Bidens latifolia hirsutior, semine angustiore radiato
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Doria, quae Jacobaea Orientalis Limonifolo
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Geranium batrachioides
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Geranium Afric Folio
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Senecio (Asteraceae)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Ruellia Strepens
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Manihot Folio
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Viscago hirta Lufitanic Stelatofore.
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Grossularia oxyacanthoides
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Senna Ligustra
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Rapuntium Veronicae
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Ruella
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Paseolus Flore
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Fructiculus Folius
  Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Grandadillia Bicornis
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Passiflora cupraea L. [as Granadilla flore cupreo, fructu Olivaeformi]
Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 165A, t. 138, fig. 165 (1732). Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Linaria tristis Miller [as Linaria tristis Hispanica] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 201A, t. 164, fig. 199 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Eriocephalus africanus L. [as Eriocephalus sempervirens foliis fasciculatis et digitatis] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 133A, t. 110, fig. 134 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter x 2

Anisodontea capensis (L.) D.M.Bates [as Malva Capensis frutescens, Grossulariae folio majore, hirsuto] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 2: p. 209A, t. 169, fig. 207 (1732)

Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Coincya monensis (L.) Greuter & Burdet [as Eruca Monensis laciniata, flore luteo majore] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 135A, t. 111, fig. 135 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Solidago virgaurea Bigel. [as Virga aurea Cambrica, floribus conglobatis] [syn. Solidago cambrica Huds.] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 2: p. 412A, t. 306, fig. 394 (1732)

Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Gnaphalium undatum L. [as Elichrysum graveolens acutifolium, alato caule] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 130A, t. 108, fig. 130 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Tagetes patula L. [as Tagetes minor, flore fulvo maculato] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 2: p. 373A, t. 279, fig. 361 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Pelargonium vitifolium (L.) L’Hérit. [as Geranium Africanum arborescens, Vitis folio, odore Melissae] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 152A, t. 126, fig. 153 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Hypoxis sessilis L. [as Ornithogali Virginici facie, Herba tuberosa Carolinensis]
Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 2: p. 298A, t. 220, fig. 287 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Sisyrinchium bermudiana L. [as Burmudiana graminea, flore minore coeruleo] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 48A, t. 41, fig. 49 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Lantana aculeata L. [as Camara Scorodoniae folio splendente, flore croceo] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 66A, t. 57, fig. 67 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Pelargonium papilionaceum (L.) L’Hérit. ex Aiton [as Geranium Africanum arborescens, flore velut dipetalo, eleganter variegato] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 154A, t. 128, fig. 155 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Zygophyllum morgsana L. [as Fabago Capensis frutescens major] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 142A, t. 116, fig. 141 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Semele androgyna (L.) Kunth [as Ruscus latifolius e foliorum finu Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Commelina erecta L. [as Commelina erecta, flore ampliore subcoeruleo] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 92A, t. 77, fig. 88 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth [as Convolvulus coeruleus minor, folio subrotundo] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 98A, t. 82, fig. 94 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

 


Ipomoea glaucifolia L. [as Convolvulus stellatus arvensis folio glauco] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 103A, t. 87, fig. 101 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Physalis angulata L. [as Alkekengi barbadense nanum Alliariae folio] [syn. Physalis minima L.] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 10A, t. 9, fig. 9 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek [as Phaseolus Zeylanicus siliquis radiatis digestis] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 2: p. 314A, t. 235, fig. 304 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Ribes nigrum L. [as Ribesium nigrum Pensylvanicum floribus oblongis] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 2: p. 324A, t. 244, fig. 315 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Rhynchosia tomentosa (L.) Hook. & Arn. [as Anonis phaseolodes scandens floribus flavis sessilibus] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 30A, t. 26, fig. 29 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth [as Convolvulus flore purpureo, calyce punctato] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 99A, t. 83, fig. 96 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Olea capensis L. [as Ligustrum Capense sempervirens, folio crasso subrotundo] Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis, vol. 1: p. 194A, t. 160, fig. 194 (1732)
Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time  These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later  quality paper and all as per pic any condition issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £120 each inc delivery / cheaper collected also page sizes are fixed but image sizes alter

Geranium Batrachoides

 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Toxicodendron Folis Alatis Fructu Rhomboide
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Anonis alopecucoides mitis annua purpurascens
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Spermacoce verticillata L. as Spermacoce verticillis globosis
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Anisodontea capensis (L.) as Malva Capensis frutescens, Grossulariae folio majore, hirsuto
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Geranium carolinianum L. as Geranium columbinum Carolinum capsulis nigris hirsutis
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Ketmia
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Solidago altissima L. as Virga aurea Americana hirsuta, radice odorata
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Commelina erecta L. as Commelina erecta, flore ampliore subcoeruleo
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Physalis angulata L. as Alkekengi indicum glabrum Capsicifolio
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Celastraceae - Cassine peragua - Phillyrea capensis, folio celastri
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Lepidium bonariense L. [as Thlaspi Bonariense multiscissum, flore invisibili]
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Clematis orientalis L. [as Flammula scandens, folio Apii glauco]
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Cardamine
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

 Hedysarum trifoliatum scandens, folio longiore splendente
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Vernonia glauca (L.) as Serratula Carolinensis Virgae Pastoris folio
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected

Commelina tuberosa L. as Commelina radice Anacampserotis
 Copper engraved print with original colour from Johann Jacob DILLENIUS, (1687-1747). Hortus Elthamensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Canto coluit...Published by  Jacobus Sherard. London: G. Smith for the author, 1732 . One of 325 hand-coloured engraved prints by the author (numbered 1-167, 166 bis, 168-324), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. This was the most important 18th-century work to deal with plants in a private garden. One complete coloured copy  from 250 listed as printed has appeared at auction in the past quarter century ( Sir John Soane's at Christies) . Dillenius, a native of Darmstadt, came to England in 1721. He adopted Ray's system, became Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford and 'one of the most important botanists of his time.' His 'magnificent' work (Hunt) comprises an illustrated catalogue of the rare and exotic plants in the gardens at Eltham belonging to his benefactor, the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard (1666-1738). The illustrations, drawn and engraved by Dillenius himself, not only show him to be a gifted artist, but 'were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus' These cost a few pounds more as original colour NOT later and from the better condition ie newer plate all are full page on a fine but quality paper and all as per pic any condittion issues being minor blemishes. . . . paints then were pigment based and are very different almost transparent .  £140 each inc delivery / cheaper collected