Original Botanical Prints
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Drawer V of VII

Trees, palms & ferns

Leaf, frond and branch: the forest trees of Europe, tropical palms, the Victorian fern craze in E.J. Lowe's lithographs, the ferns of Java, club mosses, lichens and seaweeds.

114 prints

Before 1750 41750 to 1799 71800 to 1849 331850 and after 59
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Antique Salak Palm Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

Antique Salak Palm Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

€1,290

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Cycad Botanical Print, Copper Engraving, c.1831, Hand Colored

Antique Cycad Botanical Print, Copper Engraving, c.1831, Hand Colored

€1,120

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Botanical Print of Coconut Palm, Copper Engraving, c.1831

Antique Botanical Print of Coconut Palm, Copper Engraving, c.1831

€1,100

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Sago Palm Botanical Print, Copper Engraving, c.1831

Antique Sago Palm Botanical Print, Copper Engraving, c.1831

€1,020

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Namnam Tree, c. 1880

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Namnam Tree, c. 1880

€895

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of White Birdcatcher Tree, c. 1880

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of White Birdcatcher Tree, c. 1880

€890

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Set of 2Set of 2 Botany Prints of the European Fan Palm and Copernicia Prunifera, c.1740

Set of 2 Botany Prints of the European Fan Palm and Copernicia Prunifera, c.1740

€850

1740 · 24.5 × 40 cm

Exotic Victorian Fern Lithograph Collection with English Species Names, 1856

Exotic Victorian Fern Lithograph Collection with English Species Names, 1856

€840

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Set of 10Set of 10 Original Antique Fern Lithographs by Edward J. Lowe, 1856

Set of 10 Original Antique Fern Lithographs by Edward J. Lowe, 1856

€840

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Collection of 10 Original Antique Tropical Fern Lithographs by E.J. Lowe, 1856

Collection of 10 Original Antique Tropical Fern Lithographs by E.J. Lowe, 1856

€840

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Antique Victorian Fern Botanical Prints, Gymnogramma Plates Wall Art 1856

Antique Victorian Fern Botanical Prints, Gymnogramma Plates Wall Art 1856

€620

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Burning Bush, Autumn Crocus, and English Oak: Botanical Illustrations from 1819

Burning Bush, Autumn Crocus, and English Oak: Botanical Illustrations from 1819

€590

1819 · 21.7 × 27.5 cm

English Oak, Cloth of Gold Crocus, and Sand Sedge: Botanical Illustrations 1819

English Oak, Cloth of Gold Crocus, and Sand Sedge: Botanical Illustrations 1819

€590

1819 · 21.7 × 27.5 cm

Victorian Fern Botanical Prints, Exotic Decorative Plant Studies Set 1856

Victorian Fern Botanical Prints, Exotic Decorative Plant Studies Set 1856

€580

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

The Melancholy Tree of the East: A 1601 de Bry Engraving from 'Indiae Orientalis

The Melancholy Tree of the East: A 1601 de Bry Engraving from 'Indiae Orientalis

€550

1601 · 20 × 30 cm

Tropical Abundance: The Jackfruit and Palm Trees in De Bry's 1601 Engraving

Tropical Abundance: The Jackfruit and Palm Trees in De Bry's 1601 Engraving

€550

1601 · 20 × 30 cm

Antique Victorian Fern Botanical Prints Set, Polypodium Studies Wall Art 1856

Antique Victorian Fern Botanical Prints Set, Polypodium Studies Wall Art 1856

€530

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Antique Botanical Print of a Tamarind Tree

Antique Botanical Print of a Tamarind Tree

€490

Date not stated · 23 × 35.5 cm

Exotic Flora of the Indies: The Cajus and Jambos Trees Copper Engraved in 1601

Exotic Flora of the Indies: The Cajus and Jambos Trees Copper Engraved in 1601

€490

1601 · 20 × 30 cm

Set of 6Antique Lichen Prints Set of 6, German Botanical Lithographs 1874

Antique Lichen Prints Set of 6, German Botanical Lithographs 1874

€490

1874 · 23.3 × 34 cm

Set of 6Antique Lichen Prints Set of 6, German Botanical Lithographs 1874

Antique Lichen Prints Set of 6, German Botanical Lithographs 1874

€490

1874 · 23.3 × 34 cm

Antique Botanical Fern Prints, Polypodium Studies Decorative Set Lowe 1856

Antique Botanical Fern Prints, Polypodium Studies Decorative Set Lowe 1856

€479

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Set of 6Antique Botanical Fern Lithographs by E.J. Lowe, Set of 6, Published in 1856

Antique Botanical Fern Lithographs by E.J. Lowe, Set of 6, Published in 1856

€420

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Set of 6Victorian Exotic Fern Lithograph Portfolio by E.J. Lowe, 1856, Set of 6

Victorian Exotic Fern Lithograph Portfolio by E.J. Lowe, 1856, Set of 6

€420

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Rare Victorian Tropical Fern Lithograph Collection by E.J. Lowe, 1856

Rare Victorian Tropical Fern Lithograph Collection by E.J. Lowe, 1856

€420

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Hand-Colored Botanical Lithograph of Sunflower & Linden Tree, 1854

Hand-Colored Botanical Lithograph of Sunflower & Linden Tree, 1854

€390

1854 · 20.5 × 26 cm

Large, Uniquely Handcolored Lithograph of Ferns of Indonesia 'Polypodium', 1829

Large, Uniquely Handcolored Lithograph of Ferns of Indonesia 'Polypodium', 1829

€360

1829 · 44.5 × 55 cm

Antique Botany Print of Licuala Gracilis, a Fan Palm

Antique Botany Print of Licuala Gracilis, a Fan Palm

€360

Date not stated · 29 × 44.4 cm

Antique Botany Print of Licuala Nana, a Fan Palm

Antique Botany Print of Licuala Nana, a Fan Palm

€360

Date not stated · 29 × 44.4 cm

Antique Botany Print of Dacrydium Elatum and a Podocarpus Species

Antique Botany Print of Dacrydium Elatum and a Podocarpus Species

€360

Date not stated · 29 × 44.4 cm

Antique Botany Print of Liriodendron Tulipifera or Common Tulip Tree

Antique Botany Print of Liriodendron Tulipifera or Common Tulip Tree

€360

Date not stated · 14 × 23 cm

Antique Botanical Prints of Curly Palm, Spiny Date Palm & Trachycarpus, c.1897

Antique Botanical Prints of Curly Palm, Spiny Date Palm & Trachycarpus, c.1897

€340

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Antique Botanical Prints of Bourbon Palm, Cocos Weddeliana & Screw-Pine, c.1897

Antique Botanical Prints of Bourbon Palm, Cocos Weddeliana & Screw-Pine, c.1897

€340

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of French-Willow Species, 1902

Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of French-Willow Species, 1902

€340

1902 · 17 × 26 cm

Antique Botanical Lithograph, Thuopsis Dolabrata, Siebold Zuccarini, 1856

Antique Botanical Lithograph, Thuopsis Dolabrata, Siebold Zuccarini, 1856

€320

1856 · 24.7 × 31.2 cm

Set of 2Set of 2 Botany Prints of Palm Species by Blume 'c.1840'

Set of 2 Botany Prints of Palm Species by Blume 'c.1840'

€300

1840 · 29.5 × 45 cm

Set of 3British Ferns Triptych, Three Antique Botanical Prints, Anne Pratt, 1873

British Ferns Triptych, Three Antique Botanical Prints, Anne Pratt, 1873

€300

1873 · 14 × 24.4 cm

Artfully Handcolored Lithograph of Ferns of Java 'Polypodium', 1829

Artfully Handcolored Lithograph of Ferns of Java 'Polypodium', 1829

€295

1829 · 28.5 × 45.5 cm

19th Century Sago Palm Tree Antique Engraving Original Handcoloring, 1845

19th Century Sago Palm Tree Antique Engraving Original Handcoloring, 1845

€290

1845 · 17 × 26.5 cm

Hand-Colored Engraving of Shield Lichen, Parmelia saxatilis, by F. Guimpel, 1819

Hand-Colored Engraving of Shield Lichen, Parmelia saxatilis, by F. Guimpel, 1819

€290

1819 · 21.7 × 27.5 cm

Engraving of Common Orange Lichen, Parmelia parietina, Published in 1819

Engraving of Common Orange Lichen, Parmelia parietina, Published in 1819

€290

1819 · 21.7 × 27.5 cm

Set of 2Common Wall Spleenwort Ferns, Victorian Botanical Prints, 1873 Pair

Common Wall Spleenwort Ferns, Victorian Botanical Prints, 1873 Pair

€290

1873 · 14 × 24.4 cm

Hart’s Tongue and Scaly Spleenwort Ferns, Hand-Colored Botanical Prints, 1873

Hart’s Tongue and Scaly Spleenwort Ferns, Hand-Colored Botanical Prints, 1873

€290

1873 · 14 × 24.4 cm

Hard Fern and Common Brake Fern Prints, Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings, 1873

Hard Fern and Common Brake Fern Prints, Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings, 1873

€290

1873 · 14 × 24.4 cm

Maidenhair and European Bristle Ferns, Hand-Colored Engravings, 1873

Maidenhair and European Bristle Ferns, Hand-Colored Engravings, 1873

€290

1873 · 14 × 24.4 cm

Antique German Botanical Atlas Plates, Tafel 13 to 14, Ferns & Conifers, 1885

Antique German Botanical Atlas Plates, Tafel 13 to 14, Ferns & Conifers, 1885

€290

1885 · 42 × 32 cm

Rare, Artfully Handcolored Lithograph of Ferns of Java 'Polypodium', 1829

Rare, Artfully Handcolored Lithograph of Ferns of Java 'Polypodium', 1829

€280

1829 · 28.5 × 45.5 cm

Lichen Varieties: A Collection of Symbiotic Elegance Engraved and Colored, 1845

Lichen Varieties: A Collection of Symbiotic Elegance Engraved and Colored, 1845

€280

1845 · 17 × 26.5 cm

About trees, palms & ferns

Trees, palms and ferns have their own long tradition in print. Duhamel du Monceau and Le Bas engraved the forest trees of France, Blume described the palms of the East Indies, and in the 1850s Britain caught fern fever: E.J. Lowe's colour-printed Ferns British and Exotic fed a craze that filled Victorian parlours with fern cases.

Here too are the ferns of Java in hand-coloured lithographs of 1829, club mosses, horsetails, lichens and seaweeds, the quieter plants that botanists loved.

Explore

By maker, by plant and by place.

Makers and books

Van Houtte's Flore des Serres 39Curtis's Botanical Magazine 24Hoola van Nooten's fruits and flowers of Java 26Bertuch's Bilderbuch 40Sowerby's English Botany 18Plenck's medicinal plants 10Edward Step's Favourite Flowers 48Maund's Botanic Garden 11E.J. Lowe's ferns 6Fries's Swedish mushrooms 9De Bry's India Orientalis 11Müller's orchids of Germany (1904) 18Alpine flora 54

Subjects

Roses 13Lilies and bulbs 40Rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas 15Begonias and foliage plants 32Cacti, aloes and succulents 29Carnivorous plants 6Wildflowers 45Water plants and water lilies 26Grapes and vines 17Apples, pears and plums 28Citrus and the Hesperides 7Tropical fruit 47Spices 29Medicinal plants 45Coffee, tea, tobacco and cotton 23Palms 16Ferns and mosses 62Grasses and grain 38

Places

Java and the East Indies 27The Cape and Africa 12Australia and New Zealand 7The Americas 14Japan and China 14

Questions about trees, palms & ferns

Why do so many fern prints date from the 1850s and 1860s?

Because of pteridomania, the Victorian fern craze. Ferns were collected, grown and drawn by everyone, and publishers answered with books of colour-printed plates.