Items Similar to Piper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5
Elizabeth BlackwellPiper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.1739
1739
About the Item
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1707-1758)
A Curious Herbal containing Five Hundred Cuts,
of the most useful Plants,
which are now used in the practice of Physick.
London, 1739.
Copper engravings with original hand coloring.
Drawn, engraved and colored by Blackwell.
500 plates.
9" x 14 1/4" Paper size.
A Curious Herbal is one of the first English botanical books to be issued in parts and one of the first with plates hand coloured at the time of publication. Elizabeth Blackwell undertook the publication of her herbal at the suggestion of Sir Hans Sloane in order to ransom her husband from debtor's prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing business.. She took lodgings near the Chelsea Physic Garden where she drew and engraved the plants growing therein.
Enjoying both and English and German printings, the book was widely received in both countries and was, by all accounts, not only an horticultural success but a profitable commercial enterprise as well. Thus, Mrs. Blackwell succeeded in freeing her husband. Alas, this was to no avail; not long afterwards, for the part he played in a political assassination plot, her husband was summarily beheaded.
References:
Art of the Plant World. Rix. Overlook Press, NY, 1982
Great Flower Books: 1700-1900. Sitwell. Atlantic Monthly Press. NY, 1990.
- Creator:Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 - 1758, British)
- Creation Year:1739
- Dimensions:Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Clean crisp image. Beautiful original hand-coloring. Even toning in margins. Framed to museum specifications using archival matting, backing, hinging. Glazed with ultra-violet filtering Plexiglas.
- Gallery Location:Florham Park, NJ
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
1stDibs seller since 2014
161 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 2 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Florham Park, NJ
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Casa de Crescenzo (Italy)By Antonio AquaroniLocated in Florham Park, NJROMA (Italy) A. Aquaroni. Engraving. Modern Hand-Color. Rome, Italy 1750. Ever wonder what pre-dated the postcard? By the mid-eighteenth century, travel and exploration had be...Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
MaterialsWatercolor, Engraving
- De Italia Florentia. (Florence, Italy)By Sebastian MünsterLocated in Florham Park, NJSebastian Munster (1488-1552) Cosmographia Basel, 1579 ca Woodcut. Later Hand-Color. Munster's Cosmographia was one of the most influential wo...Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
MaterialsSilk, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Engraving, Handmade Pap...
- Pl. IX Manege (Horsemanship)By Denis DiderotLocated in Florham Park, NJDenis Diderot (1713-1784 Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1713-1783) Recueil de Planches, Sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux, et les Arts Mechaniques, avec Leur Explication. Francois...Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
MaterialsEngraving
- Ponte Gianniculense (Italy)By Antonio AquaroniLocated in Florham Park, NJROMA (Italy) A. Aquaroni. Engraving. Modern Hand-Color. Rome, 1750. Ever wonder what pre-dated the postcard? By the mid-eighteenth century, travel and exploration had become a...Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
MaterialsWatercolor, Engraving
- Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)By John WilkesLocated in Florham Park, NJJOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londinensis London, 1801-1828 Copper Plate Engraving Original Hand-Color 9” x11” Unframed At its best, the zoological art of the early n...Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
MaterialsEngraving
- Gemaltes Ornament. (Etruscan Vase Design)By Walter GropiusLocated in Florham Park, NJARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed. A fine German work by, the illustration...Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
MaterialsEngraving
You May Also Like
- The Wolverene Antique PrintBy Edward LearLocated in Sydney, NSWWolverine or Gulo gulo.. . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by George Edwards from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1797. . . The prolific Sibly published his Universal System of Natural History in 1794 1797 in five volumes covering the three natural worlds of fauna, flora and geology. The series included illustrations of mythical beasts such as the sukotyro and the mermaid, and depicted sloths sitting on the ground (instead of hanging from trees) and a domesticated female orang utan...Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Animal Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- John II, Count of Hainaut Holland & Zeeland (1247-1304)Located in Sydney, NSW18th Century (c1740) etching/engraving , John II, Count of Hainaut Holland & Zeeland (1247-1304)Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Prints
MaterialsEngraving, Etching
- Asiatic Lion, Lioness, Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar Antique PrintLocated in Sydney, NSWAntique Steel Engraving Published 1866 by Blackie & Son, London for "A History of the Earth and Animated Nature" by Oliver Goldsmith. Matt siz...Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Animal Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- Mandrill Antique PrintLocated in Sydney, NSWMandrill Antique print Matt size 33.5cm x 26cm Image Size 17cm x 11 cmCategory
19th Century Academic Animal Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- Small Baboon Antique PrintLocated in Sydney, NSWSmall Baboon Antique print Matt size 28cm x 21cm Image Size 16cm x 10 cmCategory
19th Century Academic Animal Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- Flowering Iris & Other Botanicals: Framed 17th C. Besler Hand-colored EngravingLocated in Alamo, CAThis is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "I. Spatula foetida - II. Caucalis Dodonei - III. Cruciata", depicting three flowering plants, including an Iris, from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This beautiful hand-colored botanical engraving is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a French mat...Category
Mid-17th Century Academic Still-life Prints
MaterialsEngraving
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Spanish Country
Flowers Spanish
Antique Spanish Art
English Botanicals
Elizabeth Antique
Engraving Spain
Antique Prints Spain
Antique Print Press
Antique Enterprise
Antique Pepper
Book Press Antique
Antique Book Press
Plant Press
Antique Printing Press
Antique Printing Presses
Printing Press Antique
Copper Engraving Germany
English Botanical Prints