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26.5 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 inches)The largest and oldest chestnut tree in the worldLegend has it that one hundred knights were caught in a severe thunderstorm and took shelter under the tree.This detailed engraving is from the first edition of the rare "English Encyclopedia", made for George Kearsley in..

41 x 30 cm (16 x 11.75 inches).Castanea sativaThis large, vintage lithograph of fruit is by one of the finest botanical artists of the first half of the 1900s. Carlos von Riefel was born in Austria in 1903. In 1922 he enrolled at the Viennese Academy of Arts. Very soon, his work was being exhibited ..

22 x 14 cm (8.8 x 5.5 inches).Also shows Chervil (Beaked Parley), Horse-Chesnut (food for horses, deer and poultry)This fascinating antique chromolithograph of plants used in medicine was made in 1877 and comes from a work about medicinal plants by Benjamin Barton and Thomas Castle. Their aim was to..

22 x 16.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Le ChataignerThis original antique engraving was made in 1732 for a work by Noel-Antoine Pluche, "Spectacle De La Nature". This included hand made engravings about natural history, the heavens and science. The engravings we are offering are from the rare first French ed..

24 x 15 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).This antique illustration was made in the 1860s by William Rhind from his work portraying many well known, useful plants. William Rhind was a prominent Victorian botanist who lectured in Botany in Aberdeen, Scotland. J.Bishop and William Fitch were his illustrators. Sir J..

24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).This 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 collected and bought back to Europe and ea..

23.5 x 16.2 cm (9.25 x 6.4 inches)Aesculus hippocastanum This fascinating botanical lithograph was made in Milan in 1847 by Ambrogio Robiati.It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition.The paper is medium weight and blank on the reverse side. The paper is a creamy tone...