WOOD MELIC-GRASS 1872 John Edward Sowerby PLANT PRINT
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- ID# : 224561067
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- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : gregedwards (+22)
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- Start : Wed 30 Oct 2024 12:43:42 (EDT)
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Original 1872 6 1/2 inch x 9 7/8 inch coloured print titled MELICA UNIFLORA. WOOD MELIC-GRASS.
Melica uniflora, commonly known as wood melick, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is native to much of Europe, and to parts of South West Asia and North Africa. Melica are deciduous, clump-forming perennial grasses with soft, linear leaves and arching stems bearing narrow panicles of flattened flowering spikelets in summer. The species can be found in such Asian countries as Iran and Turkey and in European ones such as Balearic Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Moldova, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Also it was recorded in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
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# | 224561067 |
Start Time | Wed 30 Oct 2024 12:43:42 (EDT) |
Close Time | Run Until Sold |
Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
Item Condition | Used |
Bids | 0 |
Views | 35 |
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 |