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Sir Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany from 1835

CD of incredibly detailed scans of 28 immaculate antique prints of beautiful flowers

 

Page down to see a selection of the prints, the contents list and to read about their history

 

$39.99 - order #CD017

To order, press the order link in the menu at the top of this page

Includes a bonus of a wonderful screen saver of the prints

 

To buy the original antique prints click here

 

Benefits

  • Save money - print accurate copies of beautiful antique prints for a fraction of their cost

  • Study them before investing in the original prints

  • Illustrate educational projects

  • Use them to create art, greeting cards, calendars, postcards and posters, computer wallpaper and clip art

  • Enjoy the screensaver of the prints

Features

  • Scans are of the original antique prints

  • Scans are exactly same dimensions as original antique print

  • Scans are saved as bitmap files (.bmp) so all detail is retained (unlike jpg files)

  • Each image file is several megabytes large! Prints were scanned at 300dpi and saved at 150dpi (similar to the resolution of most digital photos)

  • Print direct from the CD or from programs such as Microsoft Picture It, Adobe Photoshop, Corel PhotoPaint, Macromedia Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro

 

 

Examples of the antique prints on the CD

These are small images for display on this web page. The scans on the CD are much bigger (same size as original antique print) and far higher quality
Mr Cunningham's Camellia Hibiscus syriacus variegatus Lychnis grandiflora

Mr Cunningham's Camellia
Camellia Japonica Cunninghami, Japan

Syrian Hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus variegatus, Syria

Great Flowered Lychnis
Lychnis grandiflora, China and Japan

Diplopappus incanus
Azalea indica smithii, India
Camellia japonica fordii, China and Japan

Aster flowers
Diplopappus incanus, California, USA

Mr Smith's Indian Azalea (double sized print)
Azalea indica smithii, India

Ford's Japan Camellia (Double sized print)
Camellia japonica fordii, China and Japan

Contents of the CD

The CD contains:

 

1. 28 Incredibly detailed scans of original 170 year old antique prints of beautiful flowers including some fantastic orchids, hibiscus, azalea and more. The flowers are from all over the world including Japan, Colombia, USA, New Zealand and Australia. The scans are much more detailed and higher quality than those on this web site. When printed on a typical ink jet printer they are a very close match to the original antique prints.

 

2. A full contents list detailing the latin name, common name and country of origin of each plant. The flowers include the following:

Great Flowered Lychnis - Lychnis grandiflora, China and Japan
Winged Thunbrgia - Thunbergia alata, Zanzibar
Syrian Hibiscus - Hibiscus syriacus variegatus, Syria
Spotted Flowered Sinningia (Gesneriad) - Sinningia guttata, Brazil
Ford's Japan Camellia (Double sized print) - Camellia japonica fordii, China and Japan
Tuberous roooted Swallow Wort - Asclepias tuberosa, North America
Purple Twining Rhodochiton - Rhodochiton volubile, Mexico
Aster flowers - Diplopappus incanus, California, USA
Valerian Leaved Chelone - Chelone centranthifolium, California, USA
Montevideo Escallonia - Escallonia montevidensis, Uruguay
Lobelia - Lobelia fulgens, Mexico and Cape of Good Hope
Chandler's Japan Camellia (Double sized print) - Camellia japonica chandlerii, Japan
Azure Flowered Ceanothus - Ceanothus azureus, Australia
Globe Flowered Fuschia - Fuchsia gloriosa
Impressed Epacris - Epacris impressa, Australia and Tasmania
Rhodedendron flowers (Double sized print) - Rhodedendron arborea fimbriata, Himalayas
Elegant Scarlet Kennedia - Kennedia coccinea elegans, Australia
Bordered Flowered Azalea - Azalea marginata
Mr Cunningham's Camellia - Camellia Japonica Cunninghami, Japan
Three Colored Indian Cress (Nasturtiam) - Tropaeolum tricolorum, Colombia
Orchid - Bearded Flowered Myanthus - Myanthus barbatus,Brazil,Colombia,Venezuela,Peru
Mr Smith's Indian Azalea (double sized print) - Azalea indica smithii, India
Orchid: Mr Shepherd's Bletia - Bletia shepherdii, Jamaica
Lofty Strawberry Tree - Arbutus procera, North America
Parrot's Bill or Crimson Glory Flower - Clianthus puniceus, New Zealand
Mr Henchman's Chorizema - Chorizema hechmannii, Australia
Orchid - Fringer Dendobrium - Dendobrium fimbriatum, Nepal
Violet Marvel of Peru Flowered Petunia - Petunia nyctaginiflora violacea,South America

 

3. An excellent screen saver featuring all the colored prints.

 

 

Information

The scans on this CD were made from original 170 year old antique prints from a work by Sir Joseph Paxton.

Paxton was a hugely talented man. He started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Chatsworth House served as a model for his design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851. Incredibly, he designed this giant, intricate building in less than 9 days on a piece of blotting paper. The man must have been a genius!

These days he is best remembered for his very high quality botanical periodicals such as “Paxton’s Magazine of Botany” which was published in 16 vols from 1834-49.

Paxton’s prints tend to be harder to find and more expensive than other 19th century botanicals. If you look in galleries in cities such as London you will often see similar prints by Paxton for sale for many hundreds of US $.

Source

Paxton’s Magazine of Botany

Print method

The prints were hand colored lithographs which means the color is exceptionally smooth and well suited for reproduction.

Condition

The prints were in exceptionally good condition. The colors and paper were fresh and bright.

Size

9½ by 6 inches (22.5 by 16 cm)
The folding double sized prints measured 12 by 9½ inches (31 by 22.5 cm).