Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837
Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837
Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837
Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837
Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837
Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837

Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), William Baxter, 1837

Antique Print Gallery

$30.00

This 1837 hand-coloured copper-plate engraving is plate 255, Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali), from British Phaenogamous Botany or Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants by William Baxter, a British botanist and curator of Oxford Botanic Garden.

Published in six volumes between 1834 and 1843, British Phaenogamous Botany featured 509 copper-plate engravings by Oxford glass painter Isaac Russell, and C. Matthews. The engravings were later hand-coloured by Baxter's daughters and daughter-in-law.

This print is in excellent condition, unmounted and unframed. The page size is 136mm x 226mm. The plate size is 111mm x 176mm, with the indentations visible around the edges.

These prints are stunning framed, whether hung individually or as a set. There is a large selection to choose from if you wish to put together a set, and we are happy to mount and arrange framing – please don't hesitate to ask for a quote.