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FLO4570137: Aztec lily, Sprekelia formosissima, native to Mexico and Guatemala. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Dennel from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,”” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4577897: Spring Omphalodes or Printaniere Little Borage - Creeping navelwort, Omphalodes verna (blue navelwort, Cynoglossum omphalodes). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1786., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578092: Large bright yellow savannah flower, native to Jamaican and Santo Domingo. Larger savanna flower with vivid yellow flower, a native of the savannas of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Echites suberecta.Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578470: Angel's tears narcissus - Angel's tears, Narcissus triandrus (Yellow reflex-flowered narcissus, Narcissus triandrus v. luteus) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578610: Black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata (Red-flowered clammy whortle-berry, Vaccinium resinosum) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578834: Aloes eventails - Fan aloe, Aloe plicatilis (Tongue aloe, Aloe lingua). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578869: Glaieul cardinal - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Superb corn-flag, Gladiolus cardinalis - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1790, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578883: Garlic leaning - Nodding onion, lady's leek or bowed-umbelled garlic, Allium cernuum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4578935: Asparagus Peas - Lithography by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), Plate from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1791 (England) - Winged lotus or winged pea, Lotus tetragonolobus - Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” St. Botanical Magazine,” George's Crescent, London, 1791, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images