Botanic Garden by Sydenham Edwards 1806-12
Quality and scarce A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) who trained under William Curtis as a botanical artist and contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS.
All engraved plates have lavish very bright original hand colouring but image sizes alter within the page Scarce as these were listed in London @ £135 +++each ! Most of his for sale are the small Botanical Magazine prints that I stock @ £5 each but do not list as brain deadening
Size of these PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins cream paper
Bio:- Edwards was born in 1768 in Usk, Monmouthshire, the son of Lloyd Pittell Edwards, a schoolmaster and organist; and his wife, Mary Reese, who had been married on 26 September 1765, at Llantilio Crossenny Church, and where Sydenham was christened in 1768. Mary Reese was a sister of the Rev. William Reece, the curate of Llantilio Crossenny who had married Ann Mackafee. Their son, Richard Reece was an eminent physician and wrote a number of works on medicine. Young Edwards had a precocious talent for draughtsmanship and when only 11 years old had copied plates from Flora Londinensis for his own enjoyment. A certain Mr. Denman visited Abergavenny in 1779 and saw some of Edwards' work. Denman, being a friend of William Curtis, the publisher of botanical works, and founder of the Curtis's Botanical Magazine, spoke to Curtis about the boy. Curtis proceeded to have Edwards trained in both botany and botanical illustration.
Edwards produced plates at a prodigious rate: between 1787 and 1815 he produced over 1,700 watercolours for the Botanical Magazine alone. He illustrated Cynographia Britannica (1800) (an encyclopaedic compendium of dog breeds in Britain), New Botanic Garden (1805-7), New Flora Britannica (1812), and The Botanical Register (1815-19). Edwards established the latter under his own editorship in 1815 after a disagreement with John Sims, who succeeded Curtis as editor. He also provided drawings for encyclopedias such as Pantologia and Rees's Cyclopædia. He completed a number of parrot illustrations between 1810 and 1812 which were acquired by Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Edwards was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1804.
Valerian Rubra, Veronica Sibirica, Red Valerian, Siberian Speedwell
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Chinese Ixia , Gibraltar Candy Tuft
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
American Globe Flower, Nasturtium
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Love in a Mist (Nigella), Jonquill x2
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Lilac, Yellow Sarracena
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Larkspur, Sweet William
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Willow Leaved Golden Rod, Double Purple Groundsel, Spanish Broom
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Italian Aster, Princes Feather
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Gentian, Glycine
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Scarlet Lychnis, Spring Snowflake, Creeping Moneywort
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Star Anemone, Albuca
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Wachendorfia, Five Leaved Chaste Tree
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Mexican Anenome, Scarlet Azalea
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Savoy Antherieum, Amaryllis
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Crown Imperial, Hollow Rooted Fumitory
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Eastern Poppy, Lungwort
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Flowered Heather, Willow Herb x 2
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Scarlet Flowered Crassifolia , Laburnum
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Glauous Kalmia, Tree Flax x 2
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Fly Catching Dogsbane, Purple Toadlflax
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Indian Sage, Comfrey
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Milkwort, Winter Cherry
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
Madagascar Periwinkle, Viburnum
Antique engraving from the Botanist’s Repository,
Antique engraving from the Botanic Garden, A4 hand coloured engravings By Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) . He contributed most of the illustrations to Curtis's Botanical Magazine over a 28 year period until 1815. Full title "The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty-three Plants, Engraved by SANSOM, from the Original Pictures, and Coloured with the Greatest Exactness from Drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. Each print measures approximately PAGE SIZE 21.5 x 27.5 cm Image 22 x 18 + text + margins £55 inc delivery
