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22.5 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 inches).Hibiscus lindleiBurma,MyanmarThis 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 conserva..

27.5 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 inches).Also shows Maldive Islands, Ceylon, Lacadive Islands, Andeman and Nicobar Islands. Neighbouring borderlands of Tibet, Burma and SiamMapmaker: George Kearsley. Date: 1802. Inset remark “Territories ceded to the British by Tippoo Sultan in year 1792”This beautiful antiqu..

25.5 x 16.5 cm (10 x 6.5 inches).Cypripedium concolorBurmaThis 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 intr..

24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Himalaysa, Myanmar, Java and SumatraThis is an antique chromolithograph from Le Jardin Fleuriste which was published from 1851 to 1854 by Charles Antoine Lemaire (Professor of Botany), in an era of travel and exploration. Plants from around the world were being collec..

26 x 21.25cm (10.5 x 8.25 inches ).BurmaThis antique engraving was made in 1824 and is from "A New And Complete System Of Universal Geography, Or An Authentic History And Interesting Description Of The Whole World And Its Inhabitants" by Christopher Kelly for the firm of Thomas Kelly and was printed..