Bidspirit auction | Thornton, Folio - Pair of

Thornton, Folio - Pair of Sunflower Engravings - This stunning large folio botanical engraving is from Dr. Robert John Thornton’s work New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus... . This was the first edition of the work published in London by between 1787 and 1812. With this work, Thornton attempted to explain Linnaean botany, as well as expound upon his own botanical theories. The work celebrates great contemporary and historical botanists and their supporters and also includes plates of many cross-sections of plant stems. Paper Size: ~ 18” by 22”