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28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Aerides crassifoliumPeru and ColombiaThis lithograph was made in the 1880s 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 ..

32.5 x 24cm (12.75 x 6.5 inches)Chaetogastra lindenianaThis 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 bri..

26 x 21.25cm (10.5 x 8.25 inches ).This 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 by R..

24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)The main use of the tagua palm is of the vegetable ivory of its seeds. This is hard and dense with an attractive cream colour, which, on polishing, compares favourably with true ivory.This beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1851 and comes from Fl..

24 x 15 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Platyloma flexuosaColombia This original antique lithograph was made in 1872 by Edward Joseph Lowe. The gorgeous coloring and elegant fern shapes help give his fern prints a style that will never date. This print is an authentic antique, not a reproduction. It is in excel..

34.5 x 26 cm (13.5 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.ColombiaThis 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 plant..

26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches) Mexico,ColombiaThis 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 p..

23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.3 inches).Cultrides rufipennis - newly discovered speciesMexico,Venezuela,Brazil,Guyana,Colombia,AmazoniaThis hand colored lithograph is from an exceedingly rare set published by The Zoological Society of London in 1848 and 1849. The hand painted coloring on this print is outstandi..

27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches).Ondontoglossum crispum hybrid.ColombiaThis vintage lithograph was made from the original water colour drawing by Karl Alexander in the 1950s, using top quality 8 colour litho-offset printing and thick cartridge paper. Karl Alexander was an accomplished botanical illustra..

41 x 30 cm (16 x 11.75 inches).Leucippus fallaxColombia,VenezuelaJohn Gould was the enterprising genius behind the creation of 2999 different hand­colored lithographic plates of birds and animals. He was born in 1804 on the Dorset coast in England. Gould had no formal university training and conside..

27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches).Oncidium kramerianum.Costa Rica,Panama,Colombia,Ecuador,PeruThis vintage lithograph was made from the original water colour drawing by Karl Alexander in the 1950s, using top quality 8 colour litho-offset printing and thick cartridge paper. Karl Alexander was an accomplis..

24 x 16 cm (9.5 x 6.25 inches).Philippines This antique lithograph was made in the 1890s by Edward Step and William Watson. Their work focussed on plants which gave brilliance and charm to the garden, and are some of the best antique botanical illustrations. The paper is high quality, matt with a su..

24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Colombia (text refers to Nouvelle Grenade)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 ..

26.5 x 17 cm (10.5 x 6.75 inches).Argentina, Colombia, BoliviaCoryphospingus cristatus, pileatusThis is a beautiful antique lithograph from a work by Arthur G.Butler (1844-1925), an entomologist at the British Museum who worked on the taxonomy of birds, insects and spiders. He employed one of the fi..

24 x 16 cm (9.5 x 6.25 inches).Colombia This antique lithograph was made in the 1890s by Edward Step and William Watson. Their work focussed on plants which gave brilliance and charm to the garden, and are some of the best antique botanical illustrations. The paper is high quality, matt with a subtl..

16.0 x 10.0 cm (6.3 x 4.0 inches).Prochilodus insignisEcuador,Peru,Colombia,Guyana,BrazilThis finely detailed engraved print of fish was made in London in the 1840s.This is a genuine antique engraving, not a reproduction. It is in very good condition. The original hand painted colouring and detail o..

16.0 x 10.0 cm (6.3 x 4.0 inches).Chalceus macrolepidotusColombia,Venezuela,Surinam,Guiana,PeruThis finely detailed engraved print of fish was made in London in the 1840s.This is a genuine antique engraving, not a reproduction. It is in very good condition. The original hand painted colouring and de..

56 x 47 cm (22.5 x 18.5 inches).Foldout mapThis beautiful, large map is from the last decorative hand colored atlas from England, The The Royal Illustrated Atlas Of Modern Geography, which was published in 27 parts from 1854-62 by A. Fullarton and Company of London and Edinburgh. It was printed via ..

24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Colombia (text refers to Nouvelle Grenade)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 ..

24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Colombia (txt refers to Nouvelle Grenade)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 c..

24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Colombia (text refers to Nouvelle Grenade)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 ..

26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Tropaeolum lindeniColombiaThis 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 ..

29 x 21.5 (11.5 x 8.5)Calliste tota and Calliste fastuiosaGuiana,ColombiaThis vintage lithograph is from Wild Nature, made in the early 1930s in London and Australia. It is what's known as an instructive picture, a genre of antique prints created to educate people about the natural world. As such th..