FLOATING MEADOW-GRASS 1872 John Edward Sowerby PLANT PRINT
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- Location : United Kingdom
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- Start : Tue 29 Oct 2024 13:38:47 (EDT)
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Original 1872 6 1/2 inch x 9 7/8 inch coloured print titled GLYCERIA EU-FLUITANS. FLOATING MEADOW-GRASS.
Glyceria fluitans, known as floating sweet-grass and water mannagrass, is a species of perennial grass in the genus Glyceria native to Europe, the Mediterranean region and Western Asia and occurring in wet areas such as ditches, riverbanks and ponds. It has a creeping rootstock, a thick stem which rises to over 3 feet. The leaves are long, narrow and pale green, rough on both sides, often folded at the keel which lies on the surface of the water. The species epithet fluitans is Latin for "floating".
Drawn by John Edward Sowerby (1825 - 1870). A British botanical illustrator and publisher born in Lambeth, London.
From a disbound copy of English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants edited by John T. Boswell Syme
Third Edition Published in London in 1872 by by Robert Hardwicke, 192 Piccadilly.
The print is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 224551187 |
| Start Time | Tue 29 Oct 2024 13:38:47 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 37 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
| Date of Creation | 1800-1899 |
| Listed By | !Title |
| Originality | Original |
| Print Surface | Paper |
| Subject | Botanical |
