[Nigella damascena between two roses] LIB0000323

[Nigella damascena between two roses] LIB0000323Watercolour on paper, backed by card signed and dated 'M. v Huysum 1755'. Michiel van Huysum was the youngest son of Justus van Huysum I (1695 1716) who was was best known for his flower paintings.

Hand-coloured engraved plate from Nicolas Robert's 'Variæ ac multiformum species' also titled 'Recueil de Fleurs' on the binding

Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses'

Illustrated plate from a Victorian childrens book 'The Alphabet of Flowers' published by John Dicks of 313

Calendula offinalis Snow Princess

hand-finished stipple engraving entitled Jasmin d'Espagne : Jasminum

Watercolour on paper of Lonicera periclymenum (honeysuckle

Watercolour of 'Menthe des jardins' (Mentha longifolia) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Close-up of Delphinium grandiflorum at Kevoc Garden Plants nursery

Colour engraved plate from Volume 6 of Pierre-Joseph Redouté's 'Les Liliacées'

Sowerby from the book 'The Ferns of Great Britain' by Charles Johnson

Pittosporum 'Oliver Twist'

One of 486 colour engraved plates from Pierre Joseph Redouté's book Les Liliacees