4 0 c m
29cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Lobel's catchfly, Silene armeria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's British Phaenogamous Botany 1835. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
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10567938
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