Curtis Botanical Print #2559 Double Fold Page Catasetum Tridentatum April 1,1825

Description: Note: As of July 1, 2019, Alabama, along with many other states, will collect sales tax on eBay transactions. The collection will be handled between eBay and the state without the seller's involvement or control. Curtis Botanical Magazine Print Double Page • Catasetum Tridentatum • Orchid #2559 Dated April 1, 1825 See Full Description Below and all Photos Returns not accepted. If your question is not answered in the detailed description below, please email me your questions before purchase. Color varies with monitors. Keep this in mind, if color or shade is a deciding factor. Check photos - click or mouseover to enlarge for details. USPS ALERT: Due to limited transportation availability as a result of nationwide pandemic impacts, package delivery times may be extended. SHIPPED IN A Rigid Mailer. One antique print, Catasetum Tridentatum #2559, from the British Curtis Botanical Magazine • Double Page • magazine edited by John Simms • painted by John Curtis and engraved by H. Weddell. Published by S. Curtis, Walworth, April 1, 1825. Authentic hand-colored copper engraving with its accompanying text or description page (photos 6-7). The magazines were later bound into volumes. Print measures approximately 9" x 11-1/8" - plate mark 9¼" x 7-7/8". Catasetum Tridentatum is a species of orchid. Check photos closely for details. CONDITION: Normal signs of age expected with a nearly 200 year-old print. Paper is stable and the colors are still vibrant. Print has not been pressed to flatten; has the usual binding process fold creases of a double print. Has faint text offset on lower back, and near top of front - see photo #8 below the fold note. Wrinkling, more so to upper part, bottom is uneven, some staining and light foxing, darkening around the edges, and stain down right edge. See photos for actual condition. I bought this, plus two others listed separately, at a Friends of the Library sale in the early 2000's and never framed them. Shipped with the sleeve and stiff board used when I bought it. Not certain if they are archival. Publication notes: The longest running botanical magazine, the British Botanical Magazine began in February 1787 by William Curtis as an illustrated gardening and botanical journal. The publication continued almost without interruption for 160 years. William Curtis edited the first 13 volumes, followed by John Simms (1800-1826), William Jackson Hooker (1827-1865) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1865-1904). Hooker was a scientist of great repute and under his direction the magazine acquired a scientific air. The images were engraved and hand-coloured by many artists including John Curtis, Sydenham Edwards, H. Weddell, William Graves, James Sowerby, William Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith, Lillian Snelling and Stella Rose Craig. The plates are known for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring. All the prints in the first 70 volumes are copper engravings, after which they are stone or zinc lithography until the introduction of color printing in 1948. Combined shipping is available when items pack well together, are paid with one Payment transaction and shipped to one address. First Class items combined don't always save on shipping. If paid before getting the combined shipping quote, any surplus postage will be refunded. Shipping charge includes a small package/handling fee. To speed delivery and make tracking immediately available, I hand-deliver packages to the post office by next postal business day and wait for the package to be scanned into the USPS system. Not marked as shipped UNTIL date shipped. See "My Packing" Notes further down. My Packaging The print will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a rigid mailer. Clean packaging is used; never, never newspaper or "paper" envelopes . . . padded or otherwise. Shipped from SMOKE and PET-FREE home. Any detectable odors will be noted in the description. 11-1-20 POSTAGE/PACKAGING in USA - First Class Mail with tracking. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS please use the Shipping and Payment tab near the top of this page for International shipping quotes. These charges do not include taxes or customs for your country. Those charges, if any, are fully your responsibility as the buyer, and payable on receipt of the item. I do not use the Global Shipping Program, but ship directly through the USPS. Question??? Use the Contact Seller link in "Seller Information" box located top right. Thank you for your interest in this item. Please check my other auctions, and add me to your favorites list!

Price: 24.95 USD

Location: Elkmont, Alabama

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