Elizabeth Blackwell Botanical Hand-Colored Etchings, Circa 1750
Item Details
Elizabeth Blackwell (Scottish, 1707 – 1758)
Various titles including Faba Maior, circa 1750
Four hand-colored etchings on laid paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium : quae in pharmacopoliis ad medicum usum asseruantur, quarum descriptio et vires ex Anglico idiomate in Latinum conversae sistuntur figurae maximam partem ad naturale exemplar emendantur floris fructusque partium repraesentatione augentur et probatis botanicorum nominibus illustrentur., 1750 – 1773
Condition
- minor wear to sheet; toning and foxing to sheets; creasing and minor tears to edge.
Dimensions
- measures one sheet.
Item #
ITMGJ15289