Green’s Herbal antique print. Galium, Gentiana, Fumaria, Galega. c1817

$60.00

Hand-coloured antique print of Thomas Green's Herbs c1817. Galium verum, Cheese-rennet. Gentiana Lutea, Yellow Gentian. Fumaria officianalis, Common Fumitory. Galega Officinalis, Goat's Rue.

Original copperplate engraving by T. Dixon, published in Liverpool circa 1817 by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, for the encyclopedia of herbal knowledge, "The Universal Herbal, or, Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary: containing an Account of all the known Plants in the World arranged according to the Linnean System, specifying the Uses to which they are or may be applied, wether as Food, as Medicine, or in the Arts or Manufactures, with the best Methods of Propagation and the most recent agricultural Improvements" by Thomas Green. (later colour)

Approximate page size 210mm x 260mm (8 1/4" x 10 1/4")