Englerina parviflora, native to Africa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Engraved by Corsi, drawn by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

---

Size: 4049px × 6888px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1837, africa, botanical, copperplate, dictionary, englerina, engraved, engraving, florence, flower, handcoloured, illustration, italy, jean-francois, jussieu, loranthus, natural, parviflora, parviflorus, pierre, plant, science, stipple, turpin