Sowerby - wild rose
330 PLN
Rosa canina.
In upper right corner double numeration: 992 beneath 715.
Beneath the title, publisher's note : Febu.r 1802 Published by Js.Sowerby London.
Print comes from a botanical book by James Edward Smith and James Sowerby English botany or, coloured figures of british plants, orginally published in years 1790-1813, but this particular engraving comes from the 3rd edition published in the mid XIXth century.
Original copperplate engraving, contemporary handcolor.
Size within the passe-partout :17,2 x 10,3 cm(frame 34 x 25 cm.)