Which flower prints are most collected?

Large, early or richly coloured plates: Weinmann's colour mezzotints of the 1730s, hand-coloured engravings from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, and the lithographs of Van Houtte's Flore des Serres. Matched sets of the same size and series are especially sought for decoration.

What is the difference between hand colouring and chromolithography?

A hand-coloured print was printed in black and coloured with watercolour, sheet by sheet, by a team of colourists. A chromolithograph was printed in colour from a series of stones, one per colour. Both are original period prints; hand colouring dominates before about 1850, chromolithography after.

Drawer I of VII

Flowers

Flowering plants from the garden, the glasshouse and the meadow: lilies, roses, tulips and rhododendrons from Van Houtte's Flore des Serres, Curtis's Botanical Magazine and Maund's Botanic Garden, British wildflowers, alpine flowers and exotic plants from the Cape to Java.

119 prints

Before 1750 25 1750 to 1799 28 1800 to 1849 119 1850 and after 304

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Antique Botanical Print of Carnations by Jean-Louis Prévost, 1805

$3,325

1805 · 47.5 × 60.4 cm

Two Stems with Red Flowers, Botanical Watercolor by A.L., 1819

$1,010

1819 · 13.4 × 31.6 cm

Botanical Rarities: Pristine Hand-Colored Engravings from 1845

$665

1845 · 17.5 × 26.5 cm

Antique Print of a the Plant Named The Rumex Acutus or Sharp-Pointed Dock, c1800

$610

1800 · 28 × 46 cm

Antique Botanical Print of Carnations by Jean-Louis Prévost, 1805

Two Stems with Red Flowers, Botanical Watercolor by A.L., 1819

Botanical Rarities: Pristine Hand-Colored Engravings from 1845

Antique Print of a the Plant Named The Rumex Acutus or Sharp-Pointed Dock, c1800

Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints, Rhododendron, by Louis van Houtte, 1849

Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints, Rhododendron Dalhousiae, by Van Houtte '1849'

Floral Elegance: A Collection of Hand-Colored Engravings from 1845

Flora's Chromatic Splendor: Hand-Colored Engravings of 1845

Heritage Blossoms: A Trio of 1845 Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings

Exquisite Botanical Illustrations from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1847)

Vintage Verdure: Original Hand-Colored Engravings of 1845 Flora

Antique Botanical Prints by B. Maund, Hand-Colored Pair, London c.1836

Pair of Botanical Engravings from The Botanic Garden by B. Maund, London c.1836

Pair of 1836 Hand-Colored Flower Prints from B. Maund’s Botanic Garden

Pair of Victorian Botanical Flower Prints by B. Maund, London circa 1836

Antique Botanical Flower Studies by Benjamin Maund, London c.1836

Pair of Rare 1836 Botanical Flower Prints by B. Maund, London

Botanical Flower Engravings from The Botanic Garden, London 1836

Set of Two Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings by B. Maund 1836

The Botanic Garden Flower Prints by Benjamin Maund, London c.1836

Antique Floral Engravings by B. Maund from The Botanic Garden 1836

Pair of Hand-Colored Victorian Botanical Prints by B. Maund 1836

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Garden Flowers, London 1828

Elegant Garden Flower Engravings, Antique Botanical Prints, London 1828

Hand-Colored Floral Engravings, Pair of 1828 Botanical Prints, London

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Ornamental Flowers, London 1828

Pair of Elegant Hand-Colored Botanical Flower Prints, London 1828

Charming Pair of Antique Floral Engravings for Wall Décor, 1828

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Wild & Garden Flowers, London 1828

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Decorative Garden Flowers, 1828

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Wild and Cultivated Flowers, 1828

Beautiful Pair of Vintage Botanical Flower Prints, incl a Flame Tulip, 1828

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Spring Flowers, London 1828

Pair of Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Roses & Spring Flowers, London 1828

Original Antique Botanical Print of Carrion Flower and Mimosa by Bertuch, 1805

Antique Botany Print of the Amherstia Nobilis by Van Houtte, 1849

Antique Botany Print of the Rhododendron Barbatum by Van Houtte, 1849

Antique Botany Print of the Sonchus Arvensis by Curtis, circa 1817

Antique Botany Print of the Common Solomon's-Seal by Curtis, 'circa 1817'

Antique Botany Print of Achillea Millefolium by Curtis 'circa 1817'

Antique Botany Print of Lysimachia Nemorum by Curtis 'circa 1817'

Antique Botany Print of Trientalis Europea by Curtis, 'circa 1817'

Antique Botany Print of Diplotaxis Tenuifolia by Curtis 'circa 1817'

Large Original Antique Flower Lithograph of the Rhododendron Barbatum, 1849

Detailed Engraved Botanical Study of Persicaria Bistorta or Common Bistort, 1822

Botanical Illustration of Sonchus Oleraceus or Common Sow Thistle, 1822

Eight Antique Botanical Plates: Glasswort, Horsetail, Privet & More, c.1830

Set of 8 Antique Botanical Engravings of Sedges, Rushes and Wetland Plants, 1830