FLO4700507: Chives (Allium schoenoprasum). Hand-coloured copper engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby for James Smith's book “English botanical”” (1790-1814). The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew more than 2500 plants for Smith Mammoth “English Botanical”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for colourful representations of English mushrooms” (1797) among many other works., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4697552: Botanical: asparagus - Asparagus plant with root, flower and fruit, Asparagus officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's “English Botany,” London, 1796. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology. / Bridgeman Images