Flora Londinensis
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Flora Londinensis is a folio sized book that described the flora found in the London region of the mid 18th century. The Flora was published by William Curtis in six large volumes. The descriptions of
William Curtis, Flora Londinensis, 1770, title page
Tormentilla officinalis
Scolopendrium vulgare
Sydenham Edwards
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Sydenham Teast Edwards was a natural history illustrator. He illustrated plants, birds and importantly published an illustrated book on the breeds of dogs in Britain, Cynographia Britannica.
Flora Londinensis
…William Curtis in six large volumes. The descriptions of the plants included hand-coloured copperplate plates by botanical artists such as James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards, William Kilburn and Fanny Blood. The full title is Flora Londinensis: or, plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London…
Nicotiana persica Lindl.
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