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Balsam of Tolu tree, Myroxylon toluifera balsamum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4730306

Castor - Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4730328

Cascarille officinale or soft or faux quinquina wood - Cascarilla, Croton (Clutia) eluteria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4730357

Corroyere or sumac of corroyeurs or travelers - Elm-leaved sumac, Rhus coriaria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4730359

Common oseillle or large sorrel - Garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4730370

Water Patience or Aquatic Patience - Great water dock, Rumex hydrolapathum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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White Veratre (formerly white hellebore) - White hellebore, Veratrum album. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Grande Aunee - Elecampane, Inula helenium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Common tansy or splash - Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Aristoloche clematite - Climbing birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

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Anise sugar or scatteron - Cleavers or goose grass, Calium aparine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Centauree Chironia - Centaury, Chironia centaurium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5003522

Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (Phalaropus hyperboreus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5003542

Long-horn isopod, Astacilla longicornis (Oniscus longicornis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Northern dune tiger beetle, Cicindela hybrida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5003735

Slender burnished brassels, Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Yorkshire burnished brassels moth; Phalaena Noctua aerifera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004080

Blue chaser, Libellula fulva (stained dragonfly, Libellula conspurcata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004240

Western barbastelle bat, Barbastella barbastellus barbastellus (Vespertilio barbastellus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004395

Ground beetle, Drypta dentata (Golden-mouthed carabus, Carabus chrysostomos). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004431

Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (Anas histrionica). Male and female. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004610

Larva of the Hemerobius (lacewing) clothed in lichen, with mite, Acarus amictus and little basket mite, Acarus corbicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004721

Green grasshopper, Omocestus viridulus (Gryllus viridulus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004767

Leech, Hirudo circulans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004786

Sea unicorn or narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Rare specimen with double tusks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)