N. 134 (Adonis Vernalis. Spring or Perennial Adonis)
London: W. Curtis, 1794. Botanical print. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 9" x 5.75". This beautiful engraving depicts the Adonis vernalis flowering plant, also known as pheasant's eye, spring spheasant's eye, yellow pheasant's eye or false hellebore. Curtis writes that the species is "and old inhabitant of the English gardens" and also "growns wild on the mountainous pastures of some parts of Germany". William Curtis (1746-1799) was an English botanist who began as an apothecary before turning..... More