Maund Botanist Botanical Prints 1837

In 1837, Benjamin Maund started the publication of a sister periodical to the highly successful Botanic Garden, named The Botanist, in five volumes with 250 hand colored engravings. It contains plates of single blooms of tender and hardy ornamentals. The work is of a precision, beauty and intense color unrivalled in all of botanical illustration. These prints are approximately 7 inches wide by 8 1/2 inches long. All plates in this series of 250 are original hand colored engravings and of the utmost delicacy and beauty.