A Collection of Pressed Flowers and Grasses
£950
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A collection of pressed flowers picked on a Grand Tour of Italy in 1830. Each page inscribed with a reference to the ancient site or monument at which the specimen was picked.
Price for the pair. Framed dimensions are listed.
Although interest in botanical research can be traced back as far as the Neolithic times, the 19th century saw a real change in the way science corresponded knowledge. With the rise of specialist journals and schools-of-thoughts outside traditional circles questioning accepted theories and being given a chance to publish their findings, the great era of plant specification expanded. As a result, displaying real life studies of a botanical nature, such as the one depicted here, were considered a testament to ones cultural understanding as much as a demonstration of ones Darwinian interests in science and evolution.
