Copperplate Pictures
Antique Botanical Print 'Crested Cow-wheat (Melampyrum cristatum)', James Sowerby 1791
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An eighteenth century hand-coloured copperplate engraving of 'Crested Cow-wheat (Melampyrum cristatum)'. This is plate number 41 from the book 'English Botany' by James Sowerby, signed by Sowerby and dated 1791. In very good condition, minimal surface marks. Mounted in acid free materials ready to display or add to a collection, plate area is approx. 17.5 by 9.5 cm, in a 10 x 8 " mount.
