Discover antique botanical prints.
Botanical illustration has been an important art form for centuries. Illustrating plants' colour and detail is a beautiful blend of art and science.
Botanical illustration reached a peak of popularity in about 1600 to 1900. This was an exciting era of exploration and discovery. Crew members often included botanists, plant collectors and commercial gardeners. They wanted to bring new plants back to Europe to study, display and sell. For example, Sir Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook's first voyage in 1769.
Botanical prints were made to record discoveries and inform a wide audience about the plants.
Botanical art one is still of the most popular types of home decor.
Here are thousands of antique botanical prints for you to choose from.
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Indian Liquorice - Glycyrrhiza glabra This is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back t..
US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Liquidambar - Liquidambar orientalis Commonly known as oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum.This is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from aroun..
US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Liquorice - Glycyrrhiza glabra brThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe a..
US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Mallow - Malva silvestrisThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe and eager..
US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Manna - Fraxinus ornus A sugary extract from the sap may be obtained by making a cut in the barkThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants fr..
US$80.00
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29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Mastic Tree - Pistacia lentiscus Mastic Tree is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios.This is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and expl..
US$45.00 US$80.00
23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.5 inches)Malva munroanaThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton 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..
US$75.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Myrrh - Balsamodendron myrrha Myrrh resin has been used throughout history as a perfume, incense and medicine.This is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, ..
US$80.00
25.5 x 16.5 cm (10 x 6.5 inches).Sanchezia nobilisEcuadorThis original antique lithograph was made in 1869 by James Shirley Hibberd. This relatively rare series of prints portrayed amazingly attractive leaves, mainly from the tropics. They were selected, in the words of Hibberd, with an eye to intri..
US$50.00
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29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Peruvia Rhatany - Krameria triandraThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe..
US$45.00 US$80.00
26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Primula sinesisChinaThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopef..
US$59.00
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31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches)This vintage photogravure is by Karl Blossfeldt and is over 75 years old. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden elegance and beauty. This is an original photogravure and not a reprod..
US$90.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Raspberry - Rubus idaeus This is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe and eager..
US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Red Sandalwood - Pterocarpus santalinusThis tree is valued for the rich red colour of its woodThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from arou..
US$80.00
23 x 14.0 cm (9.0 x 5.5 inches).Fucus GigartinusThis antique botanical print is from the first edition of James Sowerby 's famous work, English Botany. It is an original antique print made by printing from an engraved copper printing plate onto hand made paper. The hand painted coloring is origina..
US$50.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Spearmint -Menta piperitaThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe and eager..
US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Spearmint - Menta piperita var crispataThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an era of travel and exploration, plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Eu..
US$80.00
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23 x 14.0 cm (9.0 x 5.5 inches).Crocus vernusThis antique botanical print is from the first edition of James Sowerby 's famous work, English Botany. It is an original antique print made by printing from an engraved copper printing plate onto hand made paper. The hand painted coloring is original a..
US$40.00
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29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Strophanthus - Strophanthus hispidusStrophanthus has been used medicinally as a cardiac stimulant and in the treatment of peptic ulcer and snakebitesThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler..
US$45.00 US$80.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Strychnine Tree - Strychnos nux vomica It is a major source of the highly poisonous, intensely bitter alkaloids strychnine and brucine derived from the seedsThis is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by H..
US$80.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)Cowthorpe was the home of an enormous tree, the Cowthorpe Oak and was once the largest oak in Britain. It is reported that its circumference was 60 feet (18 m). "Compared with this," says Dr. Hunter, in Evelyn's Silva, "all other trees are children of th..
US$95.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00
43.5 x 31 cm (17 x 12 inches)Lilium superbumThis large floral lithograph is by Robert John Thornton he was an English physician and botanical writer. It was made in 1951 in England on cream coloured thick paper and is in excellent condition. © Fine Rare Prints..
US$120.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00
43.5 x 31 cm (17 x 12 inches)Lilium candidumThis large floral lithograph is by Robert John Thornton he was an English physician and botanical writer. It was made in 1951 in England on cream coloured thick paper and is in excellent condition. © Fine Rare Prints..
US$120.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)This beautiful copper plate engraving is from John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. It was published in London for the Royal Society in 1776 as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for England's burgeoning navy. The work was a s..
US$75.00