Dendrobium densi florum Natural History Prints From 1771 onward

From 1771 onward

an illustrator from Philadelphia

Fine woodcut map of the world in a cordiform projection by Laurent Fries

forerunner of the U

rounded feathers

Dendrobium densi florum Natural History Prints From 1771 onwardSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)