Nuremberg: Jacob Trew, 1760. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 396. Page measures 13 1/2" x 8 1/2". Richly colored illustration of the curcuma plant. Plate 396 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

London: 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 11.75" x 7.25", sheet measures 14.75" x 10". Shows some foxing. In very good condition. Illustration of an Euphorbia; plate 340 from "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. The cactus-like perennial plant is indigenous to Morocco. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison..... More

Nuremberg: Jacob Trew, 1760. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 311. Page measures 13 1/2" x 8 1/2". Plate 311 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 to edges. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained..... More

London: John Nourse, 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 10. Page measures 15" x 9 1/2". Richly colored illustration of a sage plant published in "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick Garden where the plants were..... More

London: John Nourse, 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 33. Page measures 15" x 9 1/2". 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. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick Garden where the plants..... More