: Jacob Trew, 1760. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 213. Page measures 13 1/2" x 8 1/2". A descriptive view of a buttercup with the anatomy of the flower named. This edition is a revised and enlarged format engraved by Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger and published by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew, a botanist and physician. Minor scattered staining, aging to edges. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist..... More

London: John Nourse, 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 33. Page measures 15" x 9 1/2". Low growing and adored by bees. Richly colored illustration of a white archangel plant published in "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Notes in manuscript and some foxing but otherwise in good condition. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while..... More