Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Lichen Fagineus - Beech Lichen - F1

Antique Botanical Print - James Sowerby - Lichen Fagineus - Beech Lichen - F1"Lichen Fagineus" 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

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