Australian Hovea celsi. Cels’s Hovea Maund antique print c1840

$180.00

Lovely Maund botanical engraving of Australian Hovea c1837 – discovered in New Holland by English naturalist Robert Brown who was the botanist during Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia between 1801 and 1805. Hovea Celsi is named in honour of Polish botanist Anthone Pantalion Hove and Paris nurseryman Monsieur Cels.

Original hand-coloured steel engraving after a drawing by Miss Taylor for The Botanist published in London circa 1837 by pharmacist, botanist, printer, bookseller and fellow of the Linnean Society (1827), Benjamin Maund (1790-1863), assisted by Reverend Henslow, Dean of Botany at Cambridge. The botanical artists and engravers he employed earned Maund an excellent reputation for particularly fine botanical illustrations. The uncoloured flower details and plant structure add a wonderful dimension to this fine engraving.

(Interesting Australian connection: In 1853 Maund's medically trained Doctor son, John Maund arrived in Australia with his sister; and in consideration of the illness of fellow passengers on the voyage, set up a medical practice in Melbourne where he was known for his kindness and gentle manner.)

Plate size 195mm x 150mm (7.5 x 6 inches)

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