Antique Print - James Sowerby - Dianthus Caryophyllus - Clove Pink - F1 There is a handwritten signature

There is a handwritten signature on the back of the book

Le Petit Azur"

"Lichen Parietinus"

Geum Urbanum”

"Lathyrus Sylvestris"

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Dianthus Caryophyllus - Clove Pink - F1 There is a handwritten signature"Dianthus Caryophyllus" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. James Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator born in 1757 and died in 1822. He is best known for his extensive work in botanical