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.
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Urformen Der Kunst (Art Forms in Nature), 1929, first edition. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urform..
US$90.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Helianthemum venustumThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illustrations were by..
US$60.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Vestia lycioides This beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back at..
US$60.00
31.7 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 inches).Rehmannia angulata This antique chromolithograph was made in 1903 for William Robinson, an Irish gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden. It's an original antique which..
US$65.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Dioscorea batatasThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back at..
US$60.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Dioscorea batatasThis beautiful sepia lithograph was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back attractive plants from a..
US$30.00
21 x 16 cm (8.25 x 6.25 inches)This antique copper plate engraving is by Pierre Pomet, a Paris apothecary.Pomet became chief druggist to King Louis XIV and a purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands.It was made in 1725 for Pomet's " A Compleat History of Drugges ". This was the most complet..
US$40.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
31.7 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 inches).Hidalgoa wercklei This antique chromolithograph was made in 1903 for William Robinson, an Irish gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden. It's an original antique which ..
US$65.00
29 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).Clove - Caryophyllus aromaticusUntil modern times, cloves grew only on a few islands in the Moluccas (historically called the Spice Islands)This is an genuine antique chromolithograph from Kohler's Medicinal Plants which was published in 1890 by Hermann Kohler. In an ..
US$80.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Cistus clusiiThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illustrations were by well kn..
US$60.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Helianthemum laevipesSouthern EuropeThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illust..
US$45.00
30.5 x 24.5cm (15 x 9.5 inches)Hymenanthera novae-zelandiaeFrom the Greek meli (honey) and kytos (hollow container). Literally “honey-cave”!This is an antique lithograph of New Zealand flora. It is from a work by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman and was published in 1914 in Wellington, New Zealand. At the..
US$100.00
21 x 16 cm (8.25 x 6.25 inches)This antique copper plate engraving is by Pierre Pomet, a Paris apothecary.Pomet became chief druggist to King Louis XIV and a purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands.It was made in 1725 for Pomet's " A Compleat History of Drugges ". This was the most complet..
US$50.00
27 x 17.7 cm (10.6 x 7 inches)BrazilThis 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 hopefully persuade them..
US$59.00
23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.5 inches)Epacris VariabilisAustraliaThis 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 ..
US$75.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Cistus cypriusThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illustrations were by well k..
US$60.00
26.5 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 inches)This detailed engraving is from the first edition of the rare "English Encyclopedia", made for George Kearsley in London in 1802. Its full title was "The English Encyclopedia being a collection of treatises and a dictionary of terms illustrative of the arts and sciences..
US$40.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Helianthemum vulgareEnglandThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illustrations w..
US$45.00
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31.7 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 inches).Rose comtesse vitali This antique chromolithograph was made in 1903 for William Robinson, an Irish gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden. It's an original antique whi..
US$65.00
27.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8 inches). This is an antique chromolithograph which was made in the 1890s for a work by John Wright, a horticulturist and editor of the London Journal of Horticulture. He created fine works illustrating fruit, vegetables and flowers, using excellent botanical artists such as M..
US$80.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.5 inches)Boronia crenulataThis 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 Chatswo..
US$55.00
24.5 x 15.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).This original antique lithograph was made in 1872 by Edward Joseph Lowe. This series of prints portrayed amazingly attractive leaves, mainly from the tropics. The gorgeous coloring and elegant leaf shapes help give them a style that will never date. This print is an a..
US$50.00
27 x 17.7 cm (10.6 x 7 inches)BrazilThis 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 hopefully persuade them..
US$79.00