Elizabeth Blackwell Herbarium by Jacob Trew 1757

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Helleboraster BLA706 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $95	India Berry BLA389 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Helleborus Hippocratis BLA708 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $95


Herba Paris BLA703 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Red Coralline BLA341B ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $115	Arun Lily BLA269A Reg Price ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $45


Phytolacca Amaranthus Baccifer BLA515 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Oil Palm BLA363 Reg. Price: ~~$95~~ Sale Price: $65	Rhabarbarum finenfe BLA600A Reg. Price: ~~$95~~ Sale Price: $65


Bardana maior BLA117 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Cordamomum minus BLA585 Reg. Price: ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Dipsacus Silvestris BLA50 Reg. Price: ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $85


Suber BLA193 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Holly BLA186 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Hedera arborea BLA188 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: SOLD


Populus nigra BLA248 Reg. Price: ~~$85~~ Sale Price: $55	Betula BLA240 Reg. Price: ~~$85~~ Sale Price: $55	Chickpea BLA557 Reg. Price: ~~$85~~ Sale Price: $55


Dragon Tree BLA358 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Muscus BLA335 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Dragon Tree BLA358a ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89

Euphorbium
BLA340 ~~$95~~
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Antique Euphorbia
BLA339 ~~$95~~
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Eryngium
BLA297 ~~$85~~
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Hypericum
BLA721 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~
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Date Palm
BLA202 Reg. Price: ~~$65~~
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Atriplex hortensis alba
BLA722 Reg Price ~~$65~~
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Hippoglossum Bislingua BLA724 Reg Price ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $35	Turnip, Rapum BLA725 Reg. Price: ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $89	Spina alba BLA726 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $95

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Elizabeth Blackwell was the artist and engraver of A Curious Herbal in 1737-1739, conceived to raise money when her husband was imprisoned for setting up in the printing business without serving the required apprenticeship. She recognized the need for a definitive herbal and began working close to the Chelsea Physic Garden, with its abundant gardens full of beautiful flowers and herbs. Unusual for the time, she also engraved and hand-colored her own prints single handedly instead of using the three separate craftsmen customary at the time - a botanical illustrator, an engraver and a painter. Elizabeth was truly a pioneer in every way, as Herbals were very rare at the time. Her husband helped from prison and the book was a financial success.

Elizabeth was able to obtain the release of her husband from prison, but sadly, he was soon in more trouble and was executed in Sweden in 1747 for high treason. Elizabeth died in obscurity in 1758. Her work of some 500 plates is a jewel of artistry and a testament to the fortitude, industry and entrepreneurship of a truly modern woman.

This work was reissued in enlarged form with re-engraved plates in Germany in 1757 by Jacob Trew, and it is from this folio edition of Herbarium Selectum Emendatum et Auctum that we are pleased to offer a selection of these marvelous antique prints.

References include Great Flower Books (1990), p.75; Women of Flowers (1990) p73