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Elizabeth Blackwell Botanical Print Of Pomegranates (Granata punica mala), From A Curious Herbal, 1737
by Blackwell, Elizabeth
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Samuel Harding, London, 1737; Hand colored folio copper engraving of Granata punica mala, plate #97 from A Curious Herbal by Elizabeth Blackwell, legendary wife of star-crossed botanist Alexander Blackwell, who undertook the production of a medicinal herbal in order to raise money to free her husband from debtor’s prison. Elizabeth rented rooms at London’s Chelsea Physic Garden, painted watercolors of the plants growing there, and took them to Fleet prison where Alexander added the taxonomic and foreign names plus short descriptions and notations on medicinal uses for each plant. She then single-handedly engraved the copper plates and colored the prints. While her efforts on behalf of her husband were successful in the short run, in 1747 Alexander Blackwell was executed in Sweden for his involvement in efforts to overthrow the Swedish crown. Fine condition. Printed on handmade laid paper. Matted and encased in gilt wood frame. Matte window 8 1/2" x 12 1/2", frame size 16" x 20". Clean, crisp, bright, no staining or foxing of any kind. A sparkling plate. Ships to U.S. only.
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- AARDWOLF Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5976
- Title
- Elizabeth Blackwell Botanical Print Of Pomegranates (Granata punica mala), From A Curious Herbal, 1737
- Author
- Blackwell, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Samuel Harding
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1737
- Keywords
- Pomegranates, Alexander Blackwell, Elizabeth Blackwell, Botany, Herbals, Medicinal Plants, Botanical Prints, Natural History, Horticulture, Pomegranate, Gardening, Fruit
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- Prints and Photographs;
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- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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- Plate
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- Gilt
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- Folio
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