{"product_id":"curtis-volumes","title":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine - 20 Volumes bound in 10 with 786 Engravings","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Author: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Curtis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWork: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate of Publication: \u003c\/b\u003e1790-1804\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle: \u003c\/b\u003e20 Volumes with 786 Engravings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaper Size: \u003c\/b\u003e~ 6\" by 9 5\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eThe work is in good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription of the work: \u003c\/b\u003eThese beautiful volumes with 786 botanical engravings is William Curtis’s \u003cem\u003eThe Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed\u003c\/em\u003e. The present copies were published in London between 1790 and 1804 by the author and his son, after Curtis's passing in 1799 and continued byJohn Sims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are two volumes bound in ten with full period green straight grain morocco with five raised bands. There is some gilding on the bands and along the borders of the front and back covers. The paper has gold-gilt edges. Includes 786 total engravings, 785 with original hand-coloring, plate 120 is uncolored as issued.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach plate features a meticulously drawn specimen with an accompanying descriptive text for each (when available). The first 70 volumes (1790 to mid-1800s) were printed using copper etching and then finished with watercolor added by hand. Around the mid-1800s the images were completed by lithography with hand-coloring. Commonly referred to as \u003cem\u003e Curtis' Botanical Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, this prolific periodical was first published in 1790 and is still in publication today by the Kew Gardens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Curtis (1746-1799) was an English botanist and entomologist. It was Curtis who determined to produce a scientifically accurate journal, and so took care that artists used live specimens for reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trillium Rare Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67903963365450,"sku":"curtis-volumes","price":8250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7960\/7882\/files\/curtis-volumes01_-_Copy.jpg?v=1793814189","url":"https:\/\/trilliumrareprints.com\/products\/curtis-volumes","provider":"Trillium Rare Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}